History Film / ChillFactor

* ChekovsLecture: The lecture on how to outwit the trout (“Nature’s perfect hunter”) that Long gives while fly fishing with Mason [[spoiler:inspires Mason to switch out Elvis with fish bait in order to fre Arlo and keep Elvis out of Brynner’s hands.]]

The story begins in 1987 on Horn Island. Colonel Andrew Brynner (PeterFirth) arrives to oversee a chemical defoliant, code named Elvis, developed by Dr. Richard Long (DavidPaymer). Elvis is a unique specimen: a crystalline substance that is dormant in cold temperatures, but will detonate at temperatures above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, perfect for jungle warfare. Going ahead before the calculations of the blast radius for the newly-modified Elvis can be properly analyzed, Long finds out that the blast radius, instead of the 200 yards of the previous versions, is now 5000 yards, i.e. [[OhCrap the whole island]]. Finding out the hard way that Elvis makes a better chemical weapon than defoliant, the blast results in the death of eighteen people, including Long's assistant. The government, finding Long too important to prosecute, instead [[TheScapegoat send Brynner to Fort Leavenworth]]. Long is wracked with guilt and tries over the years to find a way to control the spread of the explosion, but to no avail.

The story begins in 1987 on Horn Island. Colonel Andrew Brynner (PeterFirth) arrives to oversee a chemical explosive, code named Elvis, developed by Dr. Richard Long (DavidPaymer). Elvis is a unique specimen: a crystalline substance that is harmless in cold temperatures, but will detonate at temperatures above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Going ahead before the calculations of the blast radius for the newly-modified Elvis can be properly analyzed, Long finds out that the blast radius, instead of the 200 yards of the previous versions, is now 5000 yards, i.e. [[OhCrap the whole island]]. Eighteen people, including Long's assistant, die in the blast. The government, finding Long too important to prosecute, instead [[TheScapegoat send Brynner to Fort Leavenworth]]. Long is wracked with guilt and tries over the years to find a way to control the spread of the explosion, but to no avail.

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* HostageForMacGuffin: [[spoiler: Arlo for Elvis after Brynner captures the former.]]

%%* NitroExpress

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[[caption-width-right:350:Never let it reach fifty degrees]]

* IdiotBall: Having got Elvis on ice moments before it would have reached 50 degrees and with the army surrounding the tunnel, Tim decides to wrap it in a T-shirt with a handful of ice and try and take it out with them instead of leaving it behind.

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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]

* ImpliedDeathThreat: [[spoiler: Colonel Vitelli says he is authorised to take "permanently extreme" measures to stop the existence of Elvis from getting out, after Arlo stated he expected compensation for their heroics.]]

* Implied Death Threat: [[spoiler: Colonel Vitelli says he is authorised to take "permanently extreme" measures to stop the existence of Elvis from getting out, after Arlo stated he expected compensation for their heroics.]]

%%* TheAllegedCar: Arlo's ice cream truck.
%%* BigBad: Col. Andrew Brynner.

%%* DarkActionGirl: Vaughn.
%%* TheDragon: Vaughn.
%%* FireForgedFriends: Tim and Arlo as the film progresses.

* MacGuffinEscortMission: Mason and Arlo have to take the doomday weapon to a military base

* FireForgedFriends / VitriolicBestBuds: Tim and Arlo as the film progresses.

'''''Chill Factor''''' is a 1999 action/comedy film starring CubaGoodingJr and SkeetUlrich as, respectively, ice cream deliveryman Arlo and convenience store clerk Tim Mason, two men who are suddenly thrust into a dangerous situation.

* TheAllegedCar: Arlo's ice cream truck.
* BigBad: Col. Andrew Brynner.

* DarkActionGirl: Vaughn.
* TheDragon: Vaughn.

* NitroExpress

[[TimeSkip Ten years later]], Brynner gets out and, with a team of mercenaries, raids the base where Long works, shooting him and killing several guards in an attempt to obtain Elvis and sell it to America's enemies. However, a dying Long has gotten to it first, and sped it to the local convenience store, entrusting it to Mason, his most trusted friend, and imploring him and Arlo to get it t Fort McGruder in Arlo's refrigerated truck. The two of them now have to keep Elvis cool and outwit Brynner in order to save the day.

* FireForgedFriends/VitriolicBestBuds: Tim and Arlo as the film progresses.

[[TimeSkip Ten years later]], Brynner gets out and, with a team of mercenaries, raids the base where Long works, shooting him and killing several guards in an attempt to obtain Elvis and sell it to America's enemies. However, a dying Long has gotten to it first, and sped it to the local convenience store, entrusting it to Mason, his most trusted friend, and imploring him and Arlo to get it t Fort McGruder in Arlo's refrigerated truck. The two of them now have to keep Elvis cool and outwit Brynner in order to save the day.