Chill Factor (1999)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Instant Favorite.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Two mis-matched men are forced to team up with each other when they get possession of a top-secret weapon that, if heated over 50 F, detonates and releases a lethal cloud of radioactivity in a 200 mile radiusFormer soldiers want to use this against the government after making them scapegoats years earlier for their handling of the virus and covering up the existence of the weapon. With time running out, and the temperature rising, the two must outwit their pursuers and try to find a way to dispose of the weapon before they both vaporise.....Chill Factor is nothing more than a Speed knock off, but hey, if the ice melts, it's big bang time, and only Oscar winner Gooding JR., and Billy Loomis can save the day.And one wonders how they ever do, as they are the most incompetent duo since Abbott And Costello graced our screen. They are chased by Peter Firth, some muscle-heads, and the token short haired tough girl, who was in these films for the girlpower.It's a really stupid concept, and the fact that the film cost $70 million, and only made $11 million, begs the question, is in the so bad, it's good territory.Not quite, but it's just one of those films where the two leads scream at each other through the course of the film, instantly become wonderful stuntmen and fighters, and evade attacks so many times from trained professionals.But one thing, this film would make a great drinking game, every time Gooding JR. utters the the profane word 'S***' take a drink, because i'm sure you'll be drunk within an hour.He utters it that many times, it takes you away from any action that is happening at that time.I'm just surprised that they didn't name the two lead characters Ben & Jerry....

Chill Factor (1999): Dir: Hugh Johnson / Cast: Skeet Ulrich, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Paymer, Peter Firth, Kevin J. O'Connor: Stupid action premise that winds down to clichés, stereotypes and total idiocy. Title represents a device that needs to be kept cold but it can also refer to the situation itself. An experiment goes wrong (much like the film) that costs the lives of soldiers. David Paymer plays the doctor in charge who regrets it. Peter Firth plays the commander who took the fall and plots revenge. The rest is a dumb road trip with Skeet Ulrich and ice cream truck driver Cuba Gooding Jr. Hugh Johnson directs as if this is a Looney Tunes cartoon. Ulrich plays a deli worker whom is the only one Paymer can trust on the verge of death, but the role has him either fleeing by vehicle or on foot. Gooding Jr. brings comic relief but the role is total cardboard. Paymer does well but his role requires him to regret, guilt and then die within fifteen minutes, which renders the role a prop. Firth cannot raise the commander above embarrassment. He murders the Paymer character then spends the remainder of the film trying to do the same to Ulrich and Gooding Jr. He also yells threats a lot but that may be the attitude coming from working on this film. Kevin J. O'Connor also makes an appearance in what will become standard for him and action films. Mindless action junk that should be buried in the Arctic. Score: 1 / 10

Chill Factor isn't a horrible movie by any means, in fact it did exactly what I wanted passed the time perfectly, but it isn't anything out of the ordinary. The chemistry between Skeet and Cuba is good enough and it has a couple of spectacular action sequences, but when all is said and done that doesn't make it anything more than a run of the mill, average Buddy, Buddy film. It had some decent comedy in it at times, and the truck chase scene on the highway is by far the film's most effective action sequence, but I had to put up with a lot of silly dialog and a rather bland villain for my liking. Cuba is better than this stuff and deep down he knows it, wrong career choices has brought his career where it's at, and an actor of his caliber deserves so much more. Skeet didn't do much after this movie, and he has since faded into obscurity for the most part, doing occasional important work, here and there.Performances. Cuba Gooding Jr. is charismatic but his character isn't anything special, nor is it developed enough for me to care about it too much. He has enough presence to be entertaining but that's about it. Skeet Ulrich is alright, but he had plenty of wooden moments, and only seemed comfortable when Cuba was around with him. Peter Firth is a bland villain in my opinion, didn't care for him at all. David Paymer provides solid support.Bottom line. It did what I hoped it would do, passed the time nicely and not make me groan at anything, but it's far from remarkable. This will be a nice rainy afternoon television viewing, but don't expect anything more than an average film.5/10

Let me start by saying that I never walk out of movies. I'm a movie buff, and if I'm going to pay eight bucks to see a picture, I'm going to make sure I see the whole thing. However, Chill Factor was a different experience altogether. The trailers looked great. I had been following this movie, having been a fan of Cuba Gooding Jr. since Jerry Maguire. Talk about a let-down. What did this movie have? A terrible plot, stereotypically bad villains (the lead villain in this film is a textbook case of overacting), and a garbage script that lacked an original idea with the exception of an ice cream truck. This flick is blasphemy. Don't see it.