Douglas delivers original cop thriller in 'Black Rain'
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Michael Douglas stars .is
\k k Conklin. .1 New York Ci!>
i op vs itli .in attitude ( nnkliii
v bases .1 slippers Japanese m.i
liiisn Sato, from the l>.i< k allevs
nl the Hik Apple to the Land ot
the Kisinn Sun
_Movie Review
Conklin, haunted by recent
departmental accusations of
pilfering money seized in a
drug bust has one last chance
to regain respect Hut Conklin
has a hard time regaining face,
lor m Osaka |apan. he and
partner Charlie (Andy Carcia)
11ml themselves wrapped up in
red tape, and are ordered to re
mam oliservers only
()t course. Conklin is one of
those cops who nevet read
"The Polii email s Cuide to lie
ing \i< e ' and uses even
means at his disposal, legal or
otherwise to snag Sato.
Douglas, rebounding from
his academy award-winning
role in It ,ill .Street. gives a grit
l\ and powerful portrayal in
HI,ii k K.iin Nick ( onklin is an
imperfei t fallible and irration
al cop who realizes his own
shortcomings but still believes
his ends justify his means This
is a tough honest piei e of work
by Douglas and he somehow
makes (lie audieiu e loathe, ad
mire, and detest Conklin all at
the same time \o one has < re
ated such an in!: iguing and im
mediately i omp> ’ling i op (liar
a< ter since t ae Ilackman
played Popeye Doyle in /Vie
French Connection
(lo-stars Andy (lari ia and
Kate Gapslum 1 Mh play their
small roles eft lively, but the
real co-star is Japanese actor
Ken Takakura A . the Osaka in
spector assigned to assist and
baby-sit Douglas and Garcia
Takakura s meek and sublime
style creates a tension between
the ( harm tors. helping to pro
pel the film at a stampeding
pace
I he audicm e teels .is it it is
walking .1 high ire ovit .i pit
ul si orpions fin wo hours And
like everything else in Ins
films. Si ott turns tin- inevitable
i.op-film violent e into an art
form. Si.ott's had guvs art1 pelt
ed with bullets and thrown In
explosions like i rude hallerinas
dam iug to and opera of me
chine gun bullets and shotgun
blasts
The intricate powerful
si reenplav. potent acting h\
Douglas, and Ridle\ Scott s
metii ulous attention to detail
makes Mack Rain one of the
most original end hard-hitting
i op films of rei eut years
'World in Motion' faces
growing up for Browne
Bv B\ Kit k Hevman
t meraid ( nntriluitor
l.u ksnn Browne - World In
Motion
As the preeminent intrnspei
live songwriter of tile l‘l?l)s.
Browne has fared the diffii.ult
task of glOW U'k tip (th.it is to
i using on problems ot humani
t\ deeper ill.in love and its illu
sums) without alienating the
millions ol fans for whom
mending a broken heart meant
_Record Review_
listening to |at kson Hrowne
Sure I't' l s llrtoiv tlir Dt'luge
heautilullv and a pot .11\ i>ti< alls
warned ol eip irnnmental disas
tors and in I‘I"1! he helped or
ganize the No Nukes concerts
hut spending whole alliums on
politics was and is a risk\ ca
reer move
ll orid in Motion, like its
predecessor /./l ev in tlw ti.il
,mi r is a focused impassioned
record ill.it succeeds both as a
work of ai l and as an .11 I ol 1 on
si iem e ()n the last album lie
promised "I’m not going to
shut my eves Til I go don 11
and Work! in Motion bears this
out the title song implores Us
to look around .it the disadvan
taged and get involved; another
song asks Olivet North Does
the word justir e mean anything
to you?”
The album's most stunning
song "Mv Personal Revenge
is a poem of < hristian forgive
ness written h\ a Sandinista of
fu nil to his former Somo/.a toi
tillers And lest anyone accuse
him of being 1 disloval lettisl
the last two songs make it 1 leal
that lie s not an " isl" but a
free thinker i ailing tor justii e
1 (impassion, and human v 11
tiles
Surprisingly it is Ini' love
solids thal provide the record's
weakest moments they’re
good but workmanlike b\
Urou lie's standards All in <dl
W orld in Motion is ( oiiteinpo
r.ir\ not onl\ in iIs high lei li
gloss hut <dso in its world view
BoDeans ■ Homv
Straight tors' urd. honest
Ament .in rock n' roll doesn’t
gel .111\ better then this \n
synthesizers or other studio
grease, just great roi k songs
(with belter hooks than Mike
T\soul delivered S' ith fervor
Third World • Serious Bust*
ness
Third-rate reggae.
k.d. lang and the Redines -
Absolute Ton b .mil Twang
hang's massive, astonishing
voic e is one of the best in all ol
contempnran music And al
though the music is traditional
country, with weeping steel
guitars and ail. it is honest mu
su that is. the premium is
on genuine human expression
rather than on the- c lichee! use
of a side's form without its
emotional substance;