Flood (DVD)

I read the novel Flood by Richard Doyle some years ago, and whilst it was generally poorly written, it also slid from being a book with potential to weird far-fetched disaster movie-esque ridiculousness. In fact it was rather crap. I did, however, think the book would make a good movie as it was so action packed. When I heard they were making a film based on the book I was initially quite excited, especially seeing some of the computer graphic shots of London underwater which were published in many newspapers during the floods of Summer 2007. I love a good disaster movie, and was hoping this home-grown one would be promising. However the movie got only a small release in ...

Flood is a British movie that is aptly described by the genre it is aiming to be a success in... a disaster movie! It really is an out and out catastrophe on every possible front. It managed a limited, one-week cinema release, in one cinema in London, mainly due to the floods striking England at the time. That, even with perfect free press for it, it didn't manage anything more than that pretty much says everything you could want to know about the movie. While Flood is a truly mind numbingly boring film it should be noted that there is no doubt in my mind that it was written as a mini series. The whole look and feel of the film and the stylisms that ...

As a massive storm front hits the North East coast of Scotland, the British government finds itself unable to offer any appropriate response. Without any real warning from the Met Office, dozens of lives are lost and all that everyone can do is hope that the storm moves out to sea as the projections suggest. In London, preparations are made at The Thames Barrier to manage high tide, but a notable professor has reservations about the barrier's ability to contain the volume of water heading its way. When the forecast suggests that the storm will indeed move out to sea, the government breathes a sigh of relief. But the forecaster's reliability is drawn further into question ...