Still no sign at all of Tran Ahn Hung's English language thriller I Come With The Rain on local shores but no worries: The impatient among you with a hankering to see the Josh Hartnett / Lee Byung-Hyeon / Shawn Yue / Kimura Takuya thriller will soon have your chance to do just that thanks to an impending Japanese DVD release.
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.
Not having seen this myself I can't verify that the film plays 100% in English but every trailer that I have seen so far features all of the stars - even the Asian ones - working in English so the lack of subtitles on this release shouldn't be too much of an issue.
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.
Not having seen this myself I can't verify that the film plays 100% in English but every trailer that I have seen so far features all of the stars - even the Asian ones - working in English so the lack of subtitles on this release shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Yup, the entire film's in English.
You've seen it, Edmund? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts!
Has this been played in any festival or market so far? I'm quite interested in seeing it, but it sucks that it's getting hardly any noise.
Released in Korea and earlier in Japan.
There are a few lines in Cantonese, but they are meant to be not understood by the audience (people talking Cantonese in the presence of Hartnett's character who does not speak the language), othervise the film is completly in English, or better to say in Engrish.
The film was screened in Czech Republic at Fresh Film Fest. Suprisingly, along with the later screening at Pusan IFF that appears to be the only festival coverage this fabulous film has got so far.
Does anybody know if the Japanese DVD will be region 1,0, or 3? If it released on region 1 or 0, it will play in the US. Any other regions will not play on North American DVD players.
If you know, please pose a response.
Unlike BluRays, Japanese DVDs are region 2 same as Europe. Don't get your hopes up about this being regionfree...