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
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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Los Angeles as a funky place for lava to spew, plus Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche as the brave souls who know how to shut off the spout. Director Mick Jackson (The...
Volcano [1997]
Get mindless for awhile with this 1997 disaster flick, starring the La Brea Tar Pits in
... more
Los Angeles as a funky place for lava to spew, plus Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche as the brave souls who know how to shut off the spout. Director Mick Jackson (The...
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