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Volcano Reviews

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When an earthquake triggers a giant burst of lava from the La Brea Tar Pits, sending great spews of lava all over various Los Angeles neighborhoods and causing all manner of flaming magma mayhem, dedicated Emergency Management director Mike Roark rushes to the rescue, with help from a plucky seismologist. A no-holds-barred .. Read more

Starring	Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gabby Hoffman, Don Cheadle
Director	Mick Jackson
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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- "...VOLCANO is sharply edited for maximum mayhem, played at top volume, and filled with every imaginable volcano-related effect this side of the lava lamp. The effects are grand and stupefying..."
- 7558
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  superb.......................
  
  My family loved this film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche. It was filmed on location in Los Angeles and Torrance in California.
  
  Mike Roark (... read more »
  
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  - williamsgwynfa
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  - gwaenysgor
  - 04 Jun 2008 at 18:03
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  Good Film
  
  The disaster film starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle is very exciting, action packed and full of suspense. I loved it and would watch it ... read more »
  
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- - NatalieRobertson20
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  - Cumnock
  - 16 May 2009 at 13:41
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  Entertaining
  
  Entertaining and exciting but on the unbelievable and over-done side for me.
  
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  - Bury St. Edmunds
  - 25 Nov 2008 at 17:10
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  It look like Lava!
  
  Outstanding!
  
  The idea of using trucks, cars and suddenly appearing highway divisions to divert a huge mass of Lava (that came from a lake) just sums ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 24 Oct 2008 at 18:35
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  volcano
  
  this film was ok could have been more action for me
  
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- - welch
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  - newton aycliffe
  - 19 Aug 2008 at 10:36
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  A fairly standard blockbuster
  
  Despite the excellent cast and great score by Alan Silvestri, this is a fairly standard blockbuster. The plot is rather woolly (you can see the idea of a ... read more »
  
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  - Hamilton
  - 08 Aug 2008 at 15:27
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  volcano
  
  i loved this film great acting .
  
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  - Cardiff
  - 22 Jun 2008 at 09:02
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  superb.......................
  
  My family loved this film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche. It was filmed on location in Los Angeles and Torrance in California.
  
  Mike Roark (... read more »
  
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- - williamsgwynfa
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  - gwaenysgor
  - 04 Jun 2008 at 18:03
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  Volcano
  
  This is a good movie, even though we had seen it before you felt you needed to watch it again. Scarey to think this could actually happen.
  
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  - Bicester
  - 29 May 2008 at 08:15
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  VOLCANO
  
  Volcano stars my favourite (Tommy Lee Jones ) (The Fugitive, US Marshalls) When a volcano erupts in downtown L.A., threatening to destroy the city. Who’s ... read more »
  
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  - Lancaster
  - 04 May 2007 at 21:25
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  Volcano
  
  Tense and thrilling... Tommy Lee Jones fights against time to save Los Angeles from Volcanic desaster!
  
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  - 05 Apr 2006 at 19:34
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- - 12
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  superb.......................
  
  My family loved this film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche. It was filmed on location in Los Angeles and Torrance in California.
  
  Mike Roark (... read more »
  
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  - williamsgwynfa
  - 627 reviews
  - gwaenysgor
  - 04 Jun 2008 at 18:03
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  I'm a sucker for ...
  
  I'm a sucker for disaster films, and after seeing Volcano once or twice before (a few years ago), this rental was a welcome reminder of how much classic ... read more »
  
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  - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
  - 01 Oct 2004 at 03:01
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  I'll just go warm my hands on a piece of lava
  
  I saw this at the cinema and I wasn't the only one in the audience laughing. The two principal actors are put into situations where they'd have been ... read more »
  
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- - skeadugenga
  - Berks
  - 27 Jun 2005 at 12:24
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  Lots of Action
  
  Ok, the story may not be particularly feasible, and the plot has some holes, but for action it's hard to beat. The actors all put in good performances and ... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield, England
  - 14 Aug 2004 at 08:58
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  The film is your ...
  
  The film is your classic disaster movie. All the elements that you would expect to have in the film are there. From the nurse having a selfish boyfriend to ... read more »
  
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  - LINCOLN
  - 08 Jul 2004 at 20:26
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  volcano
  
  this film was ok could have been more action for me
  
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- - welch
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  - newton aycliffe
  - 19 Aug 2008 at 10:36
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  excellent
  
  Basically about a volcano that erupts in the centre of LA. Plenty of action and good acting from tommy lee jones. This rates up as one of my favorite disaster ... read more »
  
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  - uk
  - 14 Aug 2004 at 23:20
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  very action packed ...
  
  very action packed movie with Tommy lee jones, who on his day off even has to fight the elements.
  
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- - Bruno#2
  - HIGH WYCOMBE
  - 29 Feb 2004 at 16:34
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  Its more cheesey than ...
  
  Its more cheesey than Wotsits! Unbelieveable American twaddle. But good special effects that we Brits cant quite pull off. I liked the idea that LA could burn... read more »
  
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- - Sarah#60
  - KENDAL
  - 15 Mar 2004 at 14:31
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  this film is not what ...
  
  this film is not what i would say tommy lee jones best performances.. but does merit a large audience .. could never really get the plot and as things ... read more »
  
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  - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
  - 14 Jun 2004 at 00:01

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  When an earthquake triggers a giant burst of lava from the La Brea Tar Pits, sending great spews of lava all over various Los Angeles neighborhoods and causing all manner of flaming magma mayhem, dedicated Emergency Management director Mike Roark rushes to the rescue, with help from a plucky ...

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  When an earthquake triggers a giant burst of lava from the La Brea Tar Pits, sending great spews of lava all over various Los Angeles neighborhoods and causing all manner of flaming magma mayhem, dedicated Emergency Management director Mike Roark rushes to the rescue, with help from a plucky ...