bowmanblue Oh dear, where to begin. There are times when I'm proud to be British - we gave the world all sorts of things: tea, cricket, the Spice Girls - all of which are better than Flood. Flood tries to be like those big-budget American disaster films... but fails.In its favour, Flood can't complain about a lack of acting talent. Perhaps the strangest thing is how many decent actors can come together and do so little. Actually, the answer probably lies with the script. It's bad. Well, not bad, just full of clichés. It's like they're trying to be funny and self-parodying, only they're not - they're being serious.The film tries to crank up the tension by quick cutting and shaky camera work, plus some incredibly dramatic music just to point out just how dire the situation is when the Thames overflows and drowns half of London. However, despite the fast-paced direction and dramatic score, you have the dialogue bringing it back down to the quality of a sixth form drama production (no offense to sixth formers - I'm sure they'd do better).The special effects aren't that good, but they're not that bad either. Basically, they can be forgiven, but the dialogue can't. It's not just the dialogue, it's the set-up too. It confirms to every cliché going: it has the family coming together in face of a catastrophe, the budding romance, the token characters who you know are going to be washed away in the first splash of waves and, of course, the inept officials.I'm sure you've probably heard people say "It's worth a watch if there's nothing else on." Well, they're probably right about this one. If there was absolutely nothing else on TV, then you might put this on for a bit of background atmosphere. Just don't waste any money on this.

tony-wigfall55 I just watched this on a very wet August Bank Holiday in UK 2012 (Movies 24 Channel) and it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Admittedly I did wonder why a couple of the actors took the job as they didn't seem that convincing - the money must have been good! You have to be in the mood for every disaster movie cliché from every disaster movie you can think of, and put up with some quite glaring plot holes that cause some why didn't you, or how did..., moments? I'm not going to do spoilers, you can discover those for yourself. It is worth a look for some harmless, wet afternoon entertainment. So suspend your disbelief at one or two points but overall not that bad. I've seen worse.

Chilla Black there have been some half decent disaster movies like 2012 and Knowing and there have been some total berserk ones like Volcano in New York and Arctic Blast.This entry into the canon has been totally panned by other IMDb reviewers, largely for the so-called poor acting of what at first glance resembles an ensemble cast with the likes of Robert Carlyle, David Suchet and Tom Courteney. Personally, I think Nigel Planer was put on this planet for his role in this movie to be honest it is the best casting I have seen in ages.Anyway, the plot is an insane event where London is subjected to a Tsunami. Some of the action scenes are OK concerning the seismic waves and disaster effects.On the other hand the command of London in the depiction descends into farce but I cannot see why Suchet is so panned for his role in this movie as his acting is not poor.If anyone likes seeing what would happen if London was rocked by a massive amount of water, check this movie out. There is a phrase reserved in the event of something like this; it goes something like "London isn't working".1 - 2 - three!

george-dyson I was struck by the awful acting and script for this movie. All the characters seem rendered immobile by personal issues - rather like deer in headlights. They dither around whining and moaning about their emotions when decisive actions need to be taken. I found myself yelling at the TV screen trying to wake them up to their situation and DO SOMETHING! The plot line is implausible. Every time there is a key decision to be taken by a lead character, one of the other characters has to bring up all the problems with the obvious decision as though to further render the decision more difficult - it is a tried melodramatic ploy and just wants to make you groan. Clearly the import of the decision is obvious - you don't need to treat the audience as idiots. Overall - there is just too much emotional melodrama in the whole movie.