History YMMV / BlackRain

* MagnificentBastard: [[TheDon Sugai Kunio]] is an old-school ''[[{{Yakuza}} Oyabun]]'' and a boss who believes in honor and dignity. Running an international counterfeiting scheme, Sugai reveals his crimes are a way to repay America for the bombing of Hiroshima which he witnessed as a child and the aftermath of American dominance in Japan. With hero Nick Conklin, Sugai forms a scheme to lure the upstart killer Sato Koji into a trap while successfully reclaiming his counterfeiting plates and keeping his reputation clean.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: This is one of Creator/HansZimmer's first soundtracks and it's a perfect example of Eighties electronic with motifs that have appeared as late in his career as ''Franchise/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg5EdPODcew It just cannot be described with better terms]]. There's also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44rR50M0UAk Gregg Allman's "I'll Be Holding On"]], which gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mav_FDsrbc an amazing instrumental remix as the epilogue's motif]].

* CompleteMonster: {{Yakuza}} boss [[BigBad Sato]] is [[TheStarscream the upstart rival]] of old-school ''[[TheDon Oyabun]]'' Sugai. Known for the immense trail of bodies he leaves behind him, Sato brutally kills two men in America with intent to slaughter enough to disrupt Sugai's counterfeiting scheme. Arranging his freedom in Japan, Sato later tortures and kills the partner of hero Nick Conklin, intending on massacring all the ''Oyabuns'', Sugai, and their people so [[AmbitionIsEvil he can claim dominance of the underworld]].

* AcceptableTargets: The Japanese and Americans from each other's point of view.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Exactly how sympathetic you find Nick might change depending on how you choose to interpret his actions and motivations. [[spoiler:Do you see him primarily as a DirtyCop, or as a mostly good guy who has made mistakes?]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Pretty much, Nick's decisition to spare Sato's life in their final battle and deliver him to the Japanese authorities, and Sugai's advice to Sato that be patient because he is young and "will have a long life", became this because Yusaku Matsuda was dying of cancer while playing Sato and [[AuthorExistenceFailure he passed away only weeks after the film debut]].

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While it's a very well-made example of the "CowboyCop on the edge out to clean up this dirty town" movie genre, it's still pretty over-the-top. Watching it today shows just how ''little'' parodies of that genre have to exaggerate the tropes.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Exactly how sympathetic you find Nick might change depending on how you choose to interpret his actions and motivations. [[spoiler:Do you see him primarily as a dirty cop, or as a mostly good guy who has made mistakes?]]