Chill Factor (film)
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| Directed by | Hugh Johnson |
| Produced by | James G. Robinson |
| Written by | Drew Gitlin Mike Cheda |
| Starring | Cuba Gooding, Jr. Skeet Ulrich |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer John Powell |
| Cinematography | David Gribble |
| Editing by | Pamela Power |
| Studio | Morgan Creek |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 1, 1999 |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70 million |
| Box office | $11,263,966 |
Chill Factor is a 1999 action/thriller film, directed by Hugh Johnson and starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Skeet Ulrich. The film centers on two unwitting civilians who are forced to protect a deadly chemical weapon from the hands of terrorists.
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[edit] Plot
Two men, Arlo (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) a disgrunted ice cream truck driver, and Tim (Skeet Ulrich), a convenience store clerk, are forced to team up when they find themselves in possession of a top-secret bio-warfare weapon. The weapon detonates with enormous force when heated to only 50 °F (10 °C).
The duo are up against a disillusioned former U.S. Army officer who believes he has been unjustly imprisoned as a scapegoat, and his team. He wants to obtain the weapon in order to sell it to foreign interests thus having his revenge against the government for covering up its existence and making him a scapegoat years earlier for their handling of the weapon.
With time running out, and the temperature rising, Arlo and Tim must outwit their pursuers and try to find a way to dispose of the weapon before they are both killed.
[edit] Cast
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Arlo
- Skeet Ulrich as Tim Mason
- Peter Firth as Andrew Brynner
- David Paymer as Dr. Richard Long
- Hudson Leick as Vaughn
- Daniel Hugh Kelly as Leo Vitelli
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Telstar
- Rhoda Griffis as Pregnant Woman
- Jordan Mott as Carl
[edit] Filming
Most of the film was shot in Liberty, South Carolina and parts of Northeastern Utah, in particular the Flaming Gorge Dam.
[edit] Reception
The film was received poorly by both critics and audiences; it currently holds a 7% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 4.9/10 on IMDB. Roger Ebert described the film as "cliché" in every sense of the word. Chill Factor was a humongous box office flop, grossing only $11.2 million on a budget of $70 million.
