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      Volcano

      PG-13 Released Apr 25, 1997 1 hr. 42 min. Action List
      49% 47 Reviews Tomatometer 32% 100,000+ Ratings Audience Score When a massive earthquake rocks the city of Los Angeles, Emergency Management department head Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) returns from his vacation to help with the city's response. 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 whole city. As the fiery molten rock runs through the streets, Roark and Barnes must figure out how to divert it. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 24 Buy Now

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      Volcano's prodigious pyrotechnics and Tommy Lee Jones' crotchety sneers at lava aren't quite enough to save this routine disaster film.

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      Carson P Really good movie tommy lee Jones is great in this, the charachters are likeable and the story is coherent, the special effects are astonishing and is is very thought provoking with a dramatic score and lots of destruction showing dramatic tension and emotion of how people would react to a disaster this felt like a movie Roland emmerich would make and because of that it's well directed and is one of the better disaster films I heard this came with another similar disaster film Dante's peak the same year well volcano in my opinion is the superior of the two because it has better acting, better special effects and charachters I feel bad for not to mention it being more convincing this is the ultimate disaster film of 97 only behind titanic I give volcano a very strong A- Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/24 Full Review Sebastian L The obvious problem is the total lack of plot. The next obvious problem is the total lack of dynamic pace. It's just one thick disaster migraine. Lee Jones and Cheadle deserve better. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/23 Full Review Fernando G Volcano is a 90's classic... It is not a very realistic film from a scientific point of view, but it reflects in an incredible way the capacity that people have to work together in the disaster. I saw it in the cinema as a child... I still think it's the best movie in terms of volcanic disasters. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/23 Full Review Joel H I don't want to blow things out of proportion, but Volcano could be the inspiration behind Syfy Original Movies. Despite all the money they poured into this 90s disaster film, it's still a disaster. The effects, the acting, and the writing are all distractingly cheesy. It just doesn't flow right. Sure, there are a few moments that made me think about what would happen if horrifying events like this ever occurred in real life, but then one of the over-acting characters would deliver a corny line and I would roll my eyes again. Tommy Lee Jones' leg muscles must burn from carrying this movie on his back. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/03/23 Full Review Daniel H The movie is named Volcano, but there is no volcano? That tells you all you need to know really. Yikes… Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/12/23 Full Review Cody N Very good movie. Great acting from Tommy Lee Jones. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Bill Stamets Chicago Reader Unfortunately, Volcano is also faithful to Hollywood’s legendary lack of originality... Jun 15, 2022 Full Review William Thomas Empire Magazine None of it makes a hell of a lot of sense and the supporting cast are wallpaper thin, but Volcano is at least hot on entertainment. Rated: 3/5 Jan 8, 2019 Full Review David Ansen Newsweek Volcano, busily and cheerfully hysterical, always has some new fish to fry, new truck to melt, new skyscraper to tumble or new manhole to pop with a radiant gusher of movie magma. Feb 28, 2018 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies The more I watch Volcano, the film holds up as the best volcano movie from 1997 with never-ending action. Rated: 4/5 Apr 25, 2022 Full Review Louis Peitzman io9.com There's a glorious faux-plausibility to the proceedings that makes movies like Volcano all the more entertaining. Jan 8, 2019 Full Review Dennis King Tulsa World Movies like ``Volcano'' exist for their gigantic, humongous, eye-popping special effects and this picture delivers those -- Big Time. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 8, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis When a massive earthquake rocks the city of Los Angeles, Emergency Management department head Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) returns from his vacation to help with the city's response. 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 whole city. As the fiery molten rock runs through the streets, Roark and Barnes must figure out how to divert it.
      Director
      Mick Jackson
      Executive Producer
      Lauren Shuler Donner
      Screenwriter
      Jerome Armstrong, Billy Ray
      Distributor
      Fox, 20th Century Fox
      Production Co
      Fox 2000 Pictures, 20th Century Fox
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 25, 1997, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 1, 2013
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $47.5M
      Sound Mix
      SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital
      Aspect Ratio
      35mm, Flat (1.85:1)
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