Black Rainbow (1989)

Director: Mike Hodges

Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce

A medium has a vision of a hit-man killing his target. The vision comes true, and the same hit-man is assigned to kill her. Her drunk father/manager doesn’t believe she has the gift, and a curious journalist tries to protect her.

Rosanna Arquette stars as the medium, Martha Travis, who connects with deceased people, and give comfort to their loved ones. Her problems start during a clairvoyant show when she connects with factory worker Tom Kuron on the ‘other side’ while he is still alive (only to be assassinated shortly thereafter).

She now becomes the target of the killer, a man hired by a a factory owner to kill Tom who was about to expose the factory’s malpractice. A reporter, Gary Wallace (Tom Hulce) investigates and becomes close with Martha and her father, Walter (Jason Robards).

Martha then connects with more people ‘on the other side’, while they are still alive, setting in motion a series of events. ‘Black Rainbow’ is an interesting story with good performances, and there’s also a twist ending. I just don’t know if I’m going to remember this movie by its title…

‘Black Rainbow’ received 11 award nominations, winning 5 including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Screenplay.

Would I watch it again? I don’t think so.