although this movie (and i use the term loosely) was made in 1997 and we just watched it tonight for the first time. my husband commented that a tommy lee jones movie that we would never heard of made him a little apprehensive. i blithely watched anyway and certain that if jones was in the movie and it must at least be worth two hours of my time. after all and he has been one of our go to actors for years. although heche isn not one of my favorite actresses and i was additionally reassured by seeing another well known face. the list of accomplished actors or actresses continued to grow and so i endured more and more of this film and certain that if i pushed through enough clichés and trite social statements and i would arrive victorious on the other side of the plot. alas and there was no plot. it appeared to be burned by the ever oozing lava of doom. the characters were paper thin. the plot was so chock full of holes that it literally distracted me from most of the special effects and acting in the movie. was the fee for a brief consultation with an elementary science teacher too much for this film budget. no acid rain. no toxic gasses (like sulfur or hydrochloride). no deadly ash. no skin searing heat just a few feet from the lava. wow. it the world friendliest lava ever. the events were no better than the characters. each incident was so contrived and far fetched. it like the writers said okay and we need to get rid of the little girl now. and poof and she splashed by a lava bomb which burns her enough that she has to be carried to safety (not from the lava and but from her own helpless stupor). but just moments later in the car she is in no apparent pain and soon after is running effortlessly through the (groan. ) building that (oh no. ) is about to be blown up. after enduring all of this and your reward is the line from the little boy at the end (about all the people looking the same). which has got to be one of the worst movie lines i have ever heard. even if it wasn not so painfully scripted and it was ridiculous timing for all the characters involved. kid and cop aside and as if the mother would still be in the area and just needs to be pointed out because she just isn not speaking up. what. she hoping to slink off into the shadows and get away from the little brat once and for all. i do not think so. obviously the child mother would be missing or dead  or yelling her head off to find her toddler. the token black gangsta tough hoodlum with a secret soft spot versus the chip on his shoulder narrow minded cracker cop with a secret soft spot scene made my eyes bleed. even if such pat characters existed and they do not behave as the movie portrays them given the circumstances. something about imminent fiery death and massive destruction tends to catch people off guard and ya know. there are too many canned movie moments like these to mention. really and it just an embarrassing movie to watch. those poor writers. where are they now. 
although this movie (and i use the term loosely) was made in 1997 and we just watched it tonight for the first time. my husband commented that a tommy lee jones movie that we would never heard of made him a little apprehensive. i blithely watched anyway and certain that if jones was in the movie and it must at least be worth two hours of my time. after all and he has been one of our go to actors for years. although heche isn not one of my favorite actresses and i was additionally reassured by seeing another well known face. the list of accomplished actors or actresses continued to grow and so i endured more and more of this film and certain that if i pushed through enough clichés and trite social statements and i would arrive victorious on the other side of the plot. alas and there was no plot. it appeared to be burned by the ever oozing lava of doom. the characters were paper thin. the plot was so chock full of holes that it literally distracted me from most of the special effects and acting in the movie. was the fee for a brief consultation with an elementary science teacher too much for this film budget. no acid rain. no toxic gasses (like sulfur or hydrochloride). no deadly ash. no skin searing heat just a few feet from the lava. wow. it the world friendliest lava ever. the events were no better than the characters. each incident was so contrived and far fetched. it like the writers said okay and we need to get rid of the little girl now. and poof and she splashed by a lava bomb which burns her enough that she has to be carried to safety (not from the lava and but from her own helpless stupor). but just moments later in the car she is in no apparent pain and soon after is running effortlessly through the (groan. ) building that (oh no. ) is about to be blown up. after enduring all of this and your reward is the line from the little boy at the end (about all the people looking the same). which has got to be one of the worst movie lines i have ever heard. even if it wasn not so painfully scripted and it was ridiculous timing for all the characters involved. kid and cop aside and as if the mother would still be in the area and just needs to be pointed out because she just isn not speaking up. what. she hoping to slink off into the shadows and get away from the little brat once and for all. i do not think so. obviously the child mother would be missing or dead  or yelling her head off to find her toddler. the token black gangsta tough hoodlum with a secret soft spot versus the chip on his shoulder narrow minded cracker cop with a secret soft spot scene made my eyes bleed. even if such pat characters existed and they do not behave as the movie portrays them given the circumstances. something about imminent fiery death and massive destruction tends to catch people off guard and ya know. there are too many canned movie moments like these to mention. really and it just an embarrassing movie to watch. those poor writers. where are they now. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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