It's been a minute since I watched anything this old, and the film Deluge was released, on all days, on the day my grandmother was born! August 13 1933.
Deluge is barely over one hour, and was a disaster movie based on a book written in 1928. It begins with an unexplained apocalyptic event that destroys New York. I have to say, really cool special effects for the time with miniature work and match cuts and superimposed images. Fun shit, and the destruction of the city it total.
From there, we follow survivor Claire as she lands on an island and is held by two rapey men that she eventually escapes from. She finds nicer, more humane Martin. They survive a cruel post-destruction world where the rapey dude from the island follows Claire and Martin as they go about finding the remaining humans. He rallies a group to try and hunt down Claire with him, and in the meantime it turns out Martin's family is still alive.
Deluge is a strange and definitely uneven movie, the insane destruction at the end leads into a taut thriller that then becomes a weird drama screwball comedy at the end? I'm not sure why.
Considered at one time a lost film, this is a fun one that a fan of stuff like this should watch. If you like old movies and early destruction movies like King Kong check this shit out yo!
3.5 stars.
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