Review of The Hurricane Heist (2018) by Seth S — 16 Oct 2018

Strengths: This movie reminded me of a wacky action flick from the 90s. It had big set pieces and some truly goofy moments, but in an endearing way. I thought the effects mostly worked and looked rather good. You get a lot of action and some tense moments throughout. It's enough to keep you on the edge of your seat. Maggie Grace (Casey Corbyn) is solid as the lead, while Ralph Ineson (Connor Perkins) plays the bad guy in a pretty fun manner.

Weaknesses: The acting is rather rough in this one. Toby Kebbell (Will Rutledge) and Ryan Kwanten (Breeze Rutledge) gave some poor performances with even worse accents. They stand out the most, but everyone other than Grace and Ineson are flat out bad. There's a hacker couple played by Ed Birch (Frears) and Melissa Bolona (Sasha Van Dietrich) who are truly horrendous. Even the actors who do well get stuck with horrible dialogue. There are moments that will make you cringe in the worst possible way. The plot is straightforward and simple, while the script makes it so the characters are paper thin and get almost no development.

Overall: If you turn your brain off, you may have some fun with this. The action scenes are fun. Everything else is quire bad.