It may not exactly be a disaster movie, but this terminally silly thriller is certainly disastrous, and would be pointless without the novelty of its setting in a flooding Midwestern town during a torrential rainfall. Physically impressive but idiotic in every other respect, the movie pits an armoured truck courier (Christian Slater) against a smart leader of thieves (Morgan Freeman) and a corruptible town sheriff (Randy Quaid) who are vying for possession of $3 million in cash. A waterlogged game of cat and mouse, the plot is so contrived that even the most impressive... action sequences--such as a jet-ski chase through flooded high-school corridors--are robbed of their already tenuous credibility. Before long you'll be yawning as incompetent accomplices are systematically dispatched by their own stupidity, in the kind of movie where the use of power boats inevitably leads to at least one death by outboard motor. What's impressive here is the physical production itself--the effect of flooding was created by building a huge replica of downtown Huntington, Indiana, in a huge, watertight aircraft hangar in Palmdale, California! --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com [show more]
The flood in the town is only a minor part of what is an excellent action movie, it certainly has a lot more depth to it than Armageddon or Deep Impact for example, and unlike Twister it has a plot.
So what's it all about then? When the small town of Huntingburg gets flooded, an armoured car is called for to collect the bank money and transport it to safety, however, a small time gang of thieves have alternative ideas for the money. This turns into a non-stop action thriller where Tom (Christian Slater) is the only person standing between the gang and three million dollars. With a star studded cast, this makes an excellent evenings light entertainment.
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