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Saw it last night

posted 7 years ago by PrimeMinisterX (8859)
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Went to see it last night.

Here's the bottom line on this movie: If you have a soft spot for modestly-budgeted, B-grade action films, then you can probably go and watch this one and have a fairly good time. If on the other hand you tend to have no love for those kinds of movies, then this one isn't going to do anything to change your mind.

Basically everything you assumed the movie would be from the trailers, it is. The plot is ridiculous. Characters often say and do things that no one would ever do in real life. And it has a distinctly straight-to-video or made-for-TV feel to it.

The one thing that I will say impressed me--the thing that in a lot of ways the trailer UNDERSELLS--are the effects. There are some genuinely good effects here. There are some relatively poor ones too, but overall the effects work was better than I expected.

Sitting at a 30% on RT, the reviews are mostly negative. One critic simply called it, "An utter excrement storm, from start to finish." But a few critics liked it, including two who said:

"If the words 'hurricane' and 'heist' translate into the words 'must' and 'see', this is the movie for you."

And:

"We need movies where bad guys try to rob the treasury in the middle of a hurricane as much as we need somber treatises on the state of the world."

Overall I'd give it a 6/10. I was hoping for more, but on the other hand it's certainly better than it could've been.

[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

Excrement means poop or baby monkey poop

[–] Rorikon (18391) 7 years ago

Yeah this movie made me cringe throughout while killing brain cells. It's like everyone guarding that facility had only a week or less training and stood out in the open and never heard of 'cover'. Pretty useless to have a aiming laser if you still can't aim. XD
Bet you could have them all stand in a line, not move. and watch them all get tranquilized and people would praise it as a good movie. I'm surprised this movie got a theater release rather than straight to DVD/Blu-ray. I consider this near borderline low-budget crap.

The fact that it got 79% people liking this tells me the standards have fallen for one liking a movie these days.

[–] TandyMan (11352) 7 years ago

Is it better than Hard Rain? Greatest disaster heist movie ever made.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8859) 7 years ago

I just watched Hard Rain recently and thought it was kind of disappointing, honestly. But if you liked Hard Rain, you'll probably like it more than Hurricane Heist. Though the two certainly have some similarities.

[–] TandyMan (11352) 7 years ago

lol it's horrible. but back then we loved terrible movies. it was one of those movies where the trailer was exciting as all hell, but the movie was terribly dull. but man, christian slater AND jet skis? what??!! haha

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8859) 7 years ago

Hmm, I think I would argue that even back then there were good, well-made action films and then action films that were on a lower level. And Hard Rain is more like on the C-list.

It certainly can't compare to legitimate action classics from the era like The Rock or Face/Off or even The Long Kiss Goodnight.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Just saw on Netflix and I'd say your assessment pretty much summarizes how I felt about it.

It's a bit of Die Hard (bargain bin Hans Gruber, the jump with the fire hoses, the criminal who wants revenge for his murdered brother), a bit of Hard Rain (heist during a natural disaster, one (wo)man keeping them from their goal) and, LOL, even a bit of The Dark Knight (the weather guy's hi tech vehicle, the Dominator, reminded me of the Bat-Tumbler, especially when he deployed the anchors which seems like a Batman move)...

Maggie Grace normally annoys me in anything I see her in, but I enjoyed her here since it was an atypical role for her. The rest of the C-list cast are competent enough, shaky accents notwithstanding.

Special effects varied from barely passable to pretty good.

A big, dumb action movie in the tradition of Roland Emmerich. Switch your brains off, go for the ride and you'll enjoy it for what it is.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8859) 6 years ago

Good thoughts.

I actually think I may give this one another go. Movies that disappoint me the first time around can sometimes satisfy me the second time, because my expectations are set correctly. Also, I have always had a soft spot for both the disaster and action genres.

Poor Rob Cohen, though. He had some solid hits early in his career with films like Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, The Fast and the Furious and xXx, but the past several years everything he's done has performed poorly both with critics and at the box office.