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Critics Consensus: Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.
Critic Consensus: Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.
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This is a cookie-cutter buddy movie, as predictable as they come.
As an unintentional send-up of the predictability and wretchedness of modern action-comedies, Chill Factor is hilarious. Sadly, however, no one involved seems to realize the silliness and transgressive stupidity of its sub-direct-to-video-thriller script.
Nobody questions this logic, but then there are a lot of logical gaps in this movie.
The stunt work is pretty good, the brain work close to nonexistent.
The 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!
Surprise, surprise -- as Identikit film-making goes, this is glossy, sharp and alarmingly enjoyable stuff.
Gooding possesses so much boundless energy that he practically dares you not to care, not to get involved, not to root for his success.
Cuba Gooding Jr. delivers another Pepsi One performance.
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.
Let me start off by saying that "Speed" is one of my all-time favorite movies, and that "Chill Factor's" plot centers a lot around "Speed's" main idea. Luckily for me, a movie taking the formula of a much more successful and original movie hasn't ever bothered me as much as it does most of the movie critics, just as long as it's also a good movie, which "Chill Factor" is. 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.
Super Reviewer
Ridiculous buddy thriller in which Cuba Gooding's ice cream delivery man gets roped into hauling unstable chemical weapons around in his truck, pursued by moustache twirling villain Peter Firth. It's obviously trash, but Gooding and Ulrich's good-natured banter keeps it watchable in a reasonably entertaining comic action no-brainer.
Fine action with Skeet Ulrich and Cuba Gooding Jr. go on the lam with a deadly biological weapon to keep it out of the hands of a demented arms dealer. Stitched together from pieces of better movies including Speed and Raiders of the Lost Ark and hammered across with clumsy enthusiasm, the film quickly becomes noisy and overbearing.
Quite an average low budget action film. Not the greatest plot in the world.
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