Hard Rain (UK)
Prepare for hard rain
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 93 mins
Retail Price: £17.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Torrential rains and floods force local sheriff (Randy Quaid) and town residents of Huntingburg to evacuate and abandon the town.
Tension mounts when an armoured car, sent to transport $3 million from local banks, breaks down and drivers, Tom (Christian Slater) and his Uncle Charlie (Ed Asner), find themselves stranded. Before they know it they are surrounded by a suspicious crew led by Jim (Morgan Freeman).
Without warning the crew opens fire. The chase is on, Tom wades his way through thigh-deep waters with the $3 million in tow, Jim is determined to find Tom and the money, the action is non-stop and so is the rain.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Spanish
CC: English
Dutch
Directed By:
Mikael Salomon
Written By:
Graham Yost
Starring:
Michael A. Goorjian
Edward Asner
Minnie Driver
Randy Quaid
Christian Slater
Morgan Freeman
Casting By:
Randi Hiller
Risa Bramon Garcia
Soundtrack By:
Christopher Young
Director of Photography:
Peter Menzies Jr.
Editor:
Paul Hirsch
Costume Designer:
Kathleen Detoro
Production Designer:
J. Michael Riva
Producer:
Christian Slater
Art Levinson
Gary Levinsohn
Mark Gordon
Ian Bryce
Executive Producer:
Allison Lyon Segan
Distributor:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Your Opinions and Comments
While the plot is a bit too familiar and the performances aren`t top notch, the movie still manages to keep you at the edge of your seat (at least as long as the water level doesn`t reach your living room).
The video transfer is very good. Most of the movie takes place at night and the level of detail in each and every scene is quite high. No compression signs can be spotted, nor can any grain be detected. There`s a LOT of rain in the movie (during about 95% of it, actually) and most of it seems real. The various CG in the movie (some rain and 2 scenes in the church, for example) is beautifully done and is pretty seamless with the other effects.
The soundtrack is an interesting issue. This movie is supposed to include a DD 5.1 soundtrack. However, my disk included 2 DD 2.0 (224 kbps) audio tracks (one in English and another one in Spanish), despite what`s written on the cover. It seems Universal had a small glitch and a couple of DVDs were given the wrong soundtrack. For that reason, I wasn`t charged for this disk.
Having said that, I`ve played the DD 2.0 soundtrack with a surround DSP effect on my receiver and got very nice results. The surrounds were used very nicely, but most of the action came from the 3 front speakers. The sub also got its share of action despite the soundtrack lacking the .1 channel.
The menus are all still and silent.
The disk did not offer any extras at all. What a shame.
Bottom line - a nice action thriller with a semi-problematic (and bare) disk. I think you`d find renting it enough. Still, quite enjoyable.