Hard Rain

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Hard Rain

R,

1998,

1h 36m,

Action/

Mystery & Thriller/

Crime/

Drama

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36%

44 Reviews

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25,000+ Ratings

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The small town of Huntingburg is forced to evacuate when torrential rains bring rising floodwaters. The local sheriff and town residents, having been through this before, are all too familiar with the looting and petty thefts that take place in an abandoned town. What they are not aware of, however, is the planned heist of an armored car sent to transport the $3 million from local banks.

Critics Consensus

Hard Rain is an implausible heist movie soaked in disaster movie trappings.

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Mike Clark

USA Today

Jan 9, 2018

1.5/4

Hard Rain is pure water torture.

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Jul 17, 2009

Virtually nothing that takes place here is believable for a moment, beginning with the idea that all these people would expend all their energies trying to shoot one another when they are so imperiled to begin with.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Dec 17, 2008

C-

The flood rises, the night grows murky, and it becomes clear that the more water there is on screen, the less room there is for anything of interest to happen.

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Dan DiNicola

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Jan 19, 2023

D-

The first candidate for one of the worst films of 1998.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Jan 2, 2022

8/10

A sharply photographed, sparkling little thriller, full of appropriate slow-motion, exciting confrontations in unique settings, and a rip-roaring climax.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 10, 2020

3.0/4.0

In terms of pure visuals, I loved this film.

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Luke P

Mar 14, 2019

A pointless but fun 90's action film that has surprisingly great casting from Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Betty White, Edward Asner, and Minnie Driver. John Woo was attached to direct this film at one point which seems like a film he would direct but instead went on to direct Face/Off which is a much better action movie. Randy Quaid who I really like as an actor especially as the classic character Cousin Eddie does well in this film and does well in action movies as he proved in Independence Day.

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Finn W

Jun 19, 2018

I can't believe how badly received this movie is, I loved it, all the villains, the water, the chase, the originality, the heist. The gun shots, Betty White LOL. Don't go into movies always looking for a masterpiece, enjoy it wholly instead of picking at the pieces all the time.

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Draco S

May 23, 2017

I remember watching this many times on T.V. the earlier years..It's not bad, you watch it easily and you enjoy Slater acting..!

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Theodore S

Jan 7, 2017

From start to finish this is ridiculous. No build up to set the scene, just straight into incoherent nonsense. One of the worst films of the 90s. Woeful.

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Abraham S

Oct 2, 2016

A decent, inventive, and sometimes silly action / heist movie that by the end will have you feeling as if you too have been in a downpour. Never quite jumps the shark but occasionally comes close. Not exactly a classic but it's a lot of fun and very well paced.

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Synopsis

The small town of Huntingburg is forced to evacuate when torrential rains bring rising floodwaters. The local sheriff and town residents, having been through this before, are all too familiar with the looting and petty thefts that take place in an abandoned town. What they are not aware of, however, is the planned heist of an armored car sent to transport the $3 million from local banks.

Director: Mikael Salomon
Producer: Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Art Levinson
Screenwriter: Graham Yost
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), Toho-Towa, H2L Media Group, Paramount Pictures, Marubeni, BBC, Mutual Film Company, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating: R (Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.9M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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