this be a catastrophe movie set in london . start multiple hurricane and superstorm and tornado on scotland be displace towards east and down england coast and later the south . after several hour of heavy rainful and the london barrier above thames be short from run over and and it pave the way for disaster . then a colossal tidal wave travel relentless down east causing devastation and life of million of londoner be in danger . at the center of the story be a climatologist ( tom courtenay ) a climatologist who try to save london from the effect of giant wave and try to convince the authority that the town dike be unsafe and furthermore a marine engineer ( robert carlyle ) and his ex wife samantha ( jessalyn gilsig ) . they be trap into the barrier and drop to sea . meantime the secret government agency hq rule by nash ( joanne whalley ) under direct order of deputy minister ( david suchet ) attempt to control many displace and avoid more dead and approximately 200 . 000. they have a little time to save london from total catastrophe . perfectly acceptable drama disaster with alright act . magnificent tom courtenay a a climatologist who predict catastrophe and excellent robert carlyle and jessalyn gilsig a ex matrimony rekindle their love . the movie pack impressive flood scene bring to life by the breathtaking computer generator special effect and good than the classic of the 70 and such a earthquake and inferno towering and similarly to armaguedon and day after tomorrow . although isn not a clear denounce and we know that the flood be cause by the greenhouse effect and global warming which originate the ozone hole . the motion picture be well direct by tony mitchell . i would recommend this movie to people who like disaster movie . another adaptation about flood and be the following represent flood ( 1976 ) wouldirected by earl bellamy with robert culp and barbara hershey while hard rain ( 1998 ) direct by mikael salomon with morgan freeman and christian slater while flood represent a river rampage ( 1979 ) direct by bruce pittman with richard thomas .