Terror in the Mall (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Norberto Barba

Writers (WGA):

Dan Gordon (story)
John Mandel (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

29 July 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Plot:

A group of people are trapped in a deserted mall during a flood along with an escaped prisoner.

Plot Keywords:

Flood | Deserted Mall | Dam | Dam Burst | Escaped Convict

Cast

Rob Estes	...	Glen Savoy
Shannon Sturges	...	The Dr. Sheri Maratos
Kai Wiesinger	...	Chris Maratos
Angeline Ball	...	Suzanne Price
George Anton	...	Tom
Danny Webb	...	Warden Banks
Terence Maynard	...	David Geha
David Soul	...	Roger Karey
Brian Van Camp	...	Lyle Barnes
Libby Rommel-Shapiro
Yolette Thomas
Tom Strauss
Priscilla Be
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Field Blauvelt	...	Dr. Jasper (scenes deleted)
Heidi Philipsen	...	Nurse / News Reporter (voice)

Also Known As:

Dark Rain (Germany) (video title)
Disaster at the Mall (USA) (working title)
The Mall - Flutkatastrophe im Shopping-Center (Germany)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Germany:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

UFA Babelsberg GmbH

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the group is breaking into a store, the woman throws a scuba tank to break the glass. The glass in the door breaks before the tank hits it.

Movie Connections:

References One Eight Seven (1997)

After Hurricane Katrina, this movie is not entertaining.

If "Terror in the Mall" was one of the truly great masterpieces of cinema art produced by Hollywood in the last twenty-five years then the story would have been exciting, the acting wonderful, and the characters unique, all of which would have combined to make this movie a prime example of film art at its best. Everything about this movie would have suggested that it is a masterpiece, from the first scene in the prison to the last exciting scene when the antagonist is making his escape in the helicopter. Moreover, heroics would have abounded as the police and corrections officers join forces to apprehend a very dangerous escaped convict. And the special effects would have been like the icing on a very wonderful cake. This film would have been nominated for awards in every category, and the only reason why it would not have won is because the critics wouldn't have appreciated the true greatness of this movie. This movie would have been marvelously directed and offered dramatic performances that would have been Shakespearean in their quality and scope. We all would have applauded and said: "Bravo!" to the producers of this movie and "Hip-Hip-Hooray!" for taking the time to make such a wonderfully engaging piece of entertainment. But, alas, this is a mere fantasy, for this movie is truly bad. It's not worth the time enumerating all the things wrong with this movie, but suffice it to say that after watching this movie, one should turn on the news and watch what's going on in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and then decide for yourself whether a movie about shenanigans in flooded shopping mall is the kind of entertainment you want to watch.