Volcano (1997)
Directed by Mick Jackson
Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Disaster Film, Action Thriller |
Release Date - Apr 25, 1997 (USA) |
Run Time - 102 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Michael Betzold
Disaster visits jaded L.A. in the form of an underground volcano, not the big earthquake all the citizens expect. Shot on the largest set ever constructed in the U.S., in nearby Torrance, California, Volcano is a big-budget, special-effects-laden disaster movie with a standard plot. Tommy Lee Jones plays Mike Roark, a by-the-book emergency management director who is spending the weekend with his daughter, Kelly (Gaby Hoffmann), when the previously-unknown volcano blows. Sassy, brainy scientist Dr. Amy Barnes (Ann Heche) is the first to warn of the threat, which begins by sucking one of her co-workers into a steaming fissure. As the lava starts to spurt in red-hot fireballs, Kelly is injured, and Mike sends her to the hospital in order to attend to his duties, rescue citizens, and run the city's emergency response. Eventually, Roark and Barnes team up to battle the eruption while sparks of romantic attraction fly.
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Keywords
disaster, emergency, seismologist, volcano
Attributes
High Budget