there something intrigue about disaster movie . the simple and primal premise can lead to several great story . grant and most disaster movie tend to explore familiar territory instead but i can usually live with that . unfortunately and flood probably mark the low point in the history of this sub genre . robert carlyle be undoubtedly the star of the movie and even though screen time be split between different location and character . he give a barely decent performance . a well and joanne whalley be very uneven . veteran actor tom courtenay ( he play in doctor zhivago for heaven sake ) be particularly bad . i mean and his timing be completely off most of the time and his characterization be extremely poor . what an embarrassing performance for that man . the rest of the cast range from decent to really bad with one exception represent jessalyn gilsig and whom i think might be there a a plot device or eye candy give by far the most convincing performance . doesn not mean much consider how bad everybody else be but still nice to see that she care . the script be really bad and confusing and cliché . some of the bad line i have hear in quite some time be deliver by the actor one after the other . you have see this story a thousand time . it employ every dramatic hook and tear jerker you have see in outbreak and armageddon and the poseidon movie ( original and remake ) and many others . the direction be awful . no sense of timing and nothing inspire . the shot be bland and dialog and action both fail to flow . edit be bad but how do you edit such a mess . without a doubt and this movie try to rely way too much on ( rather poor ) cgi . the human factor and the drama and struggle of the character be gloss over . scene where the character must actually face the flood be rare and poorly do . the make for tv feel give nausea . some guy be suppose to go down a rope from an helicopter . no problem and let show him inside a helicopter and make a really poor cut or edit job and have the next frame with him safely on the ground and in the most obvious way possible . the movie score be rather poor . all over the place and no timing . the end be probably the bad i have see in quite some time . very much like they run out of idea . scrap that and you can not run out of something if you never have it in the first place . must have run out of budget . this be a really amateur job . i give it a 2 for use london a a location and which be a nice change and for gilsig be actually decent in a key support role and for the few cgi shot that be decent ( those of the water closing in on london and the gate ) . do yourself a favor and check out day after tomorrow or just about any disaster movie before this one . this include old classic like the tower inferno .