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Hard Rain (1998)

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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 32
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A natural disaster breeds man-made treachery in this suspense thriller. Severe flooding threatens an Indiana town after a massive rainstorm taxes dams to the breaking point. As part of an emergency evacuation effort, armored car driver Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) are recruited to collect cash from the town's banks and drive it to safety. However, a gang of thieves led by Jim (Morgan Freeman) plan to lay siege to the truck and steal the $3 million on board. After

R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Mikael Salomon

Written By: Graham Yost

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Dec 15, 1998

Paramount Home Video

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Critic Reviews for Hard Rain

All Critics (52) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (24) | DVD (8)

It's big, dumb, noisy, and teeming with idiotic dialogue, yet the finished feature has a certain merry swagger about it that keeps everything motoring right along, and the hook of the film is immaculately presented.

February 11, 2010 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

Overall, HARD RAIN is the kind of film that most people will see, enjoy, and forget five minutes later... entirely adequate.

June 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews

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Moriarty

Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews

Great opening shot that leads to an action flick that's all wet.

February 7, 2003 Comment

Gerry Shamray

Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

A surprisingly enjoyable thriller.

October 11, 2002 Comment

Forrest Hartman

Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Yes, even the great Morgan Freeman is fallable.

August 9, 2002 Comment

Staci Layne Wilson

Fantastica Daily

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A great action and adventure movie with a bunch of great actors. This movie is an exciting natural disaster thriller, and if that intrigues you, you should see it.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

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A guard from an armoured security van is stalked through a flooded town by a gang seeking to rob his $3 million payload. Hard Rain is nothing but a bare-boned, crowd-pleasing action film and never pretends to be anything else. It jumps straight in with the action and never looks back, and the formula of

May 26, 2007