Hard Rain

Imagina una película de acción clásica en la que los malos y los buenos no se persiguen en coches, sino en motos acuáticas y lanchas motoras. Hard Rain no es una película de catástrofes, y si quisiera jugar a eso, le haría un flaco favor. Hard Rain es una película de acción que plantea el motivo de un héroe que lucha contra ladrones de joyas en un escenario de inundaciones catastróficas. Y lo hace con tanta habilidad que durante los noventa minutos no hay tiempo para descansar o aburrirse. Una película de género de Hollywood bien hecha. (19.05.2002)

The action and the disastrous flood are equal partners in this not very well-known, but qualitatively decent action film full of water, small town hooligans, and scooter chases. The change compared to the usual tracks is not only in the setting and emphasis on natural elements, from which the director extracted the maximum, but the main character is quite unconventional, too. Christian Slater is no bruiser, he's an unremarkable and non-confrontational police officer who happens to have come into contact with much sharper and more brash thugs. And despite not being a great actor, his unique type of “invisible” charisma works surprisingly well. A wet and dirty thoroughbred action film in a very interesting water setting. (07.05.2005)

Exactly what POMO said. Hard Rain is not a disaster film, it’s 90 minutes of relentless action where no one can catch their breath; the actors, so they’ll avoid drowning, and the viewers, so they won’t miss any of the chases, shootouts or spectacular jumps with speedboats. It’s not the smartest movie, but that’s the last thing you’ll mind. (03.06.2012)