Directed by:
Mikael SalomonScreenplay:
Graham YostCinematography:
Peter Menzies Jr.Composer:
Christopher YoungCast:
Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Edward Asner, Michael A. Goorjian, Dann Florek, Mark Rolston, Richard Dysart, Ray Baker (more)Plots(1)
Torrential rains and floods force local sheriff (Randy Quaid) and town residents of Huntingburg to evacuate and abandon the town. Tension mounts when an armoured car, sent to transport $3 million from local banks, breaks down and drivers, Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Ed Asner), find themselves stranded. Before they know it they are surrounded by a suspicious crew led by Jim (Morgan Freeman). Without warning the crew opens fire. The chase is on, Tom wades through thigh deep waters with the $3million in tow, Jim is determined to find Tom and the money, the action is non-stop and so is the rain. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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Imagine a classic action movie in which the bad guys and the heroes don’t chase each other in cars, but on jet skis and motorboats. Hard Rain is not a disaster movie, and if that’s what wanted to be, that would be to its detriment. Rather, Hard Rain is an action flick that places the motif of a hero fighting jewel thieves in the setting of a catastrophic flood. And it does it so skilfully that there is no room to relax or to be bored during its ninety-minute runtime. A solid Hollywood genre movie.
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The action and the disastrous flood are equal partners in this not very well-known, but qualitatively decent action film full of water, small town hooligans, and scooter chases. The change compared to the usual tracks is not only in the setting and emphasis on natural elements, from which the director extracted the maximum, but the main character is quite unconventional, too. Christian Slater is no bruiser, he's an unremarkable and non-confrontational police officer who happens to have come into contact with much sharper and more brash thugs. And despite not being a great actor, his unique type of “invisible” charisma works surprisingly well. A wet and dirty thoroughbred action film in a very interesting water setting.
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Exactly what POMO said. Hard Rain is not a disaster film, it’s 90 minutes of relentless action where no one can catch their breath; the actors, so they’ll avoid drowning, and the viewers, so they won’t miss any of the chases, shootouts or spectacular jumps with speedboats. It’s not the smartest movie, but that’s the last thing you’ll mind.
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