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Volcano

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 44m
Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano pushes to the surface, raining a storm of deadly firebombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned City of Angels in this pulse-pounding action thriller! (Fox)
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Volcano

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 44m
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Rated 04 May 2008
23
2nd
The scene where everyone is covered in ash and some little dipshit points out that the racially diverse crowd now all look the same epitomises the retarded crapfest that is Volcano.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
17
9th
Let's see, grizzled veteran actor in it for the paycheck, annoyingly precocious teen daughter, some guy jumping into lava and screaming "BLAARGHHARGHAARG!!"... yep, this film's a winner.
Rated 15 Mar 2008
75
65th
That scene where the fat subway worker melts after his triumphant leap of 3 feet. MASTERFUL.
Rated 07 Jan 2018
35
20th
Looking through the reviews, it becomes apparent to me that I have the best possible recollection of this movie, seeing as I only remember that greatest of all taglines: The Coast is Toast.
Rated 12 Jan 2009
25
4th
This isn't how volcanoes work.
Rated 28 Jul 2010
7
3rd
in which the day is saved by a bunch of jersey barriers, and in which a guy dies hilariously in a subway car
Rated 22 Sep 2010
41
11th
Lava! You know you made a bad movie, when Dante's Peak looks like the Towering Inferno in comparison. There are some unintentionally hilarious parts though, so worth watching for that.
Rated 16 Dec 2006
10
1st
Is it really too much to ask for that at least ONE SINGLE PERSON on the production staff have even the slightest idea of how a volcanic eruption actually behaves? Apparently so, and as a result every single part of this movie is beyond stupid and well into the realm of hilariously unscientific.
Rated 24 Feb 2007
7
3rd
Turn your brain off if you ever want to watch this. It also features probably the most annoying and worthless teenage daughter character possible. She exists just to be utterly incapable of helping herself so her dad and other people have to.
Rated 18 May 2007
30
3rd
Entertaining, but really dumb.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
39
3rd
Hot off the heels of Twister comes another extremely unbelievable film about an eco-disaster. This time it's about volcano and the "smart people" that love them. Love them enough to save humanity. Good thing Tommy Lee Jones was around otherwise Los Angeles might have been in trouble.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
5th
Hollywood just needed to be sure to be thorough with thedisaster movie kick of the late 90's. I've seen better volcano movies go straight to video.
Rated 05 May 2008
20
4th
This shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
Rated 12 Jun 2008
1
12th
Has no story. It instead just lets the lava run wild.
Rated 20 Mar 2009
10
6th
This movie is very bizarre, a concept so bad. One of the worst disaster movie made ever.
Rated 02 Aug 2009
6
8th
The lava in this film needs an Oscar. it had the best performance of the bunch.
Rated 12 Oct 2009
0
0th
If not the worst movie ever, then at least the one that pissed me the most off when I saw it... One thing is making a movie consisting solely of tired genre clichés - another is taking it serious at the level this movie does. And the ending is like a perfect storm of individual horrible elements climaxing when a little boy comments "they all look the same" on the racially diverse group covered in volcanic ash, just as the FUCKING golden retriever runs into frame
Rated 27 Oct 2009
20
5th
Holy SHIT the slow moving Lava's coming, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! Seriously this film has a premise as stupid as 'Day After Tomorrow' and the same slow overly exaggerated retarded threat (except hot in this case). Tommy Lee Jones' talents are put to good use though. And Anne Heche is just...awful.
Rated 12 Feb 2010
50
39th
Really, who's driven in L.A. and DOESN'T fantasize about seeing it buried in lava?
Rated 17 Mar 2010
1
8th
Needed more lava...
Rated 05 Jun 2010
22
7th
Off the cheese counter.
Rated 18 Dec 2013
53
19th
In which Tommy Lee Jones fights lava.
Rated 02 May 2014
10
6th
A volcano in LA. The tagline: It's Hotter Than Hell. This sounds like something they pitched in the Player...
Rated 22 Nov 2014
18
8th
For those in LA not familiar with what a volcano is, you might want also Google: wind, rain, snow and drought. Remember, preparedness is the best defense. That, and at the first sign of danger, drop off your teenage daughter at a movie and swing by to pick up some city employee named Stan.
Rated 29 Jan 2007
35
2nd
One of the worst movie i saw in a theatre. I only remember the scene with the grand mother walking in the lava and pushing the car.
Rated 28 Feb 2007
32
20th
Bad, bad and bad. A totally disaster.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
25
6th
Poor.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
70
35th
God this movie is terrible, but i'll be damned if it isn't incredibly enjoyable to watch. I'm giving it a much better rating than it deserves.
Rated 08 Mar 2007
67
13th
A film that feels as though it was ripped off of Dante's Peak, which is teh much better film. This is just another disaster movie. If you're in the mood, rent Dante's Peak instead.
Rated 01 Jun 2007
12
9th
It's bad, but at least it doesn't pretend to be realistic unlike Dante's Peak. Pointless nonsense.
Rated 29 Jun 2007
10
0th
The only reason we were subjected to this crap was because we were obligated to watch this in class. We didn't learn anything except lava is really hot and that it is very painful to fall into lava. I would have given this 0 except that we enjoyed watching..oops, I meant laughing at it.
Rated 20 Jul 2007
70
41st
Kind of silly and full of pseudoscience, but still entertaining.
Rated 10 Aug 2007
59
7th
A mindless, pointless disaster movie, with no distinctive features whatsoever.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
6th
It has a scene where a man is being burned alve in lava, yet throws another guy across said lava to safety. Yep.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
61
10th
i can't believe this was a major release. not very good, that's for sure
Rated 14 Aug 2007
7
3rd
Yawn
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
40th
The superior of the 2 volcano movies.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
67
10th
A melodramatic movie that has some OK action and some really forced drama.
Rated 19 Aug 2007
45
10th
Points for having John Lynch's legs melt. Poor guy.
Rated 22 Aug 2007
65
60th
Good
Rated 30 Aug 2007
6
9th
Yeah, volcano movie, not too well done, particularly in regard to the science. But there's some action here for the action junkie.
Rated 01 Sep 2007
40
18th
Despite its best efforts, it's also a comedy. Thin plot, wooden dialog and last chance ending.
Rated 15 Sep 2007
60
39th
Totally silly, but moderately enjoyable disaster film. Not as grounded as Dante's Peak, but more entertaining. Without Tommy Lee Jones....who knows.
Rated 12 Nov 2007
70
13th
Boring.
Rated 30 Dec 2007
15
6th
what
Rated 20 Jan 2008
51
22nd
Volcano erupts, and lava is on the move. Too bad it's not more exciting.
Rated 30 Jan 2008
1
4th
I love Tommy Lee Jones and his enigmatic voice.
Rated 09 Feb 2008
5
4th
Terrible story, acting, effects.
Rated 06 Mar 2008
60
49th
good **
Rated 16 Apr 2008
78
42nd
For a bad premise, this isn't a bad movie. Just don't expect a lot of good, hard science.
Rated 24 Apr 2008
85
84th
When sizzling lava is pouring down your city streets, you hope that someone stalwart like Tommy Lee Jones is there to take charge. Oh, and a female scientist who can explain about lava and volcanoes who is fearless would come in handy too. Fun action film.
Rated 10 May 2008
80
41st
Not that realistic, but the actors and the action are good
Rated 18 May 2008
59
14th
You know how sometimes two suspiciously similar movies come out at the same time, and at least one of them always sucks, well this is the sucky one.
Rated 29 Jun 2008
20
13th
bad movie
Rated 19 Jul 2008
65
20th
Volcano is your standard action film. Basically, Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche try and save everyone from a volcano. Nothing to see here folks, just another action film with a non-chemistry romantic subplot.
Rated 25 Sep 2008
66
54th
while I often dream of seeing LA go down in a vat of molten lava, this flick did nothing to convince me it was at all possible
Rated 10 Oct 2008
45
6th
typical hollywood pap
Rated 15 Oct 2008
50
28th
Weird.
Rated 20 Nov 2008
75
11th
'Volcano' is hokey as all get-out, but a pattern should be obvious in my reviews regarding my opinion of Tommy Lee Jones. There's not much I won't watch him in, this movie's got awesome and occasionally scientifically accurate collateral damage, and as a bonus I'm from the Pacific Northwest and was 9 when Mt. St. Helens went up. Every May 18th I watch this movie and 'Dante's Peak' just for grins.
Rated 30 Dec 2008
39
19th
Undeniably dumb, and chock full of unbelievable science. But unlike its arch-nemesis, Dante's Peak, this one knows it's a big dumb disaster movie, and has a little fun with it. Nothing to write home about, but I'll watch it if it's on TV, and that's more than I can say for the other one.
Rated 14 Apr 2009
83
56th
Old-school Tommy Lee Jones is the shit.
Rated 30 Jun 2009
20
9th
Overall Enjoyment: 15/40, Plot/Themes: 0/20, Cinematography/Direction: 0/20, Acting/Writing: 5/20 Tommy Lee Jones vs A VOCLANO!!!!
Rated 27 Jul 2009
70
33rd
Tommy Lee Jones trying to save the city from an volcano who is about to explode. The movie is not a master piece, but is very explosive, and if you don t have something more interesting to do you can watch it!
Rated 31 Jul 2009
45
20th
Ugh, annoying! Especially that Heche character. Pass.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
25
17th
Molten lava fun with Tommy Lee.
Rated 02 Aug 2009
38
12th
It is what it is, I guess. I mean it's about a volcano erupting in Los Angeles, so if you buy that one, then you pretty much get what you pay for.
Rated 04 Oct 2009
30
13th
Look out a volcano
Rated 12 Dec 2009
20
3rd
This is the single worst Tommy Lee Jones film I have ever seen. If you like dogs, stay away.
Rated 12 Jan 2010
30
1st
Science and rationality fucked in the butt and nothing worth to watch. Even Dante's Peak is better.
Rated 15 May 2010
25
7th
Score based on partial viewing.
Rated 23 May 2010
2
31st
Watched this on my 11th birthday at the movie theater. It's pretty bad, but for me it has some sentimental value. - Okay.
Rated 17 Aug 2010
10
1st
holy shit this movie is awful. worth it for the scene where the guy just kind of melts into some lava.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
35
11th
The Armageddon of bad volcano movies! Except worse than Armageddon. Yikes.
Rated 03 Dec 2010
20
83rd
This film is very much like The Day After Tomorrow (or possibly 2012 on a slightly less epic level) if you liked either of these films I'd recommend this.
Rated 21 Jan 2012
75
58th
I don't hate this, hard to go pass the cliched dialogue though.
Rated 15 Feb 2012
20
3rd
15/2/2012
Rated 20 Feb 2012
45
25th
No excitment , and terrible story. but still ill give it more than what it deserves
Rated 26 May 2012
65
38th
The best movie about a volcano
Rated 27 May 2012
93
54th
Harvey Levin at his best.
Rated 10 Jul 2012
65
62nd
Ridiculous but fun for what it is.
Rated 26 Aug 2012
50
29th
Not bad. Good special effects. Average acting. Bad science. Ruined by dumb bitch daughter.
Rated 19 Jan 2013
30
8th
Fizzles.
Rated 14 Jul 2014
50
4th
God the '90s were awesome. Twisted and so bad it's almost brilliant. Also, a bizarre metaphor for the riots.
Rated 13 Dec 2014
9
5th
Tommy Lee Jones at his most dour. Which is an all too regular occurrence.
Rated 10 Sep 2015
3
5th
There's some moderately engaging disaster-action here (the volcano in the city premise is certainly unique) with decent visuals for its time, but little else: Jones, Cheadle, and Lynch are decent but most of the minor characters are poorly acted and the attempts at humour, sentimentality, character development, and related side plots are embarrassingly weak. With virtually no supporting script for its only mediocre main disaster storyline, Volcano is ultimately a very forgettable flick.
Rated 16 Sep 2015
90
39th
A moderate-sized earthquake entices Mike Roark(Tommy Lee Jones) to put his vacation time with his daughter Kelly(Gaby Hoffman) on hold so that he can investigate After a number of city workers are injured & killed Mike elects to search the area himself, finding incredibly high temperature level in some of the city's subterranean areas He calls on a geologist named Amy(Anne Heche)for help & she offers theory that there could possibly be some sort of volcanic event occurring beneath city streets.
Rated 03 Aug 2017
52
29th
Preposterous movie with the absurd premise that... Jones was still material for an action hero after 1990. The Volcano scenes are fun, but that's about it.
Rated 09 Apr 2018
42
14th
Volcano is a fun movie. There really isn't that much to say about it. The performers are not terrible and the effects mixed with the sure handed direction offer some genuine thrills. Through you won't remember them an hour later.
Rated 16 Sep 2020
50
28th
Dante's Peak but in Los Angeles and with Jones instead of Brosnan. 1997 was the 'year of the volcano', apparently. Sadly no film was released that year that matches the best volcano film of all time, 'La Soufrière'.
Rated 18 Feb 2022
45
11th
Below average in every way
Rated 20 Feb 2023
51
11th
If nothing else, this helps you admire the relative fine craftsmanship of the concurrent DANTE’S PEAK – not a bad movie, but dull and uninvolving, due to a complete lack of character development (even for the low bar of the genre); no one appears to be having fun on either side of the camera, and Jones makes the ill-advised decision to jettison his flamboyant 90s persona when the film really could have done with a dose of it. Effects work is so-so, made redundant in the wake of INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Rated 29 Jun 2023
1
2nd
Excruciating. This movie has almost no plot except people being unable to comprehend the seeming fact that lava is flowing through downtown Los Angeles. Since the movie goes downhill once this fact is recognized because at that point there is nothing one can do but flee, the movie agonizes over delaying it, causing every character to become brain damaged with lots of screaming, emoting, and running around crazily. Save me from the horror that is this movie.
Rated 09 Jan 2024
95
63rd
The 90's were the best time for disaster films and this movie is one of the reasons why. As all disaster films, don't take it too seriously. Sit back and enjoy Tommy Lee Jones stop a volcano from killing thousands of people in downtown LA.

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