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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and [[DisasterMovie disaster]] elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/ChristianSlater, Creator/RandyQuaid, Creator/MinnieDriver, and Creator/EdwardAsner. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and [[DisasterMovie disaster]] elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/ChristianSlater, Creator/RandyQuaid, Creator/MinnieDriver, Creator/MinnieDriver, Creator/EdwardAsner and Creator/EdwardAsner.Creator/BettyWhite. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].
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* LawmanGoneBad: Sheriff Mike Collig does this.

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* LawmanGoneBad: Sheriff Mike Collig Collins does this.
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* TheMillstone: Kenny is this and TheLoad to the other robbers, with Jim constantly having to keep him in line and snapping at him to "quit whining" when he finally gets fed up with his underling. That said, Jim doesn't particularly take it well [[spoiler: when Tom causes Kenny to get fatally electrocuted.]]
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* SaveTheVillain: Attempted. Tom and Karen try to get Kenny to jump to the windowsill from the metal scaffolding he’s on in order to avoid getting electrocuted by the rising water touching a live transformer. [[TooDumbToLive He realizes that staying on it is a stupid idea only too late.]]
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* EnemyMine: Tom and Jim end up working together temporarily when a third party wants to steal the money and KillEmAll.

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* EnemyMine: Tom and Jim end up working together temporarily when a third party wants to steal the money and KillEmAll.kill them.



* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:The sheriff]]. While wanting the money might be understandable due to his circumstances, it's [[KillEmAll what he'll have to do]] to get it that makes him a real Heel. The original gang of robbers [[EvenEvilHasStandards didn't want to go that far]]; they explicitly told the truck guards, "We just want the money! You guys walk away, we won't kill you!"

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:The sheriff]]. While wanting the money might be understandable due to his circumstances, it's [[KillEmAll what he'll have to do]] do to get it that makes him a real Heel. The original gang of robbers [[EvenEvilHasStandards didn't want to go that far]]; they explicitly told the truck guards, "We just want the money! You guys walk away, we won't kill you!"

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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Phil. He's really not a bad guy, and he gets fatally wounded by another villain for being unwilling to shoot Tom. The bullets don't quite kill Phil, though; he gets finished off by a later surge of water. When he sees it coming, Phil clings to a [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] in his last moments.]]

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* AlasPoorVillain: AlasPoorVillain:
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[[spoiler:Phil. He's really not a bad guy, and he gets fatally wounded by another villain for being unwilling to shoot Tom. The bullets don't quite kill Phil, though; he gets finished off by a later surge of water. When he sees it coming, Phil clings to a [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] in his last moments.]]

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* AntiVillain: Kenny, Jim, and Phil.

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* BigBadWannabe: Jim, following the Sheriff usurping him of his BigBad status.
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** They're not coming, Tom. The National Guard...We didn't "intercept" [[spoiler: Charlie's call. ''He'' called ''us''.]]

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** They're "They're not coming, Tom. The National Guard...We didn't "intercept" [[spoiler: Charlie's call. ''He'' called ''us''.]]]]"
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: A variation. At first, Tom refuses to believe Jim's claims that [[spoiler: Charlie]] was working with them all along until Tom throws in scores of details on [[spoiler: Charlie's]] life from how he got his middle name to his late wife.


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** They're not coming, Tom. The National Guard...We didn't "intercept" [[spoiler: Charlie's call. ''He'' called ''us''.]]
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* BloodlessCarnage: Most of the film does this, but there's an aversion of this trope during the cemetary shootout. And also averted with Mike Collins, when he dies in the final battle.

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* BloodlessCarnage: Most of the film does this, but there's an aversion of this trope during the cemetary shootout. And also averted with Mike Collins, [[spoiler:Mike Collins]], when he dies in the final battle.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Most of the film does this, but there's an aversion of this trope during the cemetary shootout.

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* BloodlessCarnage: Most of the film does this, but there's an aversion of this trope during the cemetary shootout. And also averted with Mike Collins, when he dies in the final battle.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Most of the film does this, but there's an aversion of this trope during the cemetary shootout.
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* AntiVillain: Kenny, Jim, and Phil.

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* ItsPersonal: Implied-the look on Jim's face when [[spoiler: Kenny]] dies in Jim's arms has this written all over it and it's pretty telling that it's almost immediately after this point when he drops his AffablyEvil act and threatens to shoot Tom whether he finds the money or not.



* NeverMyFault: Jim blames Kenny for fouling up their first attempt to rob the armored truck by getting trigger happy and [[spoiler: killing Charlie]]. Later, we find out that the reason this even happened was because Jim didn't tell Kenny that [[spoiler: Charlie]] was in on the heist.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Jim's decision to not fill Kenny in about [[spoiler: Charlie]] being in on the heist leads to Kenny shooting [[spoiler: Charlie]]. It also causes all of the thieves' trouble with having to chase down Tom for the money, which ultimately leads to everyone in Jim's band but himself being killed.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Jim's decision to not fill Kenny in about [[spoiler: Charlie]] being in on the heist leads to Kenny shooting [[spoiler: Charlie]]. It Consequently, it also causes all of the thieves' trouble with having to chase down Tom for the money, which ultimately leads to everyone in Jim's band but himself being getting killed.

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* BrokenPedestal: We find out much later in the movie that [[spoiler:Charlie]] was involved in the original plot to take the money.

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* BrokenPedestal: We find out much later in the movie that [[spoiler:Charlie]] was involved in the original plot to take the money. Tom doesn't take the news well.


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* CorruptCop / DirtyCop: The Sheriff and Wayne definitely count. The Sheriff starts out good but [[FaceHeelTurn switches out ]] due to having been an ExtremeDoormat for so long. Wayne, on the other hand, is portrayed as having less than moral tendencies from the start and the disaster, along with his leader's shift in loyalties simply give him an outlet.


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* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Karen loses both of hers to the flood at some point.


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* PoorCommunicationKills: Jim's decision to not fill Kenny in about [[spoiler: Charlie]] being in on the heist leads to Kenny shooting [[spoiler: Charlie]]. It also causes all of the thieves' trouble with having to chase down Tom for the money, which ultimately leads to everyone in Jim's band but himself being killed.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler:Jim]] was originally slated to die at the end.
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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and [[DisasterMovie disaster]] elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver, and Creator/EdwardAsner. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and [[DisasterMovie disaster]] elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/RandyQuaid, Creator/MinnieDriver, and Creator/EdwardAsner. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].
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Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', the campaign from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', or the Music/BobDylan song and album.

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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused confused]] with ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', the campaign from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', or the Music/BobDylan song and album.
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Removing an unnecesary potholes.


* BattleInTheRain: Every single fight in this movie, [[CaptainObvious obviously]].

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* BattleInTheRain: Every single fight in this movie, [[CaptainObvious obviously]].obviously.



** [[CaptainObvious Not a really useful trait in a cop]], so Phil also [[HeroWithAnFInGood doesn't make a particularly effective good guy either]]. His apparent tendency to choke when he should be shooting somebody is also the end of him.

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** [[CaptainObvious Not a really useful trait in a cop]], cop, so Phil also [[HeroWithAnFInGood doesn't make a particularly effective good guy either]]. His apparent tendency to choke when he should be shooting somebody is also the end of him.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Henry is one to Doreen. The moment were he finally decides he has had enough and puts her in her place with a PrecisionFStrike is a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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* HenpeckedHusband: Henry is one to Doreen. The moment were he finally decides he has had enough and puts her in her place with a PrecisionFStrike is a CrowningMomentOfFunny.SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
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* DeadhatShot: Mr. Mehlor's shattered glasses settle on top of a tombstone after he suffers a MoeGreeneSpecial.

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* DeadhatShot: DeadHatShot: Mr. Mehlor's shattered glasses settle on top of a tombstone after he suffers a MoeGreeneSpecial.
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* DeadhatShot: Mr. Mehlor's shattered glasses settle on top of a tombstone after he suffers a MoeGreeneSpecial.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Henry is one to Doreen. The moment were he finally decides he has had enough and puts her in her place with a PrecisionFStrike is a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and [[DisasterMovie disaster]] elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and [[DisasterMovie disaster]] elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver Creator/MinnieDriver, and Creator/MorganFreeman.Creator/EdwardAsner. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].
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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and DisasterMovie elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with action, crime, and DisasterMovie [[DisasterMovie disaster]] elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].
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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with elements of action, crime drama, and DisasterMovie) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 film (with elements of action, crime drama, crime, and DisasterMovie) DisasterMovie elements) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].
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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 action movie directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 action movie film (with elements of action, crime drama, and DisasterMovie) directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].
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'''Hard Rain''' is a 1998 action movie starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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'''Hard Rain''' ''Hard Rain'' is a 1998 action movie directed by Mikael Salomon, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Randy Quaid, Creator/MinnieDriver and MorganFreeman.Creator/MorganFreeman. It's about an armored car robbery which takes place in a Midwestern U.S. town that's rapidly flooding due to an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unrelenting, torrential rainstorm]].

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