Flood (2007)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Tony Mitchell

Writers:

Justin Bodle (writer)
Matthew Cope (writer)

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

It's coming straight for us.

Plot:

Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge...

Plot Keywords:

Flood | Storm | Disaster | Weather | Hurricane Floyd

Cast

Robert Carlyle	...	Rob Morrison
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Samantha 'Sam' Morrison
Tom Courtenay	...	Leonard Morrison
Joanne Whalley	...	Patricia Nash
David Suchet	...	Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
Nigel Planer	...	Keith Hopkins
Ralph Brown	...	Mel's Dad
Gottfried John	...	Arthur Moyes
Tom Hardy	...	Zack
Pip Torrens	...	Army Liaison Officer Richardson
Susan Wooldridge	...	Nash's Assistant
David Hayman	...	Major General Ashcroft
Martin Ball	...	Wyatt
Poppy Miller	...	Nikki Fuller
Peter Wight	...	Johnson - Transport Chief

Runtime:

110 min | New Zealand:185 min | Finland:188 min (2 parts) | Italy:144 min

Country:

UK | South Africa | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | New Zealand:G (part 1) | New Zealand:PG (part 2) | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Power

Trivia:

Last film role of Moira Lister.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The emergency team is referred to as COBRA. Technically, this refers to the location, Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, the actual group of people coordinating the emergency effort is the Civil Contingencies Committee or "Triple-C".

Quotes:

Leonard Morrison: Not this much water!

I like Robert Carlyle, but this movie was bad

I only watched the movie because Mr. Carlyle was playing in it. Even he played badly. The entire film felt like someone intended it to be a mini series and they were forced to cut it to pieces in order to make it last only 100 minutes. The scenes are going one after another at what I hoped was an alert pace but turned out to be just bad (or forced) editing.

I was actually looking forward to see a British disaster movie, one that would be a good one, not like those Hollywood violin pieces. It was a disastrous film alright, with every possible cliché taken from all the American movies of the genre, but lacking in the directions where US productions shine: editing.

Bottom line: avoid. It is not funny, it is not emotional, not intelligent and not thrilling. Just plain boring.