The hurricane plays way less of a role in this than you might expect.
It's kind of true in 2020 that in terms of movies, who-dares-wins. Which is to say if a film says "we'll release" then people will go to see it. This is one of those films that feels like it might never have even had a cinema release in a normal year. But in 2020—COVID-town it provides near welcome big screen entertainment.
Don't be put off OR on by the trailer because it is a very poor representation of the bigger film. Sure, the bones of the trailer are accurate but it does nothing to portray the somewhat hilarious tone of the film. It feels more like an oddball cop show in the rain than the somewhat grandiose natural disaster themed flick I was expecting. Once they get to the apartment building that's under siege, it's all crazy running between different rooms for no really good reason. There is a force of nature kept behind a big locked door, and it's not a hurricane. Truth be told I've seen the whole film and I'm still not crystal clear what it was.
There are all sorts of somewhat fascinating developments here, in Puerto Rico, where we set our scene. It is intriguingly watchable, but just don't go in with expectations in any dimension.
J* gives it 3 stars.
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