The type of strictly formulaic buddy-action-comedy that should have slipped through the cracks and gone to straight-to-video hell.
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01/01/00
Chill Factor (1999)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:5
Rotten:67
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: 10 years after an army accident involving a chemical weapon with the power to fry the skin off every living thing within a five mile radius, the army major who wrongly took the blame is released... [More]
Starring: Cuba Gooding, Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer
Director: Hugh Johnson
Reviews for Chill Factor
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03/10/07
The stunt work is pretty good, the brain work close to nonexistent.
03/07/07
Each and every action scene is stolen from some other movie.
05/26/06
The atmosphere is winning, with the odd felicity peppering the journey with gags and groans.
02/09/06
We've been here before and it's been done better, much better.
04/09/05
Willful suspension of disbelief won't do it.
05/20/03
Blends lousy screenwriting with a totally ridiculous premise, and flavors it lovingly with unrealistic situations and unfathomable directing choices.
02/08/03
Neither Ulrich's brooding intensity nor Gooding's funky panic act (he whines throughout the stunt work) add much to the enterprise.
12/02/02
It's toxic, all right.
11/05/02
Its visual thrills and solid performances combine to make it an above average film treat.
08/02/02
[A] flaccid action picture.
06/05/02
The movie doesn't get any funnier.
03/24/02
Here's someone's idea of a cool movie concept: A couple of guys are speeding along in an ice-cream truck carrying a bomb that will explode if it gets above 50. No, not miles per hour -- degrees Fahrenheit!
03/19/02
This film is easily forgettable.
01/01/01
That this script didn't self-destruct during its first pitch meeting is, well, chilling.
01/01/00
Director Hugh Johnson's plot is predictable and even Cuba Gooding Jr.'s charismatic presence can't salvage this flick.
01/01/00
A halfhearted effort at suspense!
01/01/00
A rehash of better action films.
01/01/00
The cinematic equivalent of Kraft macaroni and cheese: bland, familiar, tasty.
01/01/00
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