Something strange is happening with Tran Ahn Hung's I Come With The Rain. With its sterling international cast, compelling premise and a rumored original score by Radiohead, I Come With The Rain has been one of the most hotly anticipated titles on the international circuit for well over a year now. Common thinking was that the film was targeting Cannes for its big launch but - this being a ludicrously busy year with stacks of high profile films from major directors - it didn't make the cut for the competition and, bizarrely, isn't screening in the market, either, despite being complete. Normally this would mean that producers were targeting the one-two punch of Venice / Toronto but with I Come With The Rain scheduled for a June theatrical release in Japan it will no longer qualify for Venice, either, which means there's no reason to hold back from the market. Odd.
Be that as it may, the upcoming Japanese release means a Japanese website and trailer, the first time any footage has been officially available from the film if you don't count the stunning sales reel that leaked a good while back.
Kline, an ex-cop in Los Angeles traumatized by slaying a serial killer, is hired by a powerful corporate boss to go to the Philippines and find Shitao, his missing son. Kline’s leads take him to Hong Kong. Torn between good and evil, caught in the crossfire between a mafia drug ring and the police, he tracks down Shitao, who has become a mysterious vagrant.
Hartnett plays Kline, Lee the killer, Yue the Hong Kong cop and Kimura the missing son. Check the trailer below the break!
Finally, it's coming.
^Second that^
However, this trailer did nothing for me...
Aye same for me.
Thanks Todd for the latesr ICWTR update. This is my first post here but always love reading your updates and reviews.. particularly on Lee Byung Hun. Hope this doesn't come the wrong way.. probably too trivial as well.. but the common romanization for Lee Byung Hun is written as Lee Byung HUN or Lee Byeong HEON (with or without the hyphen) but never Hyun like Jeon Ji Hyun, etc.
Anyway, despite no longer qualify (or invited?) for the big fests, really happy that the movie is finally seeing the light of day.
Interested on this one.
I didnt see Shawn Yue at all. Did I just him or was he not in the trailer?
I don't think Shawn made the trailer but he's a really significant character and is all over the longer sales reel. Does really well in English, too.