I cannot help but think that maybe the film would have been better off being either a disaster film or an action film instead of the uneven blend that plays out onscreen.
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Hard Rain (1998)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:7
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Rising flood waters imperil the residents of a Midwestern town, but to a gang of thieves, the disaster is an opportunity--to waltz off with the contents of a bank vault abandoned by the evacuated... [More]
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver
Director: Mikael Salomon
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Reviews for Hard Rain
Goes down like a rock--only slowly.
01/01/00
Gobs of gooey fun...
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Overall, HARD RAIN is the kind of film that most people will see, enjoy, and forget five minutes later... entirely adequate.
06/25/05
...while it's no Speed, Hard Rain is a suitably diverting way to spend an hour and a half.
01/01/00
Graham Yost's script serves up one cliche after another for the actors, who thankfully managed to mumble quite a few of the lines.
01/01/00
although the title was changed from 'The Flood' to 'Hard Rain' - supposedly to more accurately reflect the film's content, if you can believe that - a better choice might have been 'Total Washout.'
01/01/00
If you were Noah, you'd probably want to sink the ark before you'd care to spend time wading through this waterlogged effort.
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