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Title: Flood (2007)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Robert Carlyle | ... | Rob Morrison | |
| Jessalyn Gilsig | ... | Samantha 'Sam' Morrison | |
| Tom Courtenay | ... | Prof. Leonard Morrison | |
| Joanne Whalley | ... | Patricia Nash | |
| David Suchet | ... | Deputy Prime Minister Campbell | |
| Nigel Planer | ... | Keith Hopkins | |
| Ralph Brown | ... | Neil Stafford | |
| Gottfried John | ... | Arthur Moyes | |
| Tom Hardy | ... | Zak | |
| Pip Torrens | ... | Army Liaison Officer Richardson | |
| Susan Wooldridge | ... | Penny | |
| David Hayman | ... | Major General Ashcroft | |
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Martin Ball | ... | Wyatt |
| Poppy Miller | ... | Nikki Fuller | |
| Peter Wight | ... | Johnson - Transport Chief | |
Timely, yet terrifying, this movie predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake. Top marine engineers and barrier experts Robert Morrison (Robert Carlyle), his ex-wife Samantha "Sam" Morrison (Jessalyn Gilsig), and his father Professor Leonard Morrison (Sir Tom Courtenay), have only a few hours to save the city from total devastation. A real probability in a real location. It is not a question of if, but when London floods. Written by Jonathan Rutter / Matthew Sanders
'Flood' is a prime example of how throwing good actors and cgi at a film will do little to compensate for a rubbish script. The basic premise is fine: what if a freak storm threatened to send the sea straight over the Thames flood barriers and engulf London so fast that most of the inhabitants would probably never get out in time? It's basically the New York segment of 'The Day After Tomorrow', but that shouldn't make it any less of a film. However, the script just isn't there. It's merely functional, flat, and lacking in depth. Great British talents like Robert Carlysle and David Suchet to name but two do their level best with what they've got, but their characters are two-dimensional cyphers, like something out of an old Marvel comic. and it'd be frankly easier to turn back the tide. Not that every actor gets let off the hook - Tom Courtenay seemed capable of only one emotion throughout the film, but then he wasn't given much of a challenge.
I applaud any opportunity to see some non-Hollywood disaster flicks for a change, and I don't expect zillions of dollars spent on rendering ultra- realistic graphics. However there's no excuse for shonky writing - especially from a country that has produced some of the best science- fiction ever made on next to no budget at all. This is the kind of half- hearted B-grade fluff the Sci-Fi channel produces, and that's hardly a target to aim for. If like me you are such a fan of disaster films you're still tempted, do yourself a favour and watch it with some friends. Better still; don't bother.