Dante's Peak
1997
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Apr 25, 1997 · Volcano. I expected to see a mountainous volcano in "Volcano,'' towering high over Los Angeles. But the movie takes place at ground level; It's about how lava boils out of the La Brea Tar Pits, threatens a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard, and then takes a shortcut through the city sewer system.
After geologist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche) warns that a volcano may be forming in sewer tunnels, another severe earthquake unleashes the lava flowing underfoot, threatening to destroy the...
- (3.5K)
- Mick Jackson
- PG-13
- Tommy Lee Jones
Apr 25, 1997 · Volcano: Directed by Mick Jackson. With Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle. A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.
- (80K)
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Mick Jackson
- 1997-04-25
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Among mainstream critics in the US, Volcano received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 49% of 47 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 5.10/10.
- April 25, 1997
- Neal H. Moritz, Andrew Z. Davis
User Reviews. Despite a history of major geological events in the area, nobody really suspects anything when a handful of pipe engineers die from intense burns while underground. Investigating the accident, OEM chief Mike Roark almost gets killed himself when an underground fissure throws up intense heat and flame.
Volcano offers no such hook, and as a result it plays like some La Brea dinosaur risen from the tar, all effects and no heart. See all 22 reviews on Metacritic.com. See all external reviews for Volcano.
The film, about a volcano erupting in downtown Los Angeles, is helped immeasurably by veteran actor Tommy Lee Jones, who has enough charm and charisma to rescue just about any movie.
