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Chill Factor (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 70 Fresh: 5  Rotten:65 Average Rating: 3.3/10
 
Consensus: Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

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 from prison and is out for vengeance. The means? Yes, the very same weapon, which must in fact stay at a... 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 from prison and is out for vengeance. The means? Yes, the very same weapon, which must in fact stay at a temperature 50 degrees or colder or it will detonate. Enter an ice cream truck driver (Gooding) and a drifter (Ulrich), who with the help of the scientist (Paymer) who designed the weapon, are determined to keep it cold and out of the wrong hands. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Cuba Gooding, Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer

Director: Hugh Johnson
Screenwriter: Drew Gitlin, Mike Cheda
Producer: James G. Robinson
Composer: Hans Zimmer, John Powell

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 9, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailers
  • 2. Bonus Trailers
  • Behind The Scenes Footage
  • Full Motion Menus

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
  • Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew
  • Production Notes

DVD-ROM Features:

  • PC Only
  • DVD-ROM Game
  • Alternate Ending
  • Web Links

Reviews

 
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The atmosphere is winning, with the odd felicity peppering the journey with gags and groans.

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02/09/06
Wally Hammond
Time Out
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Neither Ulrich's brooding intensity nor Gooding's funky panic act (he whines throughout the stunt work) add much to the enterprise.

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12/02/02
Kim Newman
Sight and Sound
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8/10

It really is so bad that it's good.

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01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic
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1/5

The makers were certainly never aiming for the cerebral, but nonetheless seem happy from the outset to simply cobble together a couple of action staples and hope it'll all work out. Strangely enough, it doesn't.

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01/01/00
Mark Dinning
Empire Magazine
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4/5

Tightly-coiled silliness.

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01/01/00
Michael Thomson
BBC
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2/4

Click to read the article

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03/10/07
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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The stunt work is pretty good, the brain work close to nonexistent.

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03/07/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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1.5/4

Each and every action scene is stolen from some other movie.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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D

We've been here before and it's been done better, much better.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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2/4

Willful suspension of disbelief won't do it.

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05/20/03
Kate Manning
Palo Alto Weekly
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1/5

Blends lousy screenwriting with a totally ridiculous premise, and flavors it lovingly with unrealistic situations and unfathomable directing choices.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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3/10

It's toxic, all right.

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11/05/02
Susan Granger
rec.arts.movies.reviews
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Its visual thrills and solid performances combine to make it an above average film treat.

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08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
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2/5

[A] flaccid action picture.

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06/05/02
Kristan Ginther
Boxoffice Magazine
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1/4

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!

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03/19/02
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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This film is easily forgettable.

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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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That this script didn't self-destruct during its first pitch meeting is, well, chilling.

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01/01/00
E! Online
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1/5

Director Hugh Johnson's plot is predictable and even Cuba Gooding Jr.'s charismatic presence can't salvage this flick.

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01/01/00
Athan Bezaitis
Filmcritic.com
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0/4

A halfhearted effort at suspense!

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01/01/00
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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A rehash of better action films.

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01/01/00
Bob Longino
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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