Hard Rain (film)

Hard Rain also known as The Flood is a 1998 AmericanBritish disaster action thriller film, produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost the writerproducer team also behind the film Speed and directed by former cinematographer turned director Mikael Salomon. It stars Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver and Ed Asner.

During the worst recorded rainstorm in the history of the Midwestern United States, armored truck drivers Tom Christian Slater and his uncle Charlie Edward Asner collect the money from local banks affected by the rising flood waters. In the small town of Huntingburg, Indiana, which has been evacuated, Tom and Charlie drive into a ditch and become stuck, and Charlie calls dispatch to alert the National Guard. They are then ambushed by Jim Morgan Freeman and his gang of armed robbers, Kenny Michael Goorjian, Mr. Mehlor Dann Florek and Ray Ricky Harris. Kenny accidentally shoots Charlie dead, as Tom gets away with themillion in cash and hides it in a cemetery. The film continues, showing floods and chases with jet skis and other craft.The production of the film was a collaborative effort between numerous film studios, one of which was the BBC. At one point, John Woo was attached to direct the film, but he left the project to direct FaceOff instead and the project was taken over by Mikael Salomon. ........

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