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The small town of Huntingburg is forced to evacuate when torrential rains bring rising flood waters. The local sheriff (Randy Quaid) 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.

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

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Hard Rain | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Mike Clark USA Today Hard Rain is pure water torture. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 9, 2018 Full Review Hard Rain | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Todd McCarthy Variety 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. Jul 17, 2009 Full Review Hard Rain | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly 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. Rated: C- Dec 17, 2008 Full Review Hard Rain | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) The first candidate for one of the worst films of 1998. Rated: D- Jan 19, 2023 Full Review Hard Rain | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Mike Massie Gone With The Twins A sharply photographed, sparkling little thriller, full of appropriate slow-motion, exciting confrontations in unique settings, and a rip-roaring climax. Rated: 8/10 Jan 2, 2022 Full Review Hard Rain | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com In terms of pure visuals, I loved this film. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 10, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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William D Great movie. One of the best heist movies I have seen. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/22/23 Full Review Steve D Not even the strong cast can make this mess work. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review jelisije j An armored vehicle is robbed in a huge storm and the officer in charge must make sure to secure the payload from every threat that comes his way. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Michael S Beside the fact that this small town beset by biblical flooding is clearly just a movie set with a lot of water, this is actually a fun movie. Good cast, timeless tale of greed warping good people (like in A Simple Plan), witty script from Graham Yost (Speed, Justified), and some nice imagery throughout. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/11/22 Full Review Audience Member First off, Hard Rain is actually one of the most unique movies I've ever seen in my life. All of the action sequences in the flood are top notch, which makes it all the more sad that this movie wasn't better. It's just clear that all of the time and money went into pulling off the visuals and not the story. And it couldn't have been more obvious that this was Speed - Flood Edition. Fortunately Morgan Freeman's character makes up for the bland-ness of our two cookie-cutter leads. It's just a pity they completely botched the ending, particularly regarding his character. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Very tongue in cheek, but entertaining. A fun movie. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mikael Salomon Director Morgan Freeman Jim Christian Slater Tom Randy Quaid Sheriff Minnie Driver Karen Ed Asner Uncle Charlie
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Hard Rain: Official Clip - Changing the Menu Hard Rain: Official Clip - Changing the Menu 2:13 Hard Rain: Official Clip - Shoot Out in the Flooded Church Hard Rain: Official Clip - Shoot Out in the Flooded Church 2:02 Hard Rain: Official Clip - Handcuffed in the Flood Hard Rain: Official Clip - Handcuffed in the Flood 2:13 Hard Rain: Official Clip - Ever Think About Taking the Money? Hard Rain: Official Clip - Ever Think About Taking the Money? 1:39 Hard Rain: Official Clip - Locked In Hard Rain: Official Clip - Locked In 2:13 Hard Rain: Official Clip - We Just Want the Money! Hard Rain: Official Clip - We Just Want the Money! 2:13 Hard Rain: Official Clip - Jet Ski Chase Through the School Hard Rain: Official Clip - Jet Ski Chase Through the School 2:08 Hard Rain: Official Clip - Trust Me Hard Rain: Official Clip - Trust Me 1:22 View more videos

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Synopsis The small town of Huntingburg is forced to evacuate when torrential rains bring rising flood waters. The local sheriff (Randy Quaid) 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
H2L Media Group, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Toho-Towa, Paramount Pictures, Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), Mutual Film Company, BBC, Marubeni

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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