category: newsDirector Tran Anh Hung (Cyclo, The Scent Of Green Papaya) is stomping into some new genre ground with his latest I Come With Rain. Starring a fascinating mix of multi cultural actors including Josh Hartnett, Lee Byung-Hyun, Takuya Kimura, Elias Koteas, Tran Nu Yen Khe and Shawn Yue. Hartnett is not my favorite actor in the world but seeing him in Lucky Number Slevin makes me think the noir genre is where he belongs. Lee Byung-Hyun happens to be one of my favorites if for nothing more than his stellar performance in A Bittersweet Life (If you have not seen this movie, track it down now!). The synopsis is as follows:
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.
Supposedly, aside from being a violent, bloody noir film, it will contain elements of the supernatural as well and according to the few stills that have been released looks quite promising. Here are a few of the stills:
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I too don't care much for most of his work but this looks like it could work great!
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