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Volcano
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Volcano

1997 · 104 min Science Fiction Action Drama Thriller
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film doesn't pretend to be about anything other than action — and that's an honest position. The director constructs scenes with a feel for space, pace, and rhythm.

If you love the genre — this is a solid specimen. If you're indifferent to action — there's nothing extraordinary here to convert you.

Good choice for group viewing when you want to watch rather than think.

Director: Mick Jackson

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Big screen, decent sound. This is cinema that should sound loud and fill the room.

🎭 Cast

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Mike Roark

Anne Heche

Anne Heche

Dr. Amy Barnes

Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann

Kelly Roark

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

Emmit Reese

Jacqueline Kim

Jacqueline Kim

Dr. Jaye Calder

Keith David

Keith David

Lt. Ed Fox

John Corbett

John Corbett

Norman Calder

Michael Rispoli

Michael Rispoli

Gator Harris

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

Stan Olber

Marcello Thedford

Marcello Thedford

Kevin

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