Review of Flood (2008) by Nick B — 06 May 2008

Not so much a disaster film, but more a disaster of a film. A hatchet job of a script, appalling acting, poor CGI and hideously overlong, Flood's only redeeming feature is the fact that it could be edited so that it is an hour long drama. Maybe that way, this ill-conceived 'epic' would have worked?

Actually, scratch that. The first hour is dull. The middle two are entertaining in a "This is actually making me laugh out loud because it is so bad" way and the final hour loses the momentum that it picked up in the middle section.

I don't know where to start when talking about the films it lends from (ie; steals the best scenes from): Titanic and Poseidon being the obvious two however there are scenes reminiscent of Deep Blue Sea, Children Of Men, and even I Know What You Did Last Summer, although I don't think that was intentional - that bit 2 hours in when the irritating American, Sam, had a bit of a spaz attack on the boat? The IKWYDLS character was screaming "What are you waiting for????". If Sam had asked the same, I would have suggested a tidal wave to carry her away. Along with David Suchet as the deputy PM, and Tom Courtenay as her father in law, the nutty professor.

By focussing relentlessly on such inane characters as this token American and the non-existant chemistry she shares with ex-hubbie Rob (played by Carlisle), other characters get sidelined and picked up and dropped along the way. Most of these are potentially more interesting, however they still are cliches straight out of the disaster movie text book.

I don't really know what to say. So bad it is good?! No. It is no Showgirls. So bad, you can't help but laugh? Yes, but very sporadically. It really isn't worth 4 hours of your life. Rent out Poseidon instead. And considering that Poseidon wasn't cinematic gold, that is certainly saying something.