Rain Fall (レイン・フォール 雨の牙, Rein Fōru: Ame no Kiba) is a 2009 Japanese/Australian action thriller film written and directed by Max Mannix.
[1] In Tokyo, a minister of public works is rumored to be taking evidence of corruption to a reporter: the CIA, the yakuza, and others want to grab the information and use it to squeeze the government.
M. Downing Roberts for the Midnight Eye review site said that "Fans of big-budget action will likely not be satisfied, but Rain Fall begins, albeit tentatively, to chart the territory for a different sort of thriller.
"[2] Another reviewer points out that "it might be a tough sell for North American audiences, as it boldly paints the United States government as an indescribably evil organization that will do whatever it takes to exploit a shaky political situation.
And while this scenario posed no problems for me, I understand why Sony decided to produce the picture in Japan.