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Jan 21, 2024 · 'Hard Rain' was shunned and allowed to bomb catastrophically at the box office when it first released, but that's a fate it absolutely didn't deserve.
Jun 15, 2021 · My review of the overlooked action thriller, Hard Rain (1998) starring Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver, Randy Quaid, Michael Goorjian, Ed Asner, Dann Florek, Mark Rolston, Ricky...
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During a heavy rainstorm, Tom and Uncle Charlie, two armored truck drivers, are collecting money from banks in the town of Huntingburg, Indiana, which has been evacuated due to flooding. They are ambushed by Jim and his gang of armed robbers, Kenny, Mr. Mehlor, and Ray. Charlie calls the National Guard and is shot dead by Kenny as Tom escapes and h...
The production of the film was a collaborative effort among numerous film studios, one of which was the British Broadcasting Corporation. Christian Slater himself served as co-producer. At one point, John Woo was attached to direct the film, but he left the project to direct Face/Offinstead and the project was taken over by Mikael Salomon. The film...
Box Office
Hard Rainopened on Martin Luther King long weekend in 1998 earning fifth place with $7.1 million from Friday to Sunday and $8 million including the holiday Monday. In the end, the film made $19.9 million in the US on a $70 million budget. Due to its poor box office performance in the US, the film was released straight to video in most countries. In the UK, a 2004 showing on BBC One was very well received.[citation needed]The film gained a significant following in the video rental market.
Critical Reception
Hard Rain received polarized reviews, some very positive and some very negative. A positive review was on timeout.com favorably compared the plot of Hard Rain to writer Graham Yost's earlier and more financially successful project, Speed, and suggested that it could be considered a spiritual sequel to Speed. Another review, on starpulse.com, praised the action scenes of Hard Rain yet criticized the plot, calling it "mindless" yet "entertaining". One particularly negative review came from Roge...
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The film features the song "Flood" by the Christian rock group Jars of Clay, which launched the band into the mainstream music scene.[citation needed]
129 Ratings. Trailer. 1998. Drama. 1h 37m. 18+ (R) The partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.
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Set during a massive flood started by a dam accident in a small town, Tom (Christian Slater) is an armored truck guard who gets robbed by Jim (Morgan Freeman). Tom gets away with all the money and hides it.
Hard Rain is a 1998 action thriller film directed by former cinematographer-turned director Mikael Salomon, written by Graham Yost, produced by Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn, and starring Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, and Ed Asner.
