Hard Rain… is a “Guilty Movie Pleasure”

Popcorn Talk Network proudly presents a vodcast that offers a glimpse into the movies we love to watch with breakdown and analysis of the movies some might call… a “Guilty Movie Pleasure”. Join us each week as Josh Macuga and Ben Begley breakdown your favorite films, from the classics to the yet to be seen; it’s all here under one banner… GUILTY MOVIE PLEASURES! This week on GMP, Ben Begley and Josh Macuga break down Hard Rain!!!!! Hard Rain (also known as The Flood) is a 1998 American/British action thriller film, produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost (the writer-producer team also behind the film Speed) and directed by former cinematographer turned director Mikael Salomon. It stars Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver and Ed Asner. The plot centers on a heist and man-made treachery amidst a natural disaster in a small Indiana town. The tagline is “A simple plan. An instant fortune. Just add water.” The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb in the United States, but fared better overseas and had good video sales. The film is also noteworthy for its use of the song “Flood” by the Christian rock group Jars of Clay, which launched the band into the mainstream music scene. This IS a Guilty Movie Pleasure… We’re talking about Hard Rain! #GMP Follow Josh on Twitter! Follow Ben on Twitter!