A spectacular natural disaster spiraling out of control, a crime gone wrong and a poor jerk caught in the middle: Yes, it's a standard action-picture recipe. But what a difference a cast makes: Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid and even perpetual wiseacre Christian
Slater have the chops to transform what could be a by-the-numbers bore into pretty satisfying entertainment. Armored-car drivers Tom (Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Ed Asner) are stuck on a washed-out road in an empty Indiana town: There's a flood watch on, and everybody's been evacuated. They're
carrying a lot of money because the local banks have emptied their vaults, so the four men who appear out of the ra...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
93 mins