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1997 - Action/Adventure - Mick Jackson - English - 12 years and over - Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gabby Hoffman, Don Cheadle, Keith David, John Corbett, Linda Timmerman more

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When an earthquake triggers a giant burst of lava from the La Brea Tar Pits, sending great spews of lava all over various Los Angeles neighborhoods and causing all manner of...
more...flaming magma mayhem, dedicated Emergency Management director Mike Roark rushes to the rescue, with help from a plucky seismologist. A no-holds-barred cataclysmic extravaganza, replete with lava bombs bursting in air, a toned-down flirtatiousness between the city's saviors, and the straight-faced how-will-we-stop-it





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Lava lava everywhere and not a drop to drink
A review by TheNeil on Volcano (DVD)
December 11th, 2000


Author's product rating:   Volcano (DVD) - rated by TheNeil

Did you enjoy it? Indifferent to it 
Story Very weak 
Characters / Performances Weak 
Special Effects Good 
Soundtrack Unmemorable 

Advantages: Good effects
Disadvantages: Weak story, terrible characters

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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We've had tornadoes, we've had earthquakes, and now we have (another) volcano movie. Unlike Dante's Peak though we're switching the action to downtown LA. This switch of location aside though, this is strictly a by the numbers film that is about as predictable as Norman Wisdom walking past a swimming pool.

Tommy Lee Jones is the man here. He's the man with the power and the only man with any acting ability - the rest of the cast is incredibly wooden. Story wise there's not much to say: a volcano appears in Los Angeles and err, that's it. We have all the usual cliche's, characters, and events and if it wasn't for the effects then this would be a total disaster.

The effects are pretty good (despite a hideous CGI building) but the creators don't use them consistanty (at one point the lava is melting things, the next shot people are stood next to - hmmmmm).

An ok film but you certainly can't take it seriously and you'll be just about killing yourself at some of the hilariously awful scenes. 

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