Volcano

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Volcano

PG-13

1997

1h 42m

Action

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When a massive earthquake rocks the city of Los Angeles, Emergency Management department head Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) returns from his vacation to help with the city's response. After geologist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche) warns that a volcano may be forming in sewer tunnels, another severe earthquake unleashes the lava flowing underfoot, threatening to destroy the whole city. As the fiery molten rock runs through the streets, Roark and Barnes must figure out how to divert it.

Critics Consensus

Volcano's prodigious pyrotechnics and Tommy Lee Jones' crotchety sneers at lava aren't quite enough to save this routine disaster film.

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Bill Stamets

Chicago Reader

06/15/2022

Unfortunately, Volcano is also faithful to Hollywood’s legendary lack of originality...

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William Thomas

Empire Magazine

01/08/2019

3/5

None of it makes a hell of a lot of sense and the supporting cast are wallpaper thin, but Volcano is at least hot on entertainment.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

02/28/2018

Volcano, busily and cheerfully hysterical, always has some new fish to fry, new truck to melt, new skyscraper to tumble or new manhole to pop with a radiant gusher of movie magma.

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Don Shanahan

Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast

09/20/2024

Tommy Lee Jones might be trapped in this movie while Anne Heche steals the show.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

04/25/2022

4/5

The more I watch Volcano, the film holds up as the best volcano movie from 1997 with never-ending action.

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Louis Peitzman

io9.com

01/08/2019

There's a glorious faux-plausibility to the proceedings that makes movies like Volcano all the more entertaining.

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Katelyn M.

@katebake114 Apr 11

This movie was so chaotic! And great! I was on the edge of my seat at least 5 times! This had great twists and turns. My new favorite natural disaster movie ever! Love how much lava they included cause Dante’s peek had less lava but still great! Great casting love the affects And they made the lava look so real so if you need a good volcano movie I recommend volcano!!!!!!

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Keriel T.

@kerielflacoboy Apr 11

I highly impressed with the special effect and I love the acting of Tommy Lee Jones

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Carson P

@Parkerdean Mar 23

Say what you want but this is way better than Dante’s peak Tommy Lee jones is great as always and I even thiught plot and charachters were well developed it’s story is about like this disaster of a lava eruption underground and in there there’s this father daughter relation and how he has to save the people and others do so as well there are even scenes in the premise of sacrifices and I thought that was interesting it had some terrific CGI the lava flows looked pretty convincing it gets you on the edge of your seat it’s pure adrenaline and viewers should give this underrated film more praise like make more articles naming reasons that make this 1997 film a disaster blockbuster classic it’s like a Roland emmerich film it’s well directed and has enough heart beating in it’s hood it deserves a solid 8.5/10 and an A-

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Darwin A

@TASM2012 Mar 12

Mi película favorita de todos los tiempos, nuca me canso de verla, tiene unos VFX excelentes y un excelente Tommy Lee Jones que siempre salva las películas en las que aparece y la película va directo al grano y no se anda con rodemos. En conclusión, una excelente película, muy recomendable.

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William W

@RT66515145 Oct 31

A criminally underrated disaster classics

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Oct 13

Ages 13 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worldwide gross is $122,823,468.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Tommy Lee Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

When a massive earthquake rocks the city of Los Angeles, Emergency Management department head Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) returns from his vacation to help with the city's response. After geologist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche) warns that a volcano may be forming in sewer tunnels, another severe earthquake unleashes the lava flowing underfoot, threatening to destroy the whole city. As the fiery molten rock runs through the streets, Roark and Barnes must figure out how to divert it.

Director: Mick Jackson
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Andrew Z. Davis
Screenwriter: Jerome Armstrong, Billy Ray
Distributor: Fox, 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.5M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Flat (1.85:1)