Hard Rain (1998)

I had hopes at the beginning of this film, a semi-light action mixed with a bit of a natural disaster flick. For that, I can suspend quite a bit of disbelief, but this one requires too much suspension while not delivering enough of what I was hoping for. The good is Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater are as good as they can be. Ed Asner and Betty White are solid in their small roles. On the other hand, Minnie Driver doesn’t make sense in her role and is given very little to do with it. I’m fairly certain that Huntingburg, Indiana has never seen that much rain ever, let alone in a 24 hour period. Even in 1998, I’m not sure $3 million split amongst a few people was worth all the effort they put into this film. For the good guys, it’s dark and there’s a deluge of rain, I’m pretty sure you can hide away from the bad guys for a good long time in those circumstances. All this nonsense culminated with Jars of Clay’s Flood playing over the credits for some Lucifer knows why reason.