A great flood plagues "The Reaping"

Imagine you've decide to star in a $45 million film about the 10 plagues that preceded the Exodus being unleashed in modern times. Rivers of blood. Frogs falling from the sky. Boils that won't heal. The death of every firstborn child.

OK, now imagine you are filming in Louisiana when a storm of "biblical proportions" hits the Gulf of Mexico -- twice.

That's what happened to Hilary Swank and crew. Filming for "The Reaping," the team was forced to evacuate as hurricanes Katrina and Rita roiled the Gulf, according to a story in today's Daily News.

"I didn't draw parallels to the film," said David Morrissey, who plays a schoolteacher and possible love interest who lures Swank's character to the plagued burg of Haven.

I'm not going to either. Regardless of any similarities between those horrendous hurricanes and the story of the Flood or plagues in the Bible, Hollywood always seems to miss the mark on these movies. A quick Google News search revealed this piercing review: "'The Reaping' looks good, but it's dumb, silly and confused"