Factual error: When Christian Slater and Minnie Driver are trying to get out of the water before it reaches the transformer, there is a real big problem with this scene. If there really was a flood and it was rising that high, the city should have shut off the electricity to the entire city, to prevent any electric hazards that may happen in that situation.
Hard Rain (1998)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver
Morgan Freeman gets away with a bundle of cash.
Answer: Because the Sheriff wanted to kill everyone, leaving no witness. Remember the old saying, "The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend."