Review of The Hurricane Heist (2018) by Ryan S — 12 Mar 2018

Grade: C.

Rating: PG-13,.

1 hour 43 minutes.

In a Nutshell: The title pretty much sums up the entire movie.

Am I the only one who is wondering if this movie was just an excuse to play the song Hurricane Heist: Rock You Like a Hurricane.

If you love weather-based disaster movies and don't mind a lot of dumb stuff, it can be a fun ride and like a lot of director Rob Cohen's movies, a guilty pleasure. (Think The Fast and the Furious ).

Tips for parents:

Profanity.

Destruction, shooting, explosions.

People in peril.

Crime.

Uplifting theme:

Family.

Honor.

Things I liked:

The movie starts when Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992. I remember it very well, because we were living in Georgia at the time and my husband drove down to Florida with a bunch of other guys from our church to help the people down there. He returned with photos of unbelievable destruction. It was truly heartbreaking.

Good stunt work.

A few twists.

I think this was the very first time I've EVER seen characters take a minute to go to the bathroom in the midst of all the action and commotion. ha ha.

Maggie Grace does a great job. It was nice to see her empowered and capable after being drugged and helpless in Taken.

Things I didn't like:

None of the characters seem like real people. Lame.

Some really awful Southern accents. Sometimes it's hard to even know what people are saying.

Some of the special effects look really fake.

Cliched, stupid villains.

Cliched line, "Do you trust me?".

There is mention of the American terrorist Timothy McVeigh and his bombing of the federal building. Some of the characters buy fertilizer and some other items at a garden supply store, while talking about how easy it is to create a bomb. Gee, thanks for giving more wackadoodles out there the idea.

Dumb dialogue.

The ending was super abrupt.

Why did they dub over the voice of the little boy who played the young Toby Kebbell's character? If they didn't like Leonardo Dickens, why did they cast him?

Supposedly, they spent $40 million dollars on this film. Really?

Funny lines:

"You know, I think you're a little psychotic." - Perkins (Ralph Ineson).

"I think you're a little bit right." - Casey (Maggie Grace).

"I'm out of bullets!" - Casey.

"How'd that happen?" - Will (Toby Kebbell).

"I shot them all." - Casey.

"I fricken love Monday, you weirdo." - Casey to Will.

Interesting lines:

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absences of fear." Perkins, quoting Mark Twain.

"Money is honey." - Perkins.