The Flood – ABC Film Challenge – Catch-Up 2023 – F – The Flood – Movie Review
Director: Brandon Slagle
Writer: Chad Law, Josh Ridgway (Screenplay)
Cast
- Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers)
- Nicky Whelan (Black Mass)
- Louis Mandylor (Rambo Last Blood)
- Ryan Francis (Hook)
- Eoin O’Brien (The Last Full Measure)
Plot: A daring jail break during a dangerous Louisiana hurricane is interrupted by a horde of large hungry alligators.
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Flood starts when Louisiana is facing a new hurricane and Sheriff Jo Newman (Whelan) is going to be facing a new challenge. While her precinct is flooding, she gets an unexpected call to put up five deadly criminals. However, one of the prisoners Russell Cody (Van Dien) has his crew preparing a daring rescue.
When the rescue attempt gets underway, Rafe (Mandylor) takes control of the situation. However, with the waters rising, they find themselves facing a different threat, the alligators that have taken over the station. Now, everyone must put their differences aside if they are to make it out alive.
Verdict on The Flood
The Flood is an action horror following a group of police officers and criminals who join forces during a hurricane. They have come under attack from alligators as flood water starts filling up the police precinct. Now, they must band together to figure out how to get out alive.
This feels like a mix of Hard Rain and Crawl, where the hurricane is used as a cover for a criminal operation. While they come under attack by alligators along the waters. It does the typical group of people with big differences needing to work together to survive. The environment is used well, even if the CGI on the alligators isn’t the best. It is entertaining and anyone who enjoys the alligator attack movies should get a kick out of this movie.
Final Thoughts –The Flood is a fun creature feature.