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HARD RAIN is all wet. The gazillion-gallon production design is something to see, I suppose, until your eyes get tired of trying to see through the murk. (Most of the action takes place outdoors, at night, and in the rain.) The extending opening shot, which incor- porates the Paramount logo, is pretty cool, too. (The camera pulls back from the mountain and tracks over a dam, across a flood plain, and into a small town.) The rest is just another silly action pic, albeit one scripted by SPEED scribe Graham Yost. My favorite bon- ers: Christian Slater trying to outrun (outwade?) boaters instead of (gasp!) hiding underwater; ready-to-explode propane tanks (made by ACME?) that appear out of nowhere; and a bad guy felled by an airborne outboard motor, of all things. With Morgan Freeman, Min- nie Driver, and, for no apparent reason other than maybe first-time helmer Mikael Salomon is a Mary Tyler Moore fan, Ed Asner and Betty White. So where's Gavin MacLeod? (Rated "R"/97 min.) Grade: D Copyright 1998 Michael J. Legeros Movie Hell is a trademark of Michael J. Legeros
Originally posted to triangle.movies
in MOVIE HELL: January 18, 1998