Factual error: When Christian Slater and Minnie Driver are trying to get out of the water before it reaches the transformer, there is a real big problem with this scene. If there really was a flood and it was rising that high, the city should have shut off the electricity to the entire city, to prevent any electric hazards that may happen in that situation.

Hard Rain (1998)
Plot summary
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver
The story of a security guard whose partner gets killed when theives try to rob their van during a huge flood. The robbers mangae to capture him but the local sherrifs decide to switch teams and want the money for themselves leaving the two previous enemies to work together.
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Henry: I'm going to row back there and see if he will shoot you. Or me. It's fine either way.
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Answer: Because the Sheriff wanted to kill everyone, leaving no witness. Remember the old saying, "The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend."