Flood (film)
- Robert Carlyle: Rob Morrison
- Jessalyn Gilsig: Samantha 'Sam' Morrison
- Tom Courtenay: Leonard Morrison
- Joanne Whalley: Patricia Nash
- David Suchet: Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
- Nigel Planer: Keith Hopkins
- Ralph Brown: Mel's father
- Gottfried John: Arthur Moyes
- Tom Hardy: Zack
- Pip Torrens: Army Liaison Officer Richardson
- Susan Wooldridge: Nash's assistant
- David Hayman: Major General Ashcroft
- Martin Ball: Wyatt
- Peter Wight: Johnson - Transport Chief
The Flood ( original title: Flood, reference Title: The Flood - When the sea swallows the cities, flood - sinking a city or The Flood - When the unthinkable becomes reality ) is a British disaster film from 2007 based on a novel by Richard Doyle.
Action
The film shows the gates of London overwhelms like a flood after the Thames Barrier does not hold a huge wave. A storm surge, the increased water level and a spring tide achieve together until the Scottish town of Wick. The crisis team meets. The representative of the British weather bureau, Keith Hopkins, believes that the storm first moves towards Holland. He realizes his mistake only revealed as Professor Leonard Morrison, that the flood lock will not withstand the impending flood. The Deputy Prime Minister Campbell, therefore, proclaims a state of emergency and can evacuate London. The crisis unit moves into Cobra 2
The water rises and floods the Thames Barrier. Rob and his ex- wife Samantha jump into the cold river Thames to try to come to dryness. Rob's father remains on the flood barrier and is rescued by a military helicopter and brought to Whitehall. Rob and Samantha are making with the two workers Bill and Frank the way through the London Underground to Trafalgar Square to make contact with the government from there.
Keith Hopkins, who feels guilty because of the corpses on the TV news, commits suicide. Rob, Samantha Leonard and must find a way to prevent an even greater catastrophe.
Production
The film was produced in London and South Africa by Muse Productions, Moonlighting Films South Africa and power. The special effects of the presentation of famous London landmarks such as the subway, the Houses of Parliament and The O2 ( The Millennium Dome) were very complex. The water was added virtual. In Cape Town, all the scenes of Whitehall, the Scottish coast, the London Underground and the Thames Barrier were filmed.
Broadcast
The film was broadcast in Germany on 6 and 7 January 2008 as two-parter on RTL. The odds, however, did not lead to the desired result:
For ITV1 in the UK, the film was a great success, however:
The film was also aired including New Zealand, Finland and Canada.
Reviews
" If you like disaster movies, for this film is definitely interesting [ ... ] although something very " "has been dragged out, he is [ ... ] exciting. So many dialogues that were not required to be or remain, and interesting scenarios when the flood waters reach London and large parts are flooded a wide area. "
" The action starts with high-speed, slows for no one and barely has time for triangle affairs or family reunification. Conclusion: exciting, fast and handsome tricked ".
" It will be exciting, even if the pace subsides, the monotonous music tugs at the nerves and pathos upper hand wins. Conclusion: Here you do not stay on the sit dry "!
" Despite a good cast and show more values than they have to offer comparable German productions, bored by the aqueous Drama outrageous twists and strict obedience to the durchgenudelten disaster film ABCs. The logic is as always leave and also actors like Robert Carlyle can not save before that he more tired than often captivates the strip. "