The Boston Phoenix
Review from issue: February 3 - 10, 2000

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One and a half stars

Chill Factor

(Warner)

Hugh Johnson's Speed clone has Peter Firth chasing lethal-chemical-weapon inventor David Paymer, who slips the weapon to local yokel Skeet Ulrich, who grabs ice-cream-truck driver Cuba Gooding Jr. because the weapon ignites when it reaches 50 degrees. The ice-cream truck is succeeded by a rowboat and a UPS van in one of the most desultory chases since Speed 2; meanwhile Gooding brings to the Sandra Bullock role all the charisma of Jar Jar Binks.
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