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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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Mar 21, 2000

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Its visual thrills and solid performances combine to make it an above average film treat.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

The cinematic equivalent of Kraft macaroni and cheese: bland, familiar, tasty.

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01/01/00
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

It really is so bad that it's good.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Each and every action scene is stolen from some other movie.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Tightly-coiled silliness.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Thomson
Michael Thomson
BBC

That this script didn't self-destruct during its first pitch meeting is, well, chilling.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online

Director Hugh Johnson's plot is predictable and even Cuba Gooding Jr.'s charismatic presence can't salvage this flick.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Athan Bezaitis
Athan Bezaitis
Filmcritic.com

A halfhearted effort at suspense!

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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A rehash of better action films.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Longino
Bob Longino
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Cuba Gooding Jr. delivers another Pepsi One performance.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

Chill Factor is as fun as watching ice melt!

Full Review Source: Flint Journal | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Forsmark
David Forsmark
Flint Journal

Barely thought-out jumble of Hollywood conventions dashed together in the pursuit of the almighty quick buck.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Luty
David Luty
Film Journal International

An irredeemably transparent version of Speed.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Been there, done that.

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01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

There’s one standout action scene, but the other parts perfunctorily connect the dots.

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01/01/00
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

It's rude, crude and eminently forgettable.

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Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

Derivative, uninspired.

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Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Fairly standard save - the - world stuff, with a parade of implausibilities.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Dull and uninteresting.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The plot is rigged to disintegrate if a moviegoer's IQ nudges above 70.

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01/01/00
James Hebert
James Hebert
San Diego Union-Tribune
 
 
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