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Chill Factor

Play trailer Poster for Chill Factor R Released Sep 1, 1999 1h 42m Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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A decade after chemical weapon "Elvis" kills 18 soldiers during a test, military scapegoat Andrew (Peter Firth) gets out of jail and tracks down scientist Richard (David Paymer) in Montana -- who shoots him. Andrew manages to tell his friend Tim (Skeet Ulrich) to get Elvis to safety at a fort 90 miles away. However, if exposed to a temperature higher than 50 degrees, the weapon will go off, so Andrew forces ice-cream-truck driver Arlo (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to help him transport the device.
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Claiming it fails on every level, critics had almost nothing good to say about this movie.

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Ron Givens New York Daily News This is a cookie-cutter buddy movie, as predictable as they come. Jun 11, 2013 Full Review Nathan Rabin AV Club As an unintentional send-up of the predictability and wretchedness of modern action-comedies, Chill Factor is hilarious. Sadly, however, no one involved seems to realize the silliness and transgressive stupidity of its sub-direct-to-video-thriller script. Jun 11, 2013 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Nobody questions this logic, but then there are a lot of logical gaps in this movie. Rated: 2/4 Jun 11, 2013 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …as an accidental comedy, Chill Factor has plenty to offer slumming cineastes, with weak, colourless leads, a slavering, snarling villain, and some ludicrous but entertaining action scenes… Rated: 3/5 Sep 3, 2023 Full Review Enrique Fernandez South Florida Sun-Sentinel It doesn't bother me too much that this is silly; like everyone else in the theater, I'm here for the thrills. But Chill Factor doesn't let me have any with my brain. Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Chris Ward Flickering Myth This dull and uninspiring mess has very little to offer other than an unoriginal idea in an under-utilised setting. Jul 28, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Keep your brain home, it's silly funny but pretty enjoyable, hot coffee-boy & ice-cream chill man on-hold of mass destruction toy & the world in their hands playing cat & mouse. Why don't take a break & have a treat since carrying a whole truck haha? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member On the surface it is a silly film, but has a great cast and the dynamic between skeet Ulrich and Cuba gooding jr. is fun. Try it out for a fun saving the world film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/24/18 Full Review Audience Member Panned by the critics and thin on the plot, but fans of Cuba Gooding will like his funny character Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Frances H Not too bad to watch while you do something else. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/30/14 Full Review Audience Member Sometimes you just want to escape for a couple hours into something that doesn't have a profound message. This is one move like that. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member "Chill Factor" is the story of a troubled drifter, Skeet Ulrich, a good kid at heart who got in some trouble and ran away from the consequences. In his travels, he makes friends with a scientist , David Paymer, a man with a heavy heart. You see, ten years ago, Paymer - or 'Doc' as Skeet cleverly calls him - invented the worst chemical weapon ever. During a last-minute test of the weapon - or 'Elvis' as Doc cleverly calls it (providing much humor in lines such as "Elvis is approaching the stage" and "Elvis has left the building") the reaction destroys everything within a five mile radius. It also takes the lives of 18 men under the control of Major Brynner (portrayed by thrilling British actor Peter Firth. You may have seen him in the classic film, "LifeForce," a touching sci-fi romance in which Patrick Stewart throws up a bloody alien). Brynner is blamed for the deaths of his men and is placed in jail for 10 years. And that brings us to the present day where Brynner is released and becomes evil. The audience knows he's bad because he glares at the camera when they release him. He doesn't even care about his country anymore, he only wants to steal Elvis and sell him to the highest bidder. In order to do this, Brynner and his crew slit a lot of throats and shoot dear old Doc. But through some miracle, the scientist is able to grab Elvis and outrun Brynner and his crew to the small diner that Skeet works at. Meanwhile, Skeet has been having an encounter with good hearted ice cream deliverer Cuba Gooding Jr. What luck! You see Elvis must be kept under 55 mph - I mean 50 degrees Fahrenheit or else it will destroy all of Montana, and what a loss that would be. So after David Paymer's dramatic death scene, Cuba and Skeet are off on a fantastic adventure. They struggle to keep Elvis on ice as they traverse the countryside (although you may notice that Brynner walks around outside with Elvis in his arms for at least fifteen minutes.) After many extremely tense moments, well, I don't mean to spoil it for you, but the good guys do what they normally do and the bad guys do what they normally do. And as Cuba and Skeet laugh about their ordeal and the credits begin to roll, you can almost hear a sigh rise through out the crowd - a single word on the tip of everyone's tongue. "Ridiculous"" Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A decade after chemical weapon "Elvis" kills 18 soldiers during a test, military scapegoat Andrew (Peter Firth) gets out of jail and tracks down scientist Richard (David Paymer) in Montana -- who shoots him. Andrew manages to tell his friend Tim (Skeet Ulrich) to get Elvis to safety at a fort 90 miles away. However, if exposed to a temperature higher than 50 degrees, the weapon will go off, so Andrew forces ice-cream-truck driver Arlo (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to help him transport the device.
Director
Hugh Johnson
Producer
James G. Robinson
Screenwriter
Drew Gitlin, Mike Cheda
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Home Vídeo
Production Co
Morgan Creek Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 1, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.2M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround
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