volcano is set in los angeles where a minor earthquake has just hit and vacationing boss of the o. e. m. (the offcie of emergency management) mike roark (tommy lee jones) decides to cut his holiday short and go in and once there he sees that everything is alright but then drives off to the epicentre of the quake where seven underground workers have been killed by a fire or intense heat of some kind. mike isn not sure what to think so he brings geologist dr. amy barnes (anne heche) in to try and explain things and unfortunately a huge underground river of molten lava has been released after the quake and erupts at the la brea tar pits sending the lava pouring out into the city streets engulfing anything and everything it touches in flames. mike and his men and the emergency services have their work cut out trying to stop the river of lava and save as many lives as possible. directed by mick jackson this was the second big budget disaster flick revolving around the idea of an erupting volcano during 1997 with dante peak (1997) being released a mere two months or so before volcano was and while dante peak is hardly any sort of masterpiece at least it slightly better and more plausible than volcano is. the script here is total nonsense and is not based in reality at all and underground rivers of lava that seem to appear and then disappear just as quick and various character standing inches from a river of lava yet not being affected by the heat (when that guy is on the train the metal seats around him start melting but he remains perfectly fine and as far as i am aware human skin is not as heat resistant as metal and is it. ) and it constantly happens and helicopters flying is clouds of ash (in reality it would be impossible) and one simple blockade at the end of a street will stop the flowing lava (what about down the other streets and other directions. ) and being able to blow a perfect trench in a street and then blowing a huge building up to make a massive dam and when kelly sees the lava heading towards her car she gets out just like anyone would but then for some reason just stands there and watches two firemen get burned to death and waits for her dad to save her even though by this stage her leg has caught fire and despite all those concrete blocks being placed together to make a barrier in less than twenty minutes the guy do such a great job not one bit of molten lava manages to seep through and loads more besides like that massive building falling on tommy lee and his daughter yet then both being fine afterwards. the character are awful too although they were not as clichéd as usual with no romance blossoming between tommy lee and anne heche and minimal city official who try to shut tommy lee and anne heche up before the event labelling them scaremongers. there a few badly written and at times embarrassing moral moments as los angeles pulls together and the black guy and that semi racist cop who warm to each other and by the end are wishing each other well and that little kid at the end when he says everyone looks the same is cringe worthy and is surely a ham fisted attempt and trying to say whatever colour we are we are still human beings and we can all get along in time of a crisis as it brings people together. having said that i think volcano is one of those so bad it good films and it entertains and it moves along at a decent pace but just do not expect anything grounded in reality or any human drama either. i suppose a film like volcano could be seen as an updating of a 70 disaster film such as the poseidon adventure (1972) or earthquake (1974) but on a huge budget with modern effects work. speaking of the effects they are alright but none stand out that much and the set pieces are also surprisingly forgettable and sure there are a few impressive explosions and a few ok river of lava flowing through los angeles effects but little else. generally volcano just isn not very exciting and while occasionally unintentionally funny and completely ridiculous it doesn not really work in the way the makers intended. with a supposed budget of about $90 and 000 and 000 it opened to a little under $15 and 000 and 000 at the box office and it looks alright and there lots of fire but nothing stands out and volcano is a pretty forgettable film overall. filmed in los angeles i think most of the places featured here were shot at their real life locations. the cast go through the motions with some terrible dialogue and ridiculous set pieces to contend with and tommy lee jones deserves better than this. volcano is a bit of a disaster in both senses and it is a disaster themed film that ended up a bit of disaster itself. worth it for a few unintentional laughs and the ridiculousness of it all but it nothing great and i doubt i would ever want to see it again. 
volcano is set in los angeles where a minor earthquake has just hit and vacationing boss of the o. e. m. (the offcie of emergency management) mike roark (tommy lee jones) decides to cut his holiday short and go in and once there he sees that everything is alright but then drives off to the epicentre of the quake where seven underground workers have been killed by a fire or intense heat of some kind. mike isn not sure what to think so he brings geologist dr. amy barnes (anne heche) in to try and explain things and unfortunately a huge underground river of molten lava has been released after the quake and erupts at the la brea tar pits sending the lava pouring out into the city streets engulfing anything and everything it touches in flames. mike and his men and the emergency services have their work cut out trying to stop the river of lava and save as many lives as possible. directed by mick jackson this was the second big budget disaster flick revolving around the idea of an erupting volcano during 1997 with dante peak (1997) being released a mere two months or so before volcano was and while dante peak is hardly any sort of masterpiece at least it slightly better and more plausible than volcano is. the script here is total nonsense and is not based in reality at all and underground rivers of lava that seem to appear and then disappear just as quick and various character standing inches from a river of lava yet not being affected by the heat (when that guy is on the train the metal seats around him start melting but he remains perfectly fine and as far as i am aware human skin is not as heat resistant as metal and is it. ) and it constantly happens and helicopters flying is clouds of ash (in reality it would be impossible) and one simple blockade at the end of a street will stop the flowing lava (what about down the other streets and other directions. ) and being able to blow a perfect trench in a street and then blowing a huge building up to make a massive dam and when kelly sees the lava heading towards her car she gets out just like anyone would but then for some reason just stands there and watches two firemen get burned to death and waits for her dad to save her even though by this stage her leg has caught fire and despite all those concrete blocks being placed together to make a barrier in less than twenty minutes the guy do such a great job not one bit of molten lava manages to seep through and loads more besides like that massive building falling on tommy lee and his daughter yet then both being fine afterwards. the character are awful too although they were not as clichéd as usual with no romance blossoming between tommy lee and anne heche and minimal city official who try to shut tommy lee and anne heche up before the event labelling them scaremongers. there a few badly written and at times embarrassing moral moments as los angeles pulls together and the black guy and that semi racist cop who warm to each other and by the end are wishing each other well and that little kid at the end when he says everyone looks the same is cringe worthy and is surely a ham fisted attempt and trying to say whatever colour we are we are still human beings and we can all get along in time of a crisis as it brings people together. having said that i think volcano is one of those so bad it good films and it entertains and it moves along at a decent pace but just do not expect anything grounded in reality or any human drama either. i suppose a film like volcano could be seen as an updating of a 70 disaster film such as the poseidon adventure (1972) or earthquake (1974) but on a huge budget with modern effects work. speaking of the effects they are alright but none stand out that much and the set pieces are also surprisingly forgettable and sure there are a few impressive explosions and a few ok river of lava flowing through los angeles effects but little else. generally volcano just isn not very exciting and while occasionally unintentionally funny and completely ridiculous it doesn not really work in the way the makers intended. with a supposed budget of about $90 and 000 and 000 it opened to a little under $15 and 000 and 000 at the box office and it looks alright and there lots of fire but nothing stands out and volcano is a pretty forgettable film overall. filmed in los angeles i think most of the places featured here were shot at their real life locations. the cast go through the motions with some terrible dialogue and ridiculous set pieces to contend with and tommy lee jones deserves better than this. volcano is a bit of a disaster in both senses and it is a disaster themed film that ended up a bit of disaster itself. worth it for a few unintentional laughs and the ridiculousness of it all but it nothing great and i doubt i would ever want to see it again. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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