Average rating: 4.00   80% from 2 members


The Towering Inferno

the classic

Twister

a great one from the '90s that got the genre rolling again
  • Twister on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Bill Paxton,  Jami Gertz
    Director: Jan De Bont
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The largest storm to hit Oklahoma in more than half a century is brewing, and it promises to drop multiple twisters into Tornado Alley. It''s the storm that two rival groups of scientists--Jo Harding and her band of brash university students, and corporate-sponsored Dr. Jonas Miller and his sleek, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 12,476 members

The Day After Tomorrow

So far Emmerich's best. Looking forward to '2012' though

Dante's Peak

Imho much better than Volcano

Daylight

pleasantly surprised by this one
  • Daylight on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Amy Brenneman,  Dan Hedaya
    Director: Rob Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An explosive traffic accident traps hundreds of commuters in a collapsing tunnel beneath the icy waters of the Hudson River. With the river bearing down on them, the panicked survivors struggle to free themselves. Only Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone), the shamed former head of Emergency Medical ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 6,348 members

Poseidon

watch it on the big screen if poss

The Poseidon Adventure

another classic
  • The Poseidon Adventure on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Ernest Borgnine,  Carol Lynley
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,120 members

Deep Impact

pretty grim but good all the same (beating Armageddon hands down)
  • Deep Impact on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Tea Leoni,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer, an ambitious newswoman, and a former astronaut all find themselves at the forefront of catastrophe when it is discovered that a comet is on a fatal collision course with the Earth. In the time leading up to the disaster, they find themselves searching for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 7,769 members

Knowing

Weird but entertaining hybrid of disaster/sci-fi
  • Knowing on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Rose Byrne,  Chandler Canterbury
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure - Book of Secrets, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in KNOWING, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future and sets out to prevent them from coming true. Rose Byrne (Damages, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 19,801 members

The Mist

what an ending! wow
  • The Mist on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Thomas Jane,  Marcia Gay Harden,  William Sadler
    Director: Frank Darabont
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Drayton and his young son Billy are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are things lurking in the mist--deadly, horrifying things--creatures not of this world. Survival depends ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 22,065 members




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