Your Sunday night movie, The Ice Road stars Liam Neeson as a war veteran who hasย to lead an army of truck drivers inย a dangerous icy expedition. There will be ice, there will be action, and there will be disaster! Let's look atย other natural disaster movies, where elements of nature played a crucial and deadly role.
Twisterย
In this epic 1996 filmย starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, we were taken into one whirlwind of a ride as our characters had to face off a viciousย tornado in the stateย of Oklahoma. The main character Jo, a meteorologist played by Helen Hunt,ย returns to her hometown to investigate theย deadly tornado, and when it hits the townย she is caught up in aย game of survival. The scenes were hard-hitting, the special effects praised, and Hunt and Paxton had perfect chemistry.ย
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Dante's Peakย
Pierce Brosnan starred asย volcanologistย Harry Dalton in this thrilling, action-packed 1997 film. Harry Daltonย heads off to a town called Dante's Peak to investigateย seismic activityย and, you guessed it, he's faced with an erupting volcano that is devouring the town. The movie was action-packed from beginning to end, the volcanic disaster scenes were incredible, and it's rated as one of the coolest disaster movies.ย
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Hard Rainย
Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater drive this action-packed and nail-biting film. The movie focusedย on aย bank heist that takes place amidst a severe rainstorm in the stateย of Indiana and hadย Freeman and Slater's characters go head-to-head.ย The movie hadย loads of rain, loads of action, and the flooding scene with Slater's character Tom was one of the movie's most memorable.ย
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Cliffhanger
Sylvester Stalone took to theย snow-cold mountains in the iconic 1993 action-thriller movie. The movie was nothing short of heartstopping as we watched a group ofย brave mountain climbers faceย dangerous enemies whileย trying to survive severe snow conditionsย and fight for their survival. Who can ever forget that epicย opening scene of Cliffhanger?ย ย Weย still rateย it oneย of the best scenes to this day!
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The Perfect Storm
George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg took onย the perfect storm in this biographical disaster movie. The movie is based on the book of the same name and sees aย group of brave fishermen unite on the Andrea Gailย and brave the raging seas. Along with the outstanding action and special effects, the actors were praised for portraying realistic emotional scenes.ย
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