A natural disaster breeds man-made treachery in this suspense thriller. Severe flooding threatens an Indiana town after a massive rainstorm taxes dams to the breaking point. As part of an emergency evacuation effort, armored car driver Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) are ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1998 | Running Time: 96 minutes
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A fast-moving, entertaining, basically mindless, heist film from the writer of Speed (1994), the film is certainly among the most water-logged features in history. The story, which asks the audience to buy the notion that a team of thieves would go ahead with the heist of an armored car even after rising floodwaters in a small Indiana town have washed away their Plan A, is never remotely believable. Although the filmmakers occasionally drop hints that they intend this as satire, the film's tone ...more
- Morgan Freeman - Jim
- Christian Slater - Tom
- Randy Quaid - Sheriff
- Minnie Driver - Karen
- Ed Asner - Charlie
- Richard Dysart - Henry
- Betty White - Doreen
- Mark Rolston - Wayne
- Peter Murnik - Phil
- Michael A. Goorjian - Kenny
- Dann Florek - Mr. Mehlor
- Ricky Harris - Ray
- Wayne Duvall - Hank
- Mikael Salomon - Director
- Allison Lyon Segan - Executive Producer
- Gary Levinsohn - Producer
- Mark Gordon - Producer
- Ian Bryce - Producer
- Graham Yost - Screenwriter
- Richard Mays - Art Director
- David F. Klassen - Supervising Art Director
- Risa Bramon Garcia - Casting
- Randi Hiller - Casting
- Christian Slater - Co-producer
- Matt Earl Beesley - First Assistant Director
- Ken Arlidge - Second Unit Director
- Paul Hirsch - Editor










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