I’m Japanese and Black Rain is awesome. I still watch it from time to time for the sake of nostalgia. Ken Takakura was amazing.

@imustbecrazy5626

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. Sake of nostalgia. Sake. Rice wine. So its a drinking movie. Please post the rules so I may play also.

@judsongaiden9878

2 жыл бұрын

@@imustbecrazy5626 Rice beer is good too.

@reikun86

2 жыл бұрын

My aunt passed away back in 1993. Several years later, we found an old high school essay where she mentioned that Ken Takakura was her hero. I always think of her when I watch Black Rain.

@samuelstokes6624

2 жыл бұрын

Black Rain was fantastic & also I love Hans Zimmer score.

@davidlloyd9980

2 жыл бұрын

The tension in the Restaurant scene was awesome.

Nostalgia was a drug, JoBlo would be my number one dealer!

Yes Black Rain is one of the best Michael Douglas.Ridley Scott movies including awsome A1 Hans Zimmer Score + great Japan locations

Loved Streets of Fire! Some Walter Hill action scenes, some Ry Cooder songs, Diane Lane's lips, and Willian Defoe proving he'd have made a great Wolverine!

@reikun86

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you have a Netflix account, but it's been streaming since June. :)

Speaking of Roy Scheider, "Sorcerer" is an amazing film with a great performance by Scheider

@bal5884

2 жыл бұрын

Great film, can't buy it anywhere

@darksidebluez5966

Жыл бұрын

Yes. That film is beautiful.

I love "Streets of Fire". That entire opening scene, featuring Ellen Aim & The Attackers performing "Nowhere fast" is terrific.

@reikun86

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Jim Steinman :(

I love black rain. I still watch it from time to time….

I have Streets of Fire on Blue Ray and have been in love with Diane Lane since I saw this movie on VHS."Tom Cody pleased to meet you"

Long live the 80’s my teen years!

@AnnieBoBannie421

2 жыл бұрын

The best music, movies, hair (imo) and fashion (there are a few exceptions to that😂) ❤

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnieBoBannie421 Absolutely!

"RICOCHET" with Denzel Washington and John Lithgow from 1991 is another fun and underrated 90s thriller, can you do "Best movie you never saw" on this? Thanks💪🏻

@kevincooper1982

2 жыл бұрын

"Gail! Kiss my arse" 😆. Love that film 👍

@jonathanfeldheim6554

2 жыл бұрын

My first 2 Lithgow movies were Ricochet and Cliffhanger....had no idea he was a comedian.

@Jmixup

2 жыл бұрын

Denzel Washington and John Lithgow you say? I'm in! Gotta see that!

@adamwest8711

2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t even thought about that film in years. Good movie.

@knightwalkr

2 жыл бұрын

One of the few Denzel movies I really liked.

RIP Jim Steinman, a true legend of the music industry. Streets of Fire is soooooo amazeballs.

I can't believe I'm old enough to remember watching the Blue Thunder TV show as a kid. I was disappointed it didn't last long. I remember Bubba Smith was in it. The believe the helicopter showed up later in the TV show "Amerika".

Streets of Fire is one of my Fav-Movies ... one of a Kind and really unique

Streets Of Fire is the ultimate 80's movie....it's a beloved favorite and I still listen to the insanely awesome soundtrack. It's a flawless film, it knew what it was, which was unique and flashy...5 Stars across the board!!

Streets of Fire and Black Rain, two amazing movies that my generation had to pay to see. Nowadays we can download, literally, everything for free and we don't like 1/3 because it's crap.

Ive had Streets of Fire on DVD for years. Great movie!

It's great that you covered Streets of Fire, It's my favorite movie of all time. I've talked about this movie to everyone I can to get more people to watch it. I love Raven's leather overalls. LEGENDARY!

I love both Streets of Fire and Black Rain. I still have Streets of Fire on HD-DVD and Black Rain on Blu-ray. Both films needs a 4K release asap! I really enjoyed Blue Thunder, I bought the Bluray and it's a very good transfer.

Absolutely love this movie and was one of the few teens to see this, more than once, back in 1984. First time I ever saw a butterfly knife, and the song “Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young” still hits me like a ton of bricks. Before you know it, it’s gone. You ain’t kidding.

@chriscox3709

2 жыл бұрын

We're dancing for the restless and the broken hearted💔

Get some Jo & shoot some blo. I've seen all 3 movies, but Black Rain & Blue Thunder are my personal favourites. I love the neo noir look of Osaka, Japan and it is one of Michael Douglas's underrated roles as corrupt NYC cop trying to seek redemption as he searches for the Japanese prisoner they lose in a prisoner exchange that leads to the death of his partner midway through. It was also the beginning of Hans Zimmer music career that would inform his future career. I still have the original Special Edition DVD. Blue Thunder on the other hand, has a really great final half with a fantastic battle over Los Angeles. These type of aerial battles you won't see these days and these amazing sequences for shot for real.

I saw Streets of Fire in the theater and enjoyed it. It popped up on cable after that, but I haven't seen it in over 35 years. Recommended.

Blue Thunder is my all time favorite movie. I've always had a love of helicopters, and this movie delivers begining to end. Some of the best areial stunts in movie history. They blew up an actual abandoned building for the Bar-B-Que sequance, and dropped real rost chickens from a crane.

@MichaelMcCormackMusic

2 жыл бұрын

The helicopter battle at the end has to be one of the greatest action scenes filmed.

Black Rain is in Osaka, not Tokyo; the Dekototra Trucks are really specific to the area and the buildings also are, specially the one with the Glico electric neon commercial panel.

@Dirty_mike_and_dem_boys

2 жыл бұрын

No one cares

Streets of Fire and Blue Thunder are totally awesome flicks not to be forgotten!!

I just love all the work you guys put into these analysis and reviews. Well done and a round of applause to all who make this channel run!

I love watching this channel coz as an added bonus to the fantastic content..I always remember a long lost flick from years gone by. This time it was 52 pickup, Hooper, and Trespass

Lane and Dafoe never age.

I love, love, love black rain

with the visuals it i worth getting BLACK RAIN on blu-ray. there is also a special edition of black rain on blu-ray. the nightclub and subway scene where garcia loses his head was filmed in the U.S. Black Rain is Douglas's favorite film of his own.

This movie is insanely well cast. There isn’t a flat actor or performer in the bunch. Pare and Lane are both giving the performances of their careers. Rick Moranis is pouring his heart into a kind of role he normally doesn’t get but desperately wants more of. I could go on and on.

Whoa whoa whoa. She was only 18??? She looks like 30! And that's a compliment. My favorite scene is the opening when she sings Nowhere Fast. It's catchy as hell.

I just watched Black Rain for the first time cause of your review and wow, that is one truly underrated 80s action gem.

I've never understood why Streets of Fire is not a hit. I love that movie. Have watched it many many times over the years. Anyway...

I remember watching all of these awesome films in the theater when they came out. There will be no other time than the 80's. Where's my Time Machine? Oh, here it is...my VCR :)

@WHATtheFCK72

2 жыл бұрын

I try 2 watch as many 80s films as i can nowadays....nothing like the 80s

@bal5884

2 жыл бұрын

All I watch is 70s,80s and 90s films, mainly 80s

Black Rain is Stellar!

Streets of Fire was supposed to be the first of a trilogy of films about mercenary Tom Cody. However, since the film flopped at the box office, we never got to see the second and third films. Personally, I loved Streets of Fire and a sequel would have made my day. It's a great film.

Grew up watching all of these movies on VHS multiple times.....I am old :D

Never saw? Hell, man, I own a copy of this movie ! I love it ! It's a classic !

Really enjoying your videos. Streets of Fire is one of my alltime favorite movies and soundtracks. Walter Hill is a genius.

Streets of Fire was an amazing movie. I first time i saw it in the 90s when i was a teen, and it was aired on A&E (back when they had really cool shows). I eventually bought it on DVD, and have watched it many times since. Its definitely one worth checking out if you've never seen it!

Can’t believe that Black Rain is considered underrated now. It’s one of the most entertaining action movies ever made and I’ve loved it since I was a kid.

Thanks for the video. I have 3 movies to check out now 😊

Diane Lane is one of the most gorgeous, talented and charismatic actresses in Hollywood! She is also truly underrated and underused. C'mon Hollywood... she's great! Cast her in more big movies!

@john2914

2 жыл бұрын

Well she is old now. She is in 100s of movies. Maybe you not overly smart?

@rossegan7244

2 жыл бұрын

She was martha kent..that a big role for any actress.

@martinjeeves444

2 жыл бұрын

Can't get enough of a good thing... and Diane Lane is a VERY good thing. More quality roles for this great actress please!

That’s an amazing movie. This movie is what it means to be young.

I'll definitely check it out today and he's made a lot of good movies

Black rain and streets of fire, two of my favourites.

When i was a little kid like 7 or so i watched Blue Thunder a shitton of times along with Top Gun they were my favourites. Blue Thunder aged much better tho its like a fine wine, Top Gun is very corny in retrospect. I would say Blue Thunder would still hold up in 2021 as a good movie

@azmodanpc

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Blue Thunder was pushed often on tv and reruns were much more frequent than other action movies like Top Gun. Must have been a cost thing.

@white-dragon4424

2 жыл бұрын

The only, and I mean the ONLY good thing about Top Gun were the Tomcats.

@gabordemeter4301

2 жыл бұрын

@@white-dragon4424 and kenny loggins xD

@white-dragon4424

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabordemeter4301 I guess Danger Zone is a great track, but it hardly makes up for what is otherwise a terrible non-existent plot and direction.

Black Rain, mamma mía. What a movie.

Use to watch Streets of Fire all the time on HBO as a kid, Diane Lane beautiful and Michael Pare working that butterfly knife In the beginning and the rescue in the battery was so cool.

My mom would occasionally get me a random LP (yes, it was 1980's) from the local library, usually soundtracks for movies I didn't know anything about, and at one point she came home with the BLACK RAIN soundtrack. Loved the music, both Zimmer's score and the pop tunes on there. It introduced me to Iggy Pop, Sakamoto and Les Rita Mitsouko. Saw the film only years later. :-)

Roy Scheider kicked ass.

Put me in the "Absolutely Love" bucket for Streets of Fire. Been a fav of mine for 30+ years. I worked in a video store in high school, and it was a regular in my rotation. The soundtrack is on my playlist to this day. Listened to "Nowhere Fast" on the way to work today. Diane Lane was incomparable in that movie. She played the rockstar like, well, a rockstar. Dafoe was at his weirdest, too. Full on psycho villain. Looking back, try to come up with another actor who could pull that role off as well as he did.

@reikun86

2 жыл бұрын

And don't forget that national treasure, the late Bill Paxton :(

@dreamquesttv

2 жыл бұрын

The thing that probably amazed me the most about Streets of Fire (a favorite of mine as well) was that it was primarily shot on a soundstage! Andrew Laszlo should have been nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography for this. It's BEAUTIFUL! Glad to have gotten the Shout Factory Blu Ray, which has an awesome full-length documentary included...as well as a nice little tribute to Bill Paxton (RIP).

Black Rain is...superb. It's makes you want to be immersed in Japanese/western neo noir.

Thank you for these. "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" is an amazing song and tragically unknown. Amy Madigan starred as an action star in her own right in 1987's dumb but fun Nowhere to Hide, ably assisted for a while by Michael ironside. Diane Lane is, yes, impossibly beautiful -- she marks the first time I ever felt "that way" about Superman's mom. I love Blue Thunder and I count it among the first video-game-based movies, as it feels so much like a game tie-in at the end. Black Rain is fun, though its title reminds of the weird motivations behind recent Bond villains: "I'm going to counterfeit American money as revenge for nuclear fallout." I've already bugged you about Shakedown with Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, and the enchanting Patricia Charbonneau. Thanks again.

The Dead Pool (the literal origin of "Deadpool") may be "the 5th Dirty Harry movie", but it'll always be my first Clint Eastwood movie and I love it...+Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson & "James" Carrey...LOVE THIS MOVIE

@jesseswarbrick7895

2 жыл бұрын

I am with you brother...Its my favorite Dirty Harry movie

@AdamGoldbach

2 жыл бұрын

Any movie where Clint kills someone with a harpoon gun is worth watching!😆

How dare you spoil us like this JoBlo

I barely remember these films but they look awesome. Must rewatch.

I'm a simple guy. I see a thumbnail of Michael Douglas in Black Rain, I click

Blue Thunder is a movie that I see on a regular. It's a really well done movie and highly recommend it.

Black Rain was a HARD ASS FLICK. As a kids I got sucked into it one time on HBO. DAMN. All I gotta say is DAMN! Hard core.

I watched Streets of Fire in 2009 after I learned it inspired Capcom’s Final Fight and I really enjoyed it. Blue Thunder and Air Wolf was a childhood favourite of mine because I was crazy about Helicopters. Also Blue Thunder inspired Super thunder Blade and it appears as mid boss in Midnight Resistance in Stage 5.

@reikun86

2 жыл бұрын

Unlike the USA, Streets of Fire was a big hit in Japan. I was listening to podcast featuring Michael Pare, and he said that the cast got to meet the Emperor of Japan. There were two anime that were influenced by Streets of Fire: 1)Bubblegum Crisis: Priss' rendition of Konya wa Hurricane was influenced by Ellen Aim. 2) Megazone 23: the protagonist and his friends watch Streets of Fire in a theater. When they leave, you can see a big poster of Tom Cody and Ellen Aim.

I love this movie, but I especially love the "Torchie's" dancer. That girl is all kinds of yes. It should also be noted that Michael Pare was in an absolutely awesome science fiction series called Starhunter in the late 90s/early noughties, which is an absolute must watch for any fan of Firefly because it's basically that but low budget and better plots.

All 3 of these are among my favorite 80's films, great choices! Black Rain is free on YT right now!

LOVE Streets of Fire, Diane Lane is a goddess and the sound track is epic 80’s!

"Cohen and Tate" was another GREAT later Roy Scheider vehicle.

@trevorbowie1704

2 жыл бұрын

What about sorcerer? If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend. It’s fantastic and was only forgotten about because Star Wars came out the same weekend.

I've seen Streets Of Fire! Michael Paré is an old favorite of mine. Eddie And The Cruisers is another great movie. ETA: I'm not mad about John Cafferty and his band being the ones who actually performed On The Dark Side. It was a great song. Paré can't sing but, Cafferty's voice was perfect, considering the type of speaking voice Paré has.

@AnnieBoBannie421

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! That bass player in Cafferty's band....amazing❤

@reikun86

2 жыл бұрын

I also really like Hearts on Fire from Rocky IV :)

Streets of Fire is one of my all-time favourite movies.

The ACTORS in Blue Thunder made that movie really Good.

Streets of fire. Man what an intro. The song gets me pumped everytime I watch it. Black rain is also excellent. Another one with a great theme song that suits the film down to a T.

Seen the all, loved them all

Not seen all of these, and since the ones I have seen are some of my favorite films , I’m going to check out the others ASAP.

Black Rain and Blue Thunder are one of my favorite movies from the 80s, I also really like Blue Steel although many would probably disagree.

Black Rain- one of my all time faves. And Blue Thunder- one of my top 80's flicks.

Great great great idea 👍

As a kid I had a Black Rain movie poster hanging on my bedroom wall.

This was entertaining, thanks

Streets of Fire was a great movie. I saw it when I was a kid and LOVED IT. Doesn't hurt that it had Cherry, I mean, Diane Lane in it! But seriously, it's probably one of the most underrated movies of the 80's!

Thank you! I remember I saw a movie at the driven in when I was a kid with a flying motorcycle: Megaforce! I did not know the name of the movie and I think it was the first movie I ever saw outside of my home. Thanks for the info!!

Black Rain hit me hard in the theater back then. It was perfection. Zimmer & Scott nailed it. PS : The biker chief in SoF was not psychotic. He just gave a fuck on women´s rights.

Damn. Willem Dafoe looking like Rutger Hauer (in Bladerunner) there. How did I live through the 80s and not see this film yet the soundtrack is so very familiar? I guess I did spend an awful amount of time watching Rage (basically MTV for Australia).

If you haven't seen this movie I can't recommend any more. The music in it is incredible and still holds up today. Willem Dafoe is a crazy awesome badass and my one sided love affair with Diane Lane continues to this day. It is also really cool to see Rick Moranis doing a 100% dramatic role and who doesn't love Bill Paxton? Another time, Another place... One of the coolest openings of all time. I am a little biased but I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!

i love Streets of Fire MOSTLY for Diane Lane...i love Black Rain for EVERYTHING.

I love Black Rain, I'd love to see an extended cut from Ridley Scott. It irritates me when people say 'racism' and Black Rain in the same sentence, sadly Roger Ebert was one that did that. The few moments of racist/arrogant/dismissive behavior from Douglas's character are vital to his character arc, he completely changes by the end, that's the WHOLE POINT, his growth as a character. Baffling how Ebert didn't see that. The bulk of the film takes place in Osaka not Tokyo btw.

What is it with Walter Hill and buses 🚌

@jesseswarbrick7895

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I know, he loves action scenes with busses....Red Heat has a good action sequence with the busses

@rossegan7244

2 жыл бұрын

@@jesseswarbrick7895 another 48hours has another one...extreme predjudice is one of his best and unknown movies with one of the best action movie casts ever

Black Rain is hugely underrated

Worth the mention, Warren Oates never got to see the film Blue Thunder as he died during the films post-production.

One of these is a good movie.

Great movie

Blue Thunder is an all-time favorite for me. Daniel Stern was great and I always thought Goose from Top Gun was just a rehash of his Lymangood character.

Sticking with the military theme, another underrated title from that era is "Fire Birds" (1990), starring Nicholas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones. It’s one of the few films I've seen that feature the Apache attack helicopter and which does a good job of properly representing their true capabilities. I certainly recommend it for anyone interested in them like I was. 😊

Black Rain and Blue Thunder are top.Top. Movies. From director to catering. And everybody else in between being on their A game. Little bit of trivia. Hans Zimmer score in Black Rain has been used in tons of trailers. Including a little known action flick called Speed. Check it out. And Aussie actor Bryan Brown was originally going to be the bad guy in Blue Thunder. But Columbia saw him as a hero type. And cast Malcolm McDowell late in the day.

It's weird... I saw "Streets of fire" on VHS back in the day and I had to rewind it immediatly to rewatch it. Then I critics were not to happy and few had seen it, those that had didn't want to talk about it. I felt really off the grid... so I was about 37 years before my time!

streets of fire its a first movie i ever saw in theater,loved it then loving it even more now.and its much better then 99% of shit hollyweard shitting this days.

omg all my favs in one long form video! and its not even mu birthday!

I LOVE THIS MOVIE! :D

What you said about Andy Garcia’s character-type of the likeable-partner-who-always-dies is so true. I’d expand that to the likeable-better-looking-than-the-protagonist side character. Very popular in the 80s and 90s.

@IsaacKuo

2 жыл бұрын

Charles Martin Smith: "So, he's saying I'm better looking than Kevin Costner?" Sean Connery: "No, he's saying the _I_ am better looking than Kevin Costner." Andy Garcia: "..." (survives)

I barely remember watching Blue Thunder when it first came out as a double feature in a small movie theatre. The second movie was Jaws 3D.

Streets of Fire has a gorgeous soundtrack that includes also The Fixx.

I love Streets of Fire! Saw it in the theatre when it came out. I definitely did NOT have a crush on Diane Lane after seeing this movie. ;) I still listen to the soundtrack. I do like Black Rain and Blue Thunder a lot too. :)

McDowell wasn't in the scene where the police helicopters are chasing Blue Thunder under the bridges. He was only in the scenes with the AH-6 Little Bird after Blue Thunder takes out the F-16. Their battle is mostly flying low around downtown L.A. buildings.