Plot
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 6.2/10 (5,234 voted)
Director:Eric Heisserer
Storyline
In New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina hits, a pregnant woman gives birth prematurely. She dies and her baby is in critical condition. The baby has to be kept in a neonatal incubator. When the hurricane strikes, all the power goes out and everyone in the hospital leaves. But the baby's father stays because the baby can't be moved so he has to take care of his baby by making sure the ventilator stays on. And because there's no power, the only power source is generator that he has to crank every few minutes. So he has to stay awake while waiting for someone to come for them.
Goofs:
The baby's health parameters on the monitor can be seen during nearly the whole film. It shows the blood pressure is 120/80 and the pulse rate is 72, which are good parameters only for an average adult person. A newborn's physiological parameters for blood pressure is approximately 75/50 and the baby's pulse should be way over 100, approximately 140. Especially in this case, where the baby is considered a premature infant. See more »
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Rating: 8/10
I've just seen this movie and I'm glad I did. After previewing it a
couple of months back, alongside Walker's other vehicle, Vehicle 19, I
wondered what had happened to it. Here's an intriguing premise, played
around or against a real catastrophic disaster, that being Hurricane
Katrina, though this is not the first film based around that, remember
Bad Lieutenant Cage remake, but we've gone onto a totally different
track of story. Here Walker, very good, showing his capabilities as an
actor if given the right material, is forced to stay back at an
evacuated hospital, to look after his infant daughter, after Katrina
strikes. It's not very long before the whole power goes out, and he has
to solely rely on a generator to keep her daughter alive, where after
every six minutes, the numbers will drop if he stops winding the
control. You should see how many times he runs back and forth down to
the power supply room, half flooded by the way. Certain obstacles and
incidents, later thwart his quest, including some real unsavory
heartless sons of bitches. Hours works so well for many reasons, one
being Walker's realistic and engaging performance, probably one of his
best. Apart from Katrina, he has to deal with a much greater tragedy,
as having just lost his wife, Abigail (another hottie of course) who
died in labor, apparently stress related, so Walker's not having the
best of days. We see some of their earlier time spent together in a
sufficient number of heartwarming, sexy, and inspiring flashbacks. Too
what I liked, was how Walker spent a lot of time, ranting to his
newborn, which in the early stages, I admit got a little annoying, but
then it became quite interesting as god knows what s..t he was gonna
pour out next. Another thing that was annoying, was his watch sounding
off after every six minutes, but you gotta do what you gotta to do.
What would you do? This is one of those movies that poses that
question. I was quite impressed by Walker, as he had some really
powerfully dramatic acting moments. Hopefully he can improve on this
which next each film. Highly recommended drama of inspiration and hope.
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