Film1997104 min

Volcano

Name: Volcano
Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1997
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim

Taste attributes: actiondramascience fictionthrillerdisasterfastunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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"The coast is toast."

Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wide-ranging: a fast-moving sci-fi film, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.8 /10

TMDB · 1,079 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.

Synopsis: TMDB