Chill Factor (1999)
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Reviews Counted: 73
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 68
Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.
Average Rating: 3/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 24
Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.
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In this action thriller, the only things standing in the way of world destruction are two guys in an ice cream truck. On a remote island in the South Pacific, a secret weapons project (code name "Elvis") goes wrong, and a new chemical weapon, safe when frozen but deadly when thawed, is allowed to escape. Eighteen soldiers are killed, leaving behind only the scientist who created the formula and the officer in charge of the project, who is saddled with most of the blame. Ten years later, Tim
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Cast
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Arlo -
Skeet Ulrich
Tim Mason -
Peter Firth
Maj. Andrew Brynner -
David Paymer
Dr. Richard Long -
Hudson Leick
Vaughn -
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Col. Leo Vitelli -
Kevin J. O'Connor
Telstar -
Judson Mills
Dennis -
Jordan Mott
Carl -
Dwayne Macopson
Burke -
Jim Grimshaw
Deputy Pappas -
Rhoda Griffis
Pregnant Woman -
Terry Loughlin
Courtroom General -
Erin Daniels
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All Critics (75) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (68) | DVD (7)
The stunt work is pretty good, the brain work close to nonexistent.
Top CriticThe atmosphere is winning, with the odd felicity peppering the journey with gags and groans.
Here's someone's idea of a cool movie concept: A couple of guys are speeding along in an ice-cream truck carrying a bomb that will explode if it gets above 50. No, not miles per hour -- degrees Fahrenheit!
Chill Factor is a picture well below zero, a thriller that confuses pace with tension and wisecracks with humor.
Gooding plays the worst role I've ever seen him play in a movie!
Instantly disposable!
Generic, unoriginal and pretty stupid.
Each and every action scene is stolen from some other movie.
We've been here before and it's been done better, much better.
Willful suspension of disbelief won't do it.
Blends lousy screenwriting with a totally ridiculous premise, and flavors it lovingly with unrealistic situations and unfathomable directing choices.
Neither Ulrich's brooding intensity nor Gooding's funky panic act (he whines throughout the stunt work) add much to the enterprise.
It's toxic, all right.
Its visual thrills and solid performances combine to make it an above average film treat.
[A] flaccid action picture.
The movie doesn't get any funnier.
This film is easily forgettable.
The plot is rigged to disintegrate if a moviegoer's IQ nudges above 70.
Surprisingly thrill-less!
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Tim Mason (Skeet Ulrich) and the driver of a stolen ice cream truck, Arlo (Cuba Gooding Jr.), get tangled up in a plot in which they must keep a chemical weapon from blowing up and killing millions of people. If this chemical weapon that's called 'Elvis' gets up to 50º, it will literally explode instantly. But that's not all, they have a group of madmen that are tracking them down because they want to get a hold of Elvis. The chemical weapon Elvis, not the singer who a lot of people think is still alive and kicking.
Even though "Chill Factor" is a ripoff of one of my favorite movies of all time, I have to admit that it is a very entertaining film. The script, plot, acting, and everything else about this movie is just average, but Cuba Gooding Jr. keeps it from being a dud. Throughout "Chill Factor," he is hilarious and like always, does a great job of acting. The other things that keep "Chill Factor" from being a not so good movie is that it's interesting and somewhat suspenseful at times.
If you liked "Speed," or even if you don't, I recommend at least seeing "Chill Factor." NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001. Not bad for a "Speed" ripoff.