Its visual thrills and solid performances combine to make it an above average film treat.
Chill Factor (1999)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:5
Rotten:67
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: 10 years after an army accident involving a chemical weapon with the power to fry the skin off every living thing within a five mile radius, the army major who wrongly took the blame is released... 10 years after an army accident involving a chemical weapon with the power to fry the skin off every living thing within a five mile radius, the army major who wrongly took the blame is released from prison and is out for vengeance. The means? Yes, the very same weapon, which must in fact stay at a temperature 50 degrees or colder or it will detonate. Enter an ice cream truck driver (Gooding) and a drifter (Ulrich), who with the help of the scientist (Paymer) who designed the weapon, are determined to keep it cold and out of the wrong hands. [More]
Starring: Cuba Gooding, Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer
Starring: Cuba Gooding, Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer
Director: Hugh Johnson
Director: Hugh Johnson
Screenwriter: Drew Gitlin, Mike Cheda
Producer: James G. Robinson
Composer: Hans Zimmer, John Powell
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Reviews for Chill Factor
That this script didn't self-destruct during its first pitch meeting is, well, chilling.
Director Hugh Johnson's plot is predictable and even Cuba Gooding Jr.'s charismatic presence can't salvage this flick.
Barely thought-out jumble of Hollywood conventions dashed together in the pursuit of the almighty quick buck.
There’s one standout action scene, but the other parts perfunctorily connect the dots.
Fairly standard save - the - world stuff, with a parade of implausibilities.
The plot is rigged to disintegrate if a moviegoer's IQ nudges above 70.
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