Director:
Mikael Salomon

Screenplay:
Graham Yost

Cast:
Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver,
Edward Asner

Action/Crime/Thriller/Drama, USA, 1998, 97 minutes, colour,
Original English Language

Classic Hollywood action thrills and spills aplenty in HARD RAIN, not to say water, water everywhere, as a top-notch cast duke it out for the spoils of a security truck robbery as, you’ve guessed it, the dam’s about to burst and take the whole town with it!

HARD RAIN top lines top A-list talent. There is Morgan Freeman as an elderly thief seizing his opportunity, Christian Slater as the right guy in the wrong place at the wrong time, Randy Quaid as the sheriff, Minnie Driver as the damsel in distress and veteran Edward Asner as good old Uncle Charlie (and thus fated to take a bullet!).

Yes, of course HARD RAIN is a western in a fancy new suit, but what a suit! It takes the classic elements of men doing what they gotta do and adds layers of originality, such as a jet-ski ride through a high school, a shoot-out in a flooded cemetery and Slater’s nail-biting escape from a prison cell as the water rises around him.

Academy Award®-winner Morgan Freeman brings his usual class act to the screen, giving his character a depth and dimensionality above and beyond the call of duty. Christian Slater, here in full-on reluctant hero mode, rises to the occasion and gives one of his best performances, even when soaking wet!

Not your average action film by any means, HARD RAIN stands up to repeated viewing. Give it the chance and it rewards you over and over again.