Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke (2003)
When the dam in the town of Rutland starts to show signs of wear. David Powell, the architect who originally worked on the dam but was removed and who left town after he was black balled by Walker, the man who only cares about making a profit; returns. He insists that the dam be drained and inspected but Walker claims it would take too long and would be too costly. David goes to the dam and notices a few anomalies. He then tries to warn the deputy mayor who happens to be his estranged wife but out of anger she refuses to listen. Also David tries to reconnect with his son who resents his desertion.
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Fresh and Exciting
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Cinematic Perfection.No single two words can be more suited to the genius that is this masterpiece of all moving picture shows.The acting: Sublime.The script: Dramatic.The visual effects: Like you can smell, taste, even hear the water, or feel the blood running through poor, downtrodden, dam-bolt-bulleted Frank's fingers. Delicious.The sound effects: When David and Garth run-crawl through the metal tube, you can hardly tell the difference between above mentioned and a tin can rattled by a spoon. Technological brilliance.The Direction: Standing ovation. And kneel in submission.The Conclusion: Hands down, the single most thrilling moment in filmography. *Spoiler Alert* The make-out scene involving the legendary dam architect, David Arthur Powell, and the sexy sultress interim mayor, Natalie Powell. *Spoiler Alert conclusion* It just captures the embrace of the audience, the latter flailing in desperate attempts to tie up the loose ends of their frazzled psyche. The estranged, mentally unstable husband. The mayor-wife searching for answers through the fog of love. and hate. The strong, Einstein's-Theory-of-Relativity-smart, 12 year old puberty-ridden Garth, resentful and abandoned, abandoned resentfully. The plight of Deputy Sheriff Bloom beginning the movie in shy obscurity, but coming out, Blooming if you will, into a passionate and firm officer of the law. If you cannot shed a tear for the moment that brings these lives back out into the light where we belong. Wherever we belong. If you cannot shed, then you must be dead. Emotionally. Bravo.If only just for one day I could rate a movie above 10 stars.10.1 / 10 The Endnote: If you have not had the privilege, nay honour, to witness this movie-industry revolutionary then you may as well not witness life itself. Here's lookin' at you kid. Good night and Good Luck.
This movie doesn't even have the saving grace of being so bad that its good. It is truly appalling. Its closer to a tongue-in-cheek parody than a disaster movie, but alas they were serious. Made for TV, but not worthy of even that. It contains every cliché and cheesy plot moment you can imagine. Oh will he save the town from the flood? Will his wife admit that she still loves him? Will they escape before the flood drowns them? I cant explain how bad this is. Awful predictable plot that makes you wince it is so cheesy. Bad Effects (although to be fair I have seen worse super-imposed bubbling water). Bad script. Woeful acting. Hideous. So bad in fact that you probably should get drunk and watch it.
Why can't there be better TV movies made I was at a loose end today and watched this film on a satellite channel in the UK. What a terrible waste of my time it was . Poor sets, Poor acting & Oh my god what a terrible flood . Blimey that woman can even outrun a torrent of water too!.I really wish that people would make TV movies using better effects, better or at least more believable plots & far better acting. Killer Flood is well up there with poor acting. A few bits of ham couldn't act any worse.1 final thing I really agree with the comment about the dog, but I believe it would of already scarpered in real life!
Killer Flood: The Day the Damn Broke: 1/10: Finally a movie whose title is spoiler proof. Even by the low standards of disaster movies, excuse me allow me to correct myself, even by the low standards of made for TV disaster movies this is truly awful. Where do I begin? The dam modeler may have once seen a photo of a dam but I doubt it. Most dams, especially large ones that generate electricity have oh I don't know a power plant nearby, some sluice gates for water to run through, heck even a high tension electrical wire or two. The dam is also somewhat understaffed. Two, count them, two employees staff the entire dam, all three shifts. And the employees were apparently imported from a clichéd ridden world war two film, as they heroically and rather needlessly have long eulogized death scenes complete with photos of grandchildrenn floating by. Heck one of them manages to get shot by the dam itself in a way that defies description. The special effects consist of flowing water superimposed on photo's of the town in a method that makes a sixties Godzilla film look like the Matrix. A three-year-old drawing with a blue crayon on the film stock would have yielded better results. Since the disaster money shots are worthless how is the rest of the film? Needless to say the script and acting follow the special effects lead. This is no diamond in the rough. This is the rough. So is it a guilty pleasure? Killer Flood is awful enough to generate some laughs and the film itself has that earnest incompetence that makes a good cult classic, but bad disaster films need to age like a fine wine. (Avalanche, The Swarm, Meteor) It is also doubtful that Michelle Green hiding from the flood in a dumpster with a golden retriever will ever match the great Henry Fonda being pelted by raisins that are supposed to be killer bees. Check back with me in 2024.