Directed by:
Mick JacksonCinematography:
Theo van de SandeComposer:
Alan SilvestriCast:
Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David, John Corbett, Michael Rispoli, John Carroll Lynch, Laurie Lathem (more)VOD (4)
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Quakes. Riots. Mudslides. Los Angeles has seen it all... almost. Get set for nonstop action, searing suspense and explosive special effects when Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones stars in "the first great action film of the year!" Something unspeakable chilling is heating up the City of Angels. Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano is formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city. Experience the pulse-pounding thrills as the dream capital of the world erupts into the stuff nightmares are made of. (20th Century Fox)
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The volcano belongs to the kind of catastrophic movies that have completely given up on any attempt to set their "drama" in even minimally credible framework. The creators assume that viewers have never seen volcanic activity and, above all, know nothing about it, or they simply don't care as long as they receive the usual dose of genre clichés and a few celebrity actors to go along with it. The direction is skillful, but what can be done, I can't stomach the crystal-clear stupidity of the screenplay. Similar cheap B-movie projects occasionally give me a second star for unintended humor, but, for God's sake, a blockbuster with a budget nearing 100 million dollars, with such a crew and cast, should look different... Overall impression 25%.
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The 1990s in Hollywood was an era of, among other things, stupid disaster "blockbusters" that worked as naturally in the cinema as Marvel movies do today. Volcano in particular is one of those cute blockbusters with a narration that wouldn’t be taken seriously today, but in its time and with its financial possibilities, it's probably the most entertainingly made bunch of clichés ever. Enormous nostalgia...
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