In Mikael Salomon's "Hard Rain", a natural disaster, a heist and a sheriff who goes rogue, are just a few of the problems that an armoured truck driver has to contend with when he tries to prevent $3 million in cash from getting into the wrong hands. His incident-packed story is told at high speed with shoot-outs, chases and explosions featuring at various junctures as well as bullets, boats and betrayals providing further dangers. There's also absolutely no let-up in the level of threat that he's under as he gets pursued by two very determined groups of men who are prepared to do whatever it takes in order to steal the loot and eliminate any witnesses.
When the small town of Huntingburg, Indiana is hit by a torrential rainstorm and the floodwater starts to rise at an alarming speed, armoured truck drivers Tom (Christian Slater) and his Uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) are instructed to collect all the cash held at the town's banks as a matter of urgency. After completing their collections and starting to make their way back out of town, the truck gets stuck in a flooded section of road and Charlie makes a radio call to inform the National Guard. Almost immediately, they get ambushed by a gang of four men, one of whom shoots and kills Charlie. Tom then manages to escape with the bags of money which he subsequently hides in a cemetery.
The gang, which is led by Jim (Morgan Freeman), pursues Tom until he gives them the slip and hides out in a local church. There, he gets knocked unconscious by a woman named Karen (Minnie Driver) who, after having mistaken him for a looter, takes him to the sheriff's office. Sheriff Mike Collins (Randy Quaid) believes Tom's account of what had happened, but as a precaution, locks him up in a cell until his story can be checked out. The sheriff and his deputies continue to try to ensure that all the townsfolk are evacuated safely but Karen escapes from the deputy who'd been instructed to escort her away from danger and instead goes back to the church (which she'd been restoring), to fill the pumps.
Soon the huge dam that overlooks Huntingburg is no longer able to fully retain all its water and Karen rescues Tom from drowning in his cell in the unattended sheriff's office. The two of them then team up to try and get away from the extreme danger they're in from the flood and Jim's gang and the sheriff (who's bitter about not being re-elected to his post in the recent election) decide to steal the $3 million and kill anyone who gets in their way.
This movie's special effects, cinematography and well-directed action sequences are all highly impressive and the acting performances are also good. The sheer pace of the action ensures that the interest-level remains high throughout and there are also some humorous moments to enjoy. "Hard Rain" isn't the kind of movie that would stand up well to repeat viewings but is nevertheless, full of action that's exciting and fun to watch.
When the small town of Huntingburg, Indiana is hit by a torrential rainstorm and the floodwater starts to rise at an alarming speed, armoured truck drivers Tom (Christian Slater) and his Uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) are instructed to collect all the cash held at the town's banks as a matter of urgency. After completing their collections and starting to make their way back out of town, the truck gets stuck in a flooded section of road and Charlie makes a radio call to inform the National Guard. Almost immediately, they get ambushed by a gang of four men, one of whom shoots and kills Charlie. Tom then manages to escape with the bags of money which he subsequently hides in a cemetery.
The gang, which is led by Jim (Morgan Freeman), pursues Tom until he gives them the slip and hides out in a local church. There, he gets knocked unconscious by a woman named Karen (Minnie Driver) who, after having mistaken him for a looter, takes him to the sheriff's office. Sheriff Mike Collins (Randy Quaid) believes Tom's account of what had happened, but as a precaution, locks him up in a cell until his story can be checked out. The sheriff and his deputies continue to try to ensure that all the townsfolk are evacuated safely but Karen escapes from the deputy who'd been instructed to escort her away from danger and instead goes back to the church (which she'd been restoring), to fill the pumps.
Soon the huge dam that overlooks Huntingburg is no longer able to fully retain all its water and Karen rescues Tom from drowning in his cell in the unattended sheriff's office. The two of them then team up to try and get away from the extreme danger they're in from the flood and Jim's gang and the sheriff (who's bitter about not being re-elected to his post in the recent election) decide to steal the $3 million and kill anyone who gets in their way.
This movie's special effects, cinematography and well-directed action sequences are all highly impressive and the acting performances are also good. The sheer pace of the action ensures that the interest-level remains high throughout and there are also some humorous moments to enjoy. "Hard Rain" isn't the kind of movie that would stand up well to repeat viewings but is nevertheless, full of action that's exciting and fun to watch.