Chill Factor (1999)

A new biological chemical weapon that explodes up to temperatures over fifty degrees Fahrenheit, falls into the hands of two men who try to make sure that it doesn't get stolen by a terrorist.

Director:

Hugh Johnson

Writers:

Drew Gitlin, Mike Cheda

Stars:

Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Arlo
Skeet Ulrich	...	Tim Mason
Peter Firth	...	Colonel Andrew Brynner
David Paymer	...	Dr. Richard Long
Hudson Leick	...	Vaughn
Daniel Hugh Kelly	...	Colonel Leo Vitelli
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Telstar
Judson Mills	...	Dennis
Jordan Mott	...	Carl
Darcas Macopson	...	Burke (as Dwayne Macopson)
Jim Grimshaw	...	Deputy Pappas
Richard Todd Aguayo	...	Gomez
K. Addison Young	...	Ranger at Dam
James Van Harper	...	Ranger in Chopper
Tommy Smeltzer	...	Deputy Art Lewis

Storyline

A scientist develops a biological lethal weapon and accidentally kills eighteen soldiers in an island during the tests. Colonel Andrew Brynner is the commander and becomes the scapegoat of the incident. He is sentenced to go to the prison for ten years. Along this period, he becomes unbalanced and decides to get the bomb to sell to terrorists. He commands a group of mercenaries to steal the bomb from the base where Dr. Richard Long is researching. He shots the scientist but he flees with the weapon to the convenience store where the clerk Tim Mason and an ice-cream trucker driver Arlo are negotiating ice-creams. Mason receive this weapon from the injured Dr. Richard Long, with an advice to keep it below 50 F. they try to reach a military fort and try to escape from the colonel's team that is hunting them down.

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | terrorism | ice | military | ice cream truck | 

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Taglines:

Two guys, one bomb, and a whole lot of ice cream.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Carga mortal

Filming Locations:

Liberty, South Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,810,531, 5 September 1999, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$11,227,940, 24 October 1999

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The exterior diner scenes were filmed in the small town of Liberty, South Carolina. In real life, the diner is a wood shop and the $15/night hotel is a laundromat.

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Goofs

When Arlo and Tim Mason are crossing the explosion site of the tanker their driver side mirror is smashed and the arms holding it are broken when the side of the truck scrapes the mountain. Then a few seconds later when the terrorist comes down off the cliff at the end of a rope and shoots at Tim Mason and Arlo the driver side mirror is intact.

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Quotes

Col. Andrew Brynner: It won't be long now, gentlemen. And it won't be very pleasant.
[Brynner puts a small sample of Elvis on the road by Tim and Arlo for testing]
Col. Andrew Brynner: But such is the price of patriotism.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Chill Factor/In Too Deep/Dudley Do-Right/The Astronaut's Wife/All the Little Animals (1999)

User Reviews

This appeared in cinemas?

Chill Factor has little originality, with sloppy direction, and a straight to cable feel.

The only thing that kept me watching was counting how many times the main characters uttered the words 'Oh S***' - if you ever watch it, you'll be surprised by how often the writer relies on these words to convey 'fear/tension/disbelief'. My own thinking was that the actors realised just how bad the movie was and threw in double the amount of 'Oh ****' as the script originally had!