Taylor (Richard Poche) is certainly not the perfect preacher, some might even call his stealing from the collection plate and burying the money behind the church criminal or worse, but his parish seems to like him well enough, and the church organist Emily (Mary Newman) has even fallen in love with him - but as lovely as she might look and act, Taylor resists temptation. But he's certainly not above seduction, as Brenda (Erika Smith), the smoldering hot and sexually aggressive wife of his twin brother Roy (also Richard Poche) doesn't have much of a problem getting him to screw her. And once they start screwing, they pretty much keep at it. But that's not enough for Brenda, she wants to move away to somewhere nice, and while he's all for it, he refuses to use the money he stole from the church collections for it, as his moral compass is at least somehow still intact. Then though his brother has found out about everything and comes to kill him, and Taylor shoots Roy dead in self defense, then hides the body. Now he wants for him and Brenda to play some kind of charade to shroud Roy's disappearance in mystery, but she just wants to leave with the money - with or without Taylor ...

Cab driver Alan (Cliff Poche) is Emily's boyfriend who much to her dismay still cares for his ex wife Olivia (Nikki Hoy) and their son together, so much so that when she tells him she's about to get evicted from her home, he promises to come up with the $5,000 she needs despite having hardly a dime to his name. So he cruises the night looking for opportunities ... and somehow hears of Taylor's collection money buried behind the church - but he also runs across Brenda, who's bound to show little sympathy for his in essence honourable cause ...

Now I wouldn't call RainFalls a technically perfect movie, as it was apparently shot on a low budget which at times shows - but at the same time, it's a very well-written noir-ish thriller with more femmes fatales than one can shake a stick at, some pretty good dialogue that despite feeling at times a little stilted always comes across as poignant, while the characters all feel fleshed out and real, and are portrayed by a very able ensemble. And the final twist is certainly worth the price of admission alone. So if low budget genre entertainment's your thing you'll find yourself enjoying this movie.

... and if this has at all gotten you interested, RainFalls will be released on June 29th, 2021 and is available for pre-order at https://shop.tcm.com/rainfalls/012233534757

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned)

The links below will take you just there!!!

Find RainFalls at the amazons ...   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.de Looking for imports? Find RainFalls here ...   eThaiCD.com Your shop for all things Thai Something naughty? (Must be over 18 to go there!)   find RainFalls at adultvideouniverse.com

Thanks for watching !!!