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This is an okay movie. It just really seemed like a remake of Hard Rain but without Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Christian Slater or Minnie Driver. All the same characters but with different actors. Corrupt driver who's the inside man. Corrupt police force. One man and woman stands in the way. The only difference is we added a brother.

My one question, did they leave the military guys locked in the cage to drown?

These are the fakest southern accents I've heard in a long time. And cheesy acting. Also hurricane is blowing away cars and stuff but not people

This movie is not bad, I was skeptical at first because of the low reviews and score....but it was better than I expected it to be. There's good action, special effects and good acting. Not even close to your typical low budget crap.

This is the perfect genre film of 2018 I believe. Rob Cohen made this morally recommended real disaster master piece. Any bad disaster film is just to show disaster game which does not focus on conflicts among human protagonist and antagonists.

This category 5 hurricane is just a narrative device like zombies in George Romero's Dead series. True disaster film tells human conflicts under disaster not the monster-like disastrous phenomena itself.

We can say shark is not the antagonist of JAWS (1975) but the mayer and the entourage are the true antagonists in the human conflict. This is the correct point of view in terms of story telling.

The Hurricane Heist mainly describes the heist related conflict among the U.S. Treasury officers and corrupted local police men during category 5 hurricane mess. Main drama is the Die Hard-like heist incident not the monster hurricane.

I can say that Armageddon(1998), Deep Impact (1998), Twister (1996) are just disaster games rather than serious human conflicts. This hurricane is equal with fictional function of any monsters in filmmaking. All of them are not antagonists but are devices to express human conflicts among human characters. Any defect of humanity is lack of true drama. The Hurricane Heist makes us realise what true antagonist should be.

Besides this important structural achievement, we also can not ignore clear cinematic refrain among tight sequences in the end of Act 2 to Act 3 which are chase scenes from the federal bank to the highway with category 5 hurricane threatens them from their behind.

The corrupted policemen and Perkins' decision to betray their duty, Will and Casey's decision to be loyal to their duty are perfectly and consciously contrasted in the story structure. Decision making is the nature of plot and it embodies meaning of subtext in the entire cinematic expressions.

Moreover, this decision making is finally refrained after the escape from the hurricane. The protagonists, Will and Casey don't make a kind of decision to steal the federal bank money when they can do it like the failed villains. This is the structure. The screen writer highly conscious about the plotting that express meaning of entire context clearly. I was really impressed with this quality work among other genre films in 2018! US film is the best of the bests!

Disaster film should not be a disaster game. Its main focus and content must be human conflicts, not a conflict with narrative device itself.

Ok, so there's more than a few plot holes, ridiculous lines and 'what the hell?' moments, and the sub-plot between the brothers is unnecessary. All that aside, it's actually a pretty enjoyable movie. The acting from the main characters is for the most part solid, the story line was interesting enough to keep me interested for 90 odd minutes, and the effects were top notch. Seems like they really pumped a lot of money into CGI to make up for other shortcomings, and while they exaggerated the power of the storm way too much at times it was still impressive.

If you found movies like 'The Day After Tomorrow' and 'Geostorm' enjoyable you'll more than likely enjoy this too!

Story seems thrown together! A lot of money spent for really bad acting! Caught myself asking Why am I watching this?? I have enjoyed many farfetched movies, isn't that the point of being entertained but this movie was terrible in many ways. 1. Characters back story (not relevant- who cares) 2. Acting. 3. Action sequences leaving you saying Seriously. 4. You really don't care about the main characters. FYI. Wrote this during the movie cause it was never ending.

There are times when all I want to do is to sit in a darkened movie theater, turn off my brain, and let a movie with a silly, over-the-top premise wash all over me. THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS films are an example of an "A" in this category. Last year's GEOSTORM was a "B" (it was so over-the-top that it was fun, especially when the meteorologist declared - as if he was reciting Shakespeare - "Oh my God, it's a GEOSTORM!"). Unfortunately, a "C" example of this is THE HURRICANE HEIST.

Directed by Rob Cohen - who brought us the original FAST AND FURIOUS film lo' those many years ago - THE HURRICANE HEIST tells the tale of a HEIST set during a...anyone?...HURRICANE. That's pretty much all you need to know of the plot. The rest is action, escapes, weather gone bad, bad guys being bad guys and good guys being good guys.

The good guys are Toby Kebbel (so good as the motion capture bad-guy ape in DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES), perennial "B"-movie actress Maggie Grace (TAKEN, LOST and the immortal HOT GIRL, FAST CAR, EATING A BANANA) and Ryan Kwanten (I guess he was in TRUE BLOOD). What do these good guys have in common? They are not hard to look at on the screen. The two men also have really bad Southern accents.

The bad guys are led by Ralph Ineson ( a perennial "that guy" in such films as STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE) and a host of "red shirts". The problem is that Ineson plays his bad guy role as a "that guy" and the "red shirts" have no personality at all. One guy tries to be the "loose cannon" but he doesn't go far enough, nor does Ineson or ANY of the bad guys.

Oh...did I mention Ben Cross (Sarek in the new STAR TREK films)? Cross leaped off the screen in the Oscar winning film CHARIOTS OF FIRE way back in 1981 and was going to be "the next big thing". How has that worked out for him? I'm sure he's making a nice living, but...

But...you don't come to this kind of films for the acting. You come to it for the insane premise, the over-the-top acting, the out-of-this-world stunts and special effects. Unfortunately, THE HURRICANE HEIST plays each one of these "safely". The premise is insane, just not insane enough. The acting is melodramatic - just not over-the-top. The script doesn't really have any "oh-my-gosh, did he just say that" lines and the action, stunts and special effects are pretty good, (maybe even good), but not great.

A pretty mediocre time at the movies. It did serve it's purpose, I turned my brain off for two hours. I just wish it didn't power down as well.

Letter Grade: C (thanks for trying)

5 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank(ofMarquis)

I completely in awe. From the opening scene to the ultimate grand finale, this film excelled in unimaginable ways. For starters, I can truly tell that they had top, world renowned scientific advisors that confirmed the reliasm of each scene. I am a Harvard graduate, just like the great rapper Lil Pump, and I feel that this masterpiece can be used to educate this countries first responders and inspire future world leaders to solve major conflicts across the continent.

Not only did this movie affect me on a personal level, but it has inspired me to become a professional storm chaser. I have spent my entire life savings ($300) modifying my 2001 Honda Civic to protect me in my storm chasing endeavors. Wish me luck, I will need it since I am aiming to chase whatever Hurricane arises in the future.

Sincerely,

Keyser Söze

Let me be clear, The Hurricane Heist is one of the worst-made theatrical films I have ever seen. It's plot jumps all over the place, it has too many underdeveloped characters, its incredibly implausible, and has terrible acting and special effects. HOWEVER... I highly recommend viewing it if you love so-bad-it's-good films like The Room and Troll 2. Me and my girlfriend could not stop laughing during the entire movie (as was another group in our screening). Unintentional hilarity is constant, whether it's the main character's horrific Southern accent, cringey product placement, or hilariously overblown action scenes. I love that The Hurricane Heist came out in 2018, in a year filled with darkness and depression, sometimes we need a good old-fashioned terrible action movie to laugh out asses off to!

I watched The Hurricane Heist last night with my family, we went to the cinema without knowing anything about this film, I thought I was going to watch something like Fast & Furious or Mad Max: Fury Road, but I was wrong. This film has a hurricane and a heist but it's one of the most cheesy action movies I've seen in my life, it's full of plot holes, the character development is weak, I've seen porn movies with a better soundtrack or even with a better cast, and there are a lot of things that doesn't make sense.

Looks like some of those cheesy action films that we used to have during the 80s and 90s. Have you heard "so bad it's good"? I can say The Hurrican Heist is so bad it's kinda enjoyable.

Rating: 4.5/10 It isn't the worst action movie on the world but is very away from to be a good movie.

When I saw the overall score of 4/10 I didn't expect much. It's far fetched and unrealistic in a lot of areas. However the 100 minutes flew past. It's action packed pretty much all the way through. Ok there's some moments of poor acting and there's plenty of places you will say to yourself "no way would that happen", but overall it's well worth watching. Just don't expect a blockbuster. I thought giving it 5 was a little unfair so I gave it a 6/10.

One of the worst films I have ever watched. All I can say is don't waste your time acting was poor everything bar the graphics was poor Amazing how cars lorry's buildings all flying down the street yet a human is ok Pointless rubbish

Well i liked it, i love action and this as a lot of it. Its not going to win an Oscar but i really loved it.

A robbery in a sick hurricane WOW

This is my first review. But i just hadto write one!

I think this might be the worst movie ive ever seen - if i wanted a serious film.

However, its so bad that its actually kinda good because its funny!

It makes zero sense! The cars are being blown over but the people are stood there just fine. Barely even a hair moving! At one point theres a hurricane outside but they have their windows open like its a sunny day! They can open doors and things with ease! Its so fake its funny.

As for the end! It looks like some sort of tornado is chasing them. They're supposed to be in the eye of the storm so how do they manage to outrun the storm? They should hit the other side of the eye!

Like i said, its pretty silly! If youre after a laugh id watch it because its so bad its good!!

The Hurricane Heist (4 out of 5 stars).

Hurricane Heist is an example of cheesy stupid fun. If you are into those type of movies were you could leave any logic of realism out the window. Director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, xXx) managed to deliver an exciting action thriller. It is loud, action packed, and has some decent visual effects. It is a bit of a combination of films like Hard Rain, Twister, and Mad Max.

A simple plot of paramilitary robbers trying to steal old dollar bills from the treasury during a hurricane. Which makes it the perfect cover during the storm. While Casey (Maggie Grace), Will (Toby Kebbell), and Breeze (Ryan Kwanten) will have to do whatever it takes to stop the bad guys from getting away with the money.

What I like about the film is it is action packed. If you are an action enthusiast and don't really care for a movie with no real story than this is the film for you. You have car chases, gun shoot outs, and more chases during an intense storm with cars and debris blowing at characters. You have car rims blowing around the air hitting people like razor blades. Characters escaping the bad guys when a storm breaks through the mall window. Than, there was a thrilling semi truck chase in the climax as they try to escape the eye of the storm. The film can be cheesy with its action and get ridiculous with any realism of this hurricane. But its all pure stupid fun that is suppose to entertain which is what it did.

Toby Kebbell and Ryan Kwanten were okay with their characters. Playing brothers that had a tragic past after their encounter with a hurricane left them distant. Maggie Grace was good as a character that is loyal to her job and will do whatever it takes to stop the bad guys.

What I did not like about the film is the dialogue. It is cheesy and horribly written. Not sure, if people talk like that in real life. But it was terribly written and the script written by two writers could have written out a better script.

Overall, The Hurricane Heist is a good action film. It is not meant to be taken seriously with ridiculous action and logic. It is stupid fun, loud, action packed, and a wild rollercoaster ride with the main characters going from one action set piece to another from fighting bad guys during an intense storm with strong winds ripping buildings apart, a flash flood hitting the streets, and a giant wall of clouds from the eye of the storm.

I recommend seeing it on the big screen if you are looking for a cheesy action film that's a wild ride with cheesy dialogue and no plot.

CGI way too much, the plot was as thin as a piece of paper and the acting was horrendous. Only good part of this movie was the end.

In 2018 you can ask yourself how script like that can find fundings and be produce. I mean seriously did they actualy red the dialogues once? Do people talk like that in their world ? Did they hire a technical advisor for the hurricane? This movie is such a mess. I was expecting a mix between twister and Hard rain. And it ended up being clother to The room. It was soooooo bad that I enjoyed it, but I will only recommand to watch it at home on a rainy sunday.

Was very much aware well before sitting down to watch 'The Hurricane Heist', seen due to being the selected film choice for a friend film night, that it was not a film to take seriously. It was obvious from the title that it was not meant to be and even reading the plot summary is a good indication.

Really wanted to go against the critical reception, the concept was an interesting one and it had potential to be one of those fun, turn your brain off at the door films (and there is no bias against those type of films, with there being some entertaining and good ones out there). Alas, despite judging it for myself with an open mind, do have to agree that 'The Hurricane Heist' doesn't work as a film and is that bad. 2018 has been a variable year for film, with quite a number of winners/gems, some very bad films and plenty in between, and for me 'The Hurricane Heist' is down there as being among the worst. Have seen far worse films of the genre and in general, but it is a film of such poor quality and fails even as a film not meant to be taken seriously.

Got some fun out of the performance of Ben Cross, hammy it was but he did seem to be enjoying himself and know what type of film he was in and he did liven things up.

The scenery was also nice enough.

On the other hand, the rest of the acting is weak at best with some southern accents (or should it be drawls) that have to be heard to be believed), even Toby Kebbell's performance falls flat. Ralph Ineson's performance especially is a mix of the hammy and the insipid in a particularly flimsily written role. They are saddled in all fairness by a script filled to the brim with toe-curling howlers passing for lines that should not have been approved beyond first draft if even that. As well as clichéd characters with no development or endearing traits, that also behave stupidly and have motivations seldom made clear. The direction is limp, with a far too frenetic visual style, no momentum in the non-action oriented scenes and too out of control in the action. Action, in a too action-heavy film, that is all overly-business, chaos and headache-inducing noise but with no brains, heart and even coherence.

Special effects are overused and unfortunately there is nothing authentic about them and they look even more cheap than the chaotic editing. The music is overbearing in orchestration and how it's recorded, also in dire need of being used less because listening to it on top of paying attention to the action became exhausting. Have said already that it was clear from the outset that 'The Hurricane Heist' was not meant to be taken seriously, however it is hard to not judge it critically when the film goes well overboard on the stupidity and implausibilities, as well as mistakes so numerous and large that one can drive several trucks through them, that it becomes intelligence-insulting and indicative of a severe lack of care or research. Almost like the writers were in a gibberish-filled fantasy land when writing.

In summation, very poorly done film. Watch if curious but generally it is worth giving it a miss. 2/10 Bethany Cox

Trailer sums up all the action points. Not good at all...2/10

After pulling the school fire alarm my parent's punish me by forcing me to sit through this movie; the punishment was brilliant. With the knowledge of an action/weather movie I did not have any hopes for this movie. Luckily I had headphones and hippie music. My eyes still functioned and they were on the verge of crying...don't put yourself through this movie. If you're a sadistic human being, invite someone you dislike to this movie. The time I spent in this theater I had suicidal thoughts...Bob Marley couldn't even save me from this one. May god be with all willing to dare see this movie.

Right from the opening sequence I knew this was going to be a terrible movie. The acting was terrible and behavior was not normal at all. After the opening sequence I couldn't figure out why it had even been included, it sure didn't need to be there, it didn't really add anything to the movie and it could have been explained later with a few lines of dialog. Oh that's right, whoever wrote the dialog for this movie needs to have their computer confiscated so they never attempt to write anything ever again. I'm wondering if the writer was related to some hot shot of the movie, maybe Rob Cohen's niece or nephew or his third cousin twice removed? They sure didn't get the job on talent.

I feel like the plot of this movie was totally lifted from Hard Rain 1998 only Hard Rain had a great script and great actors. The only actor in this movie that I'm familiar with is Ryan Kwanten and to be honest he wasn't in True Blood because of his acting ability. I really wanted Maggie Grace to be Katherine Heigl, I think Katherine could have elevated this movie and she would have been more believable, even with the crappy dialog. I can't say Rob Cohen's movies are known for dialog and plot but this is ridiculous. It's like a bunch of people got together on a rainy weekend and decided to write their very first script. I don't know how to say it other than the dialog was just plain awful, it's worse than any low budget Lifetime or Sci-Fi channel movie of the week I've ever seen. Watching this movie I can't believe it's even being show in theaters, it's not quality, it's a TV movie and not even a good TV movie. Sharknado looks like an Academy Award nominee compared to this tragedy.

I don't want to include any spoilers, not that it would be possible for me to spoil this movie for you, the producer and director already took care of that. The action sequences were alright, they could have been really good if the cinematography were better. The lighting was so muted nothing really stood out. I get it, there's a hurricane, it's rainy and gloomy but even the inside sequences looked washed out and gloomy. I don't want to sound like a broken record but in Hard Rain the weather conditions were kind of similar and that movie looked awesome, you knew they were in a serious rain storm but it didn't look like you were watching the movie through a gauze filter.

There was opportunity to be more suspenseful and to create plot twists to give the movie a little substance but they ignored it, in fact they pretty much laid everything out in the open so there were no surprises. It's really not worth the price of the ticket, I'd say if you're really curious wait 4 to 6 weeks and it'll be on Netflix or HBO.

Saw this film advertised all over TV and at bus shelters and was hoping this was going to be a decent film. How wrong was I?

Film was so predictable and murdered the CGI effects. Terrible acting by B rated actors.

Avoid like the plague.

Too long ,bad pacing,terrible acting.Probably best enjoyed if really drunk

I like cheesy disaster movies. I liked Hurricane Heist much better than last year's Geostorm.

Having said that, the acting was mediocre but a lot of that can be blamed on a poor script and awkward dialogue.

The CGI was pretty good for quite a low budget film. Fairly steady action throughout the film kept my attention.

My previously watched film was The Strangers: Prey At Night so pretty much any other film would get a generous rating from me after that mess.

Good action and disaster movie. Just what the title implies.