Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Blistering performances.

The story is what you might expect - an explosion causes a fire in the tower, soon people are trapped and the firefighters have to solve the problem. The characters and dialogues are really, really bad. The CGI on the other hand, especially for an TV-production, was pretty good. Some scenes were indeed well done and full of suspension, but some awful plot holes made me yelling stuff like: Why does nobody of the trapped guys just leave the tower by using the STAIRS?? Even the firefighters use them to get to the so called trapped people. Why not just going back down? (This plothole is closed some 30 minutes into the movie, but actually, this was an option for a pretty long time after the fire broke out.) Also the climax was very unsurprising. Look at "The Towering Inferno" or the very well made korean Remake some years ago - the fire is always put out by detonating tanks. It wasn't water in this movie, but after all it was just the same. Althoug the part with the improvised elevator seemed very familiar to me. Was there ever a fire-in-the-tower-movie, that missed the try to evacuate the trapped ones by going out the window on some dysfunctional elevator-thingy? Don't think so. The movie is after all not very bad, but if you are not a huge fan of disaster-movies, you should skip this one.

I actually made it through about 10 min. I threw the movie in the trash, outside I might add, so it did not stink up my house. These other reviews were clearly made by people with money to be earned by people renting. I will never get my 10min back!!!! The acting, horrible. The content, horrible. Everything about this movie was bad. If there was a website that I could go to to find out how much money was made/lost on this movie i would go and check it out. The most expensive thing in this movie was probably all the gas they had to throw on the ground to make it look like something was on fire. If I can take one positive from this movie it would be the fact that I now know to never buy/rent a German movie dubbed in English. Their attempt to time the words with the movements of the lips was so bad it hurt my eyes... Sorry. The truth is the truth!

Hey! I have great news for you guys! If you haven't heard, Raging Inferno is coming on DVD, the English version!!!! Now, you will be able to see this exciting movie without any problems!!! It will be coming out starting December 1st, 2009. I can't wait to get it! Now you will not have any problem to see it in you regular DVD player. This is a great disaster action film, perfect for a stocking stuffer. It is a must have movie! I think that this movie would keep you all the time with the feeling that you want to get out of the tower. In my opinion, it is a great movie which transmit to the viewer the agony to try to escape from the fire, and be able to get out of it alive.

I bought the DVD a day ago from HMV ( It is titled "Raging Inferno" in English. ) and have just finished it. Just can't wait to recommend it to others. The storyline is simple ( and typical ) but its special effects contributes a lot in making it a must-watch. I will call it an updated version of the Towering Inferno, with the same excitement but more outstanding special effects. We do have some soaring towers picked to be landmarks in many places around the world. While I was watching it, I recalled my experience of visiting some of these TV towers such as the CN Tower in Toronto, Petronas Twins Tower in Kuala Lumpur and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai, etc. "Will that really happen?" "What if I were one of them up there?" were the questions I posted in my mind when viewing it. It's really an exciting movie to watch.