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Flood - A River's Rampage

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Based on a true story. TV movie of the week status aside, this little flick is prety good. Richard Thomas looks like a man now instead of JOHN BOY and he can still act. Vernon is good in her role and the long lost love angle works between these two. Great watch with the one you love. The MOVIE HOUND gives this flick 3 dog bones.

Low budget and predictable disaster movie but satisfying enough for true disaster movie buffs. The casting and acting were decent--unremarkable but realistic special effects, especially when compared to the for real mega floods in the Midwest, summer of 2008.

The movie has a good story line and does a good job of showing the resistance Emergency Managers come up against in efforts to mitigate against disasters. It demonstrates the attitudes individuals in a community have when it comes to responding to a disaster. The move did get a little sappy in parts and just screams "Made for TV", but overall it was an enjoyable, uplifting movie.

Love all the Richard Thomas movies. He sure has come a long way from starring as John Boy on the Waltons... Love his character in this movie.. Glad to have it on VHS, wish it had been available on DVD...

Made for TV and inspired by a true story, Flood takes us to a small town down the Mississippi awaiting disastrous high waters coming from upstream. Not too far fetched considering what happened in Iowa last summer (2008). The script is good, and the execution OK. The main drama, of two kids gone to fetch grandpa from the impending danger and getting stuck right in it, reminded me a lot of Dante's Peak. I was a bit disappointed by the lack of flood damage shown, and the evident amateurism of the levee set. They kept telling us of towns upstream being flooded, but never showed any. CNN's footage of Iowa was much scarier! But overall it's enjoyable.

I live in Missouri so the flood of 93 is very real for me. This movie gives a very real portrayal of the happenings during that time. It also represents the sacrifice and heroism that was around at that time.