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	"Hard Rain" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Hard Rain is very typical of the natural disaster films of late (Twister, Dante's Peak, Volcano, Firestorm, Mr.
		Hard Rain is too intense for younger audiences, and the violence and profanity definitely warrant the R-rating.
		Huntingburg was also in the movie "A League of Their Own" as the home of the Rockford Peaches, and was also used in the HBO movie "Soul of the Game".
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/i-hardrain.html (1231 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Hard Rain
		It would be easy to dismiss the entertaining, but decidedly lightweight action film "Hard Rain" as mere fluff, were it not for the memories of last summer's dreadful "Speed 2: Cruise Control." That leaden monstrosity served as a primer on how to screw up an action movie.
		Water is notoriously hard to handle, so the creators of "Hard Rain" moved the production into a contained environment, building an extremely detailed replica of Huntingburg in a massive aircraft hangar in Palmdale, California.
		"Hard Rain" was originally called "The Flood" and was scheduled for release last summer, but the film was pulled from the schedule and the name changed due to fears it would be mistaken as a disaster movie.
	www.all-reviews.com /videos/hard-rain.htm (801 words)

	Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews: Hard Rain
		Cranky finds it hard to believe that not one of the hundred or so folk that worked on this flick or who read this script caught the error.
		Hard Rain knows the setup doesn't hold water, which is why it tries to toss in some (very funny, actually) old folk humor delivered by Betty White, who knows how to deliver.
		It isn't rain which is falling from the heavens in Hard Rain, it's ammunition or guns loaded with same.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive98/hardrain.html (699 words)

	Dr. Daniel's Movie Emergency - Hard Rain - Christian Slater, Minnie Driver, Morgan Freeman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This movie tries so hard to be cool, but it drowns itself in implausibilities, silliness, overall weakness.
		He looks like he's trying so hard to mintain the dignity he always brings to his films, but he knows deep down inside that this is all one big mistake to suffer through.
		See, Hard Rain is driven by the effects and the action, all of which revolve around flooding and the threat of drowning.
	www.stairwell.com /doc/exam/hardrain.html (1151 words)

	HARD RAIN movie review with photos, video
		But Hard Rain is awash in enough implausible action, inadvertantly laughable dialogue and hoary cliches to easily sink both films.
		Hard Rain was directed by Mikael Salomon, who is experienced with wet and wild movies, having earned Oscar nominations as cinematographer on The Abyss and Backdraft.
		No, the many flaws in Hard Rain are all to be found in the ludicrous script -- the silly dialogue, cardboard characters and unbelievable action should have been evident at the first read-through, before anyone turned on a single water hose.
	www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/h/hardra.html (610 words)

	Hard Rain (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Trivia: The movie was originally called "The Flood" and had numerous other characters in it and had many daylight scenes.
		Besides, "Hard Rain" was largely met with disinterested shrugs upon release and that is a shame.
		"Hard Rain" stars Christian Slater as a goody-two-shoes employee of a armoured truck firm who, together with his uncle, collect $3'000'000 from a bank in a town that's about to be flooded (phew!).
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0120696 (805 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Hard Rain \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		Under its original name ("The Flood"), "Hard Rain" was scheduled to open in theaters during the summer.
		Not to say that this soggy thriller is predictable, but anyone who's seen either the movie trailer or TV ads will be able to tell where this one's going within minutes — as well as predict all of the major "twists and turns" the movie makes.
		"Hard Rain" is rated R for violence, profanity, gore, some vulgar references and a scene featuring an attempted rape.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,748,00.html (444 words)

	Review: Hard Rain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hard Rain is the case of a movie that gets progressively worse with every passing minute.
		The community, protected by an overworked dam, is being evacuated as the rain continues to pour relentlessly from the cloud-choked skies.
		Hard Rain successfully demonstrates that the opposite is equally possible.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/h/hard_rain.html (709 words)

	Hard Rain Movie Review
		The most surprised guy is the lazy, shiftless dam operator who falls asleep at the switch and manages to flood half of Indiaillinoisana when he fails to push the right button and keep the dam from breaking.
		Fortunately, the state has fine financial institutions that know conclusively when the dam is going to break and when it is going to rain hard, so they arrange to evacuate the money in low-lying banks (pun intended).
		he rest of the movie is the four original bad guys and the now-bad-guy-sheriff all chasing each other around the flooded town trying to get Tom's money, on the conveniently-fully-fueled jet skis that they "found" in a store.
	www.omenaheights.com /hardrain_page.htm (539 words)

	MGC Review - Hard Rain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The miniatures and CGI are kept to a minimum; this is a big, old-fashioned build-it-and-do-it movie, and for the most part, the movie looks pretty cool as a result.
		In fact, I remember a moment of disorientation when somebody towards the end of the movie refers to someone else by name (a line like "What about ______?" or something), and I had to stop for a second to think to myself, "Who?" before remembering that it was one of the main characters.
		If it were up to me, Hard Rain will die a fast death at the box office as a lesson to Hollywood to quit making derivative high-concept drivel like this.
	www.moviegeek.homestead.com /files/hardrain.htm (946 words)

	Hard Rain Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"Hard Rain", an $80 million mating of the disaster and heist genres, was originally christened with the less-than-spine tingling title "The Flood" and slated for release in the early summer of 1997.
		The action sequences are less-than-thrilling, and the few shining moments that there are in this movie suffer from a been-there-done-that sentiment resulting from "Titanic" beating it to the theaters, especially two sequences with Tom and Karen each being locked up or handcuffed with the water rising around them.
		Though the trailers make "Hard Rain" look like an exciting movie full of visceral thrills and a premise rich with dramatic potential, this waterlogged heist/disaster movie is saddled with a far-fetched narrative, slow pacing, uninspired dialogue, and the mercurial motivations of the characters.
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	Hard Rain movie review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Fortunately, the rain is just a backdrop for the real action, which has its moments.
		It's raining hard in Huntingburg, Indiana and the town is on the verge of being flooded.
		Tom (Christian Slater) and Charlie (Ed Asner) are driving an armoured truck containing three million dollars when it stalls, stuck in deep water.
	www.ram.org /ramblings/movies/hard_rain.html (208 words)

	Hard Rain Movie Review
		The movie opens with a stunning piece of cinematography where the camera starts at the flooded dam, then slowly makes it way across the country side, into town and ends up with a close-up of the Sherrif (played by Randy Quaid) organising the evacuation.
		This plot twist is nice for the thriller and chase aspects of the movie as it changes the whole perspective of the audience - but overall the change in character of the three is somewhat unconvincing and doesn't entirely make sense given some of their earlier actions.
		All in all this was an enjoyable movie that I see as an oppurtunity lost to make a really break-thru movie much like Speed was (man I wish they'd used the jet skis more often), but it is still a very watchable movie.
	www.killermovies.com /h/hardrain/reviews/73i.html (638 words)

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		Review: The idea of Hard Rain is quite simple: a storm has caused a whole town to be overflooded which results in chaos for an armored truck guard played by Christian Slater.
		He then have to run away and protect the money on his own, which causes a series of dangerous things to happen to him, all connected to the fact that the streets are flooded.
		Hard Rain is one of the most confusing, idiotic action films of the 1990s.
	www.reviewstream.com /reviews/?p=3334 (215 words)

	[ Times & Free Press Movie Reviews: 'Hard Rain' drowns in deluge of disparity ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The water level is high and the intelligence level is low in "Hard Rain," an early candidate for 1998's wettest film.
		That's quite a claim in these days of "Titanic" and even "Oscar and Lucinda," but "Hard Rain," at least in one respect, stands apart: While the former two movies press water into the service of a compelling story, the deluge implied in the title of the latter pretty much is the story.
		It's already pouring rain when determined courier Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) take to their armored car to move $3 million from the local bank to dry land, well away from the overflowing Ohio River.
	www.timesfreepress.com /cityscape/diversions/filmfinder/hardrain.html (437 words)

	Hard Rain Movie Review
		/Hard Rain/ is literally a torrent of action sequences strung together to make for an energetic and exhilarating film.
		One of the most impressive aspects of /Hard Rain/ is how convincing the film making is. I could easily believe the whole town was flooded.
		There are a few plot incongruities but /Hard Rain/ isn't an intellectual exercise---it's a time killer.
	www.killermovies.com /h/hardrain/reviews/b8n.html (274 words)

	Hard Rain Movie Search
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		Movies like Hard Rain may be good for a break from life, but burning excess energy by cleaning the house or taking a walk will leave you in a better state of mind.
		Then when you are ready to relax, Hard Rain will be there waiting for you.
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	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Hard Rain
		In an apparent response to the lukewarm reaction to Hollywood's last two disaster epics, the dueling volcano movies Dante's Peak and Volcano, the makers of Hard Rain (formerly known as The Flood) have tweaked the usual disaster formula a bit, melding traditional disaster elements with more slam-bang action.
		What causes the most damage to Hard Rain is the inclusion of cheesy disaster movie conventions.
		After all is said and done, Hard Rain is a somewhat diverting popcorn flick that holds one's interest for its fairly brief running time.
	www.all-reviews.com /videos/hard-rain-3.htm (558 words)

	Hard Rain: Movie-Source.com Hard Rain Movie, Hard Rain Preview, Hard Rain Review
		Review (B) Hard Rain, previously titled The Flood, is a wet and wild thriller starring Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, and Minnie Driver.
		Randy Quaid is the sheriff who's character takes a dramatic shift partway through the movie, and Minnie Driver is the helpless not-so-helpless female along for the ride to provide some wet shirt action (that's what I'm guessing, at least), but luckily they didn't bog down the movie with any love interest scenes.
		Hard Rain was a little farfetched but that's okay.
	www.movie-source.com /movie_page.asp?movieID=527 (696 words)

	MMI Movie Review: Hard Rain
		Grab your slickers and galoshes, it's 'Hard Rain,' the dark new action-thriller from Paramount Pictures starring water -- so much water you honestly expect to see wrinkly skin at any given moment.
		In average rain scenes, they use 1,500 gallons of water per minute; for 'Hard Rain' they used 30,000.
		With the exception of the token girl, Karen (played in earnest by Minnie Driver) nearly every main character in 'Hard Rain' changes dramatically from when we first meet.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/hardrain.html (514 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Hard Rain"
		Popcorn Movie (definition): A movie which based on its merits of proper story-telling techniques, unique style and believable characters, would fail on all counts.
		A Popcorn Movie is a film that allows you to turn off your brain before viewing, crunch down on plenty of nachos and popcorn without having to worry about missing any relevant dialogue, and revel in its lunacy of plot, excessive action sequences and shallow objectives.
		Originally titled THE FLOOD, this movie is packed with superficial characters (save Freeman who pulls off some three-dimension), endless chases and gunfights, plenty of rain, water and more rain, and enough cheezy dialogue and plot holes to make any other "Popcorn Movie" candidate beet-red jealous.
	www.joblo.com /hardrain.htm (460 words)

	Hard Rain - Movie Tome
		It may not be a disaster movie, per se, but this terminally silly thriller is certainly disastrous, and would be pointless without the novelty of its setting in a flooding Midwestern town during a torrential rainfall.
		Physically impressive but idiotic in every other respect, the movie pits an armored truck courier (Christian Slater) against a smart leader of thieves (Morgan Freeman) and a corruptible town sheriff (Randy Quaid) who are vying for possession of $3 million in cash.
		Before long you'll be yawning as incompetent accomplices are systematically dispatched by their own stupidity, in the kind of movie where the use of power boats inevitably leads to at least one death by outboard motor.
	www.movietome.com /movietome/servlet/DvdDetailPage/dvdid-8658/movieid-8691 (178 words)

	Qwipster's Movie Reviews - Review: Hard Rain
		After some extremely heavy rain, the river near a small Indiana town is overflowing and the dam is about to burst.
		The puzzling aspect is the continuously well-lit look of the town, which should have lost power early on, and with the storm clouds filling the sky, no moonlight should have pervaded.
		Of course, if the screen were pitch fl, it might have been a less interesting movie, although I guess that's hard to imagine.
	www.qwipster.net /hardrain.htm (555 words)

	FilmCan Movie Review:Hard Rain
		"Hard Rain" features Morgan Freeman as the "bad guy", but once we get to know him, we find that he's really not that bad after all.
		It's really surprising to see him "slumming" in a film like this, but he does bring an unexpected air of dignity to what would have otherwise been a standard action flick.
		Anyway, while it's no "Speed", "Hard Rain" is a suitably diverting way to spend an hour and a half.
	ottawa.film-can.com /cgi-bin/main/review.cgi?FID=HAR-3&RID=1 (353 words)

	Hard Rain Falling
		If I had seen this movie like 3 years ago, I probably would have loved it, to tell you the truth.
		While watching this over-wrought, sentimental crap, all I keep thinking to myself was, "Why is nothing in this movie moving anything within myself?" I reflected on this and have done some soul searching.
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	Hard Rain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When driving rains flood an Indiana town, a group of crooks led by Jim (Freeman) plan to rob an armored car.
		MOVIE REVIEW: Lack of heart, characters bog down 'Hard Rain'.
		A Hard Rain; A boy whose vacation ritual is disrupted falls into a funk as dark as the skies
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	Hard Rain Movie Review
		I don't see much of a difference, but apparently some executives at Paramount figured that with a title like "The Flood", it might become another casuality of the "disaster movie flops", a la "Volcano" and "Dante's Peak".
		"Hard Rain" is very similiar in many respects.
		The only thing different, is that "Hard Rain" doesn't really feature a clear villian, where "Speed" had Dennis Hopper.
	www.killermovies.com /h/hardrain/reviews/62r.html (436 words)

	Movie Madness! - HARD RAIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The flood starts at around the knees, and as the rain continues to fall throughout the picture, the water keeps on rising and rising.
		An odd side note: this film was supposed to open last year, but got squeezed out by a crowd of summer releases.
		The Movie Madness section and its contents are ©2006 Brian Thomas
	www.psychotronic.info /mm/ghi/hardrain.htm (273 words)

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	Hard Rain
		Cleverly, Young works several of the legendary Toots Thielemans' chromatic harmonica solos into the music, which act as a theme to depict the movie's bad guys, led by Morgan Freeman, and there are a couple of minor themes which represent the central character of the movie - the Hard Rain itself.
		The score starts well, with the main title 'Hard Rain', which introduces the heroic main theme, and 'The Jet Ski Chase (Part 1)', which has some lovely interplay between different parts of the brass section, most notably through some repeated horn motifs.
		They are all well composed and, in the film, drive along the various chase scenes perfectly but, as a standalone listening experiences, they tend to become a little overbearing and repetitive after a while.
	www.moviemusicuk.us /hardracd.htm (601 words)

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