| Hard Rain | | Cast : | Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver | | Director : | Mikael Salomon | | Studio : | Paramount Studio | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 16, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | May 13, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 20, 2005 | | Summary | Fun action flick | Content
 | Yup - the plot does stretch your ability to suspend disbelief, but it stops short of actually asking you to hang it by the neck until it's dead - the story is unlikely, but there are no obvious plot holes to disrupt the fun.
Morgan Freeman dishes up his usual excellence in this role - a crook looking for a retirement fund, with a typical crew to help - a screwup 20s rowdy, an unemployed high school science teacher, and a scripture-quoting pro.
Christian Slater is, well, Christian Slater - I've been a fan for years, and this is yet another appearance of the wisecracking, intrepid guy that Mr. Slater plays so often. It'd get repititious if it weren't so much fun. He's at the end of a "clean out the banks before they're flooded" run, with $3 million in the truck when it's stuck in a deep spot in the ever-present water.
Minnie Driver does a fine, if understated, job as the woman who stayed in town too long, preparing a church she's been restoring to weather the flood, who gets involved in the scramble for the cash. While she's on the side of the good guys, there's no real steam between her and Slater.
Randy Quaid is the Sheriff who recently lost his re-election, and is bitter and angry, but determined to do a good job as long as he's on the clock - until the temptation of that money proves to be too much for him.
For a film set almost entirely in a nighttime rain, the camerawork is amazingly good. The effects work nicely, the flood gives us an element that's unusual in action films, and the cast works well together, even when the script gets a tad overblown.
The widescreen DVD has a few basic features, but is pretty scant in extras - no deleted scenes, no trailers for other movies, nothing you'd not have seen in the theatre but the trailer for this film - which was a disappointment, but not fatal.
All in all, a fun 96 minutes of video, if you're not in the mood for something deep and meaningful. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 18, 2005 | | Summary | Critics of critics,step off | Content
| For those who continue to bash other reviewers for giving their opinions of movies here,please get a life. They are entitled to post reviews,just as you are.
This is standard D grade hollywood action fare,about as contrived and stupid as it gets. The acting isn't really an issue,here,it's the braindead plot and script,which frequently makes no sense. The special effects aren't really impressive,either,since much of the film looks as if it was filmed in a bathtub.
By the way,it seems in vogue amongst Amazon browsers to excuse and apologize for any mediocre and brainless flick by stating 'lighten up,it's an action movie!',or 'it's a comedy!'. I suppose any dreck ever vomited upon the landscape can be immune to criticism under these terms. That said,if you really,really,really,really liked 'Con Air',and you're in the mood for something less weighty,this little film is for you! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 16, 2005 | | Summary | Critics of all kinds, please step off! | Content
| OK,
I am really getting tired of all the "I am smarter than the masses" reviews.
These people who come in here and apply for a real critics job bashing every movie they can get their dishonest hands on.
While bashing, they throw comments in to make sure you know that THEY know all the in's and out's of movie making, actors, directors, plots.. blah blah blah.
This movie is an action flick.
It's funny how so many say how "unbelievable" it is, as if somewhere out there, there are 3 million dollar bank heists every day with subplots, strong dialog and explosions all around.
Action flicks are just that, action flicks.
This is not real life, and will never portay real life.
It is a couple hour diversion made mainly for men who like to see bullets and flying debris.
In other words... me.
Stop trying to tear down movies you really didn't want to see in the first place and go find a tree to hug and preach to your intellectual friends, because of course, you all know better than the rest of us.
My review:
Good action Flick to have on the shelf, not quite the calibur of a summer blockbuster arnie type, but a good one to throw in the dvd player when there is nothin on TV.
Oh and one other thing.. why can't all these great critics format their paragraphs? It's a wonder. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 11, 2005 | | Summary | Hard Rain | Content
| this movie despite it's got some bad parts this movie is over all really good morgan freeman and christian slater are truly good actors in this flim especially since they had to flim hours in the water i recommend it for anyone who like action movies and humor !*** |
| Rating | | | Date | March 21, 2005 | | Summary | 3M Dollars Up for Grabs in Soggy Berg... | Content
| ...would you want a cut? Of course. Unless you're Christian Slater. Everybody else is irredeemable in this dreary, rainy thriller. Even lil ol' Betty White has a shot gun aimed at Slater and Driver. And Lou Grant ends up bleeding from the jugular...Jet ski chases, exploding transformers electrocuting guys, and boats thru stainglassed windows punctuate the chase scenes: a pivotal shoot-out atop a cemetery beneath the flood waters is the story's peak. Freeman seems benevolent, but like he says, ultimately he's in it only for the dough. Driver and Slater it seems, must've been a good idea for the romantic angle, on paper, but something's amiss in practice--the sparks between each other don't show. (I heart Slater and Driver, but together, they were simply adequate here.)Quaid, you figure something's up with from the beginning (I can never forgive him for playing that 'droid in Pluto Nash--in fact I can't forgive anyone having to do with anything in Pluto Nash.)...you can't continue playing these small town rube types forever without getting small town corrupted. What? You wouldn't try to get that money, given that state of wash? |
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