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Volcano

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Volcano
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PG13,1hr 42min
Genre:
Action
Released:
April 25, 1997
Director:
Mick Jackson
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann  ...more
Synopsis: Disaster visits jaded L.A. in the form of an underground volcano, not the big earthquake all the citizens expect. Shot on the largest set ever constructed in the U.S., in nearby Torrance, California, Volcano is a big-budget, special-effects-laden disaster movie with a standard plot. Tommy Lee Jones plays Mike Roark, a by-the-book emergency management director who is spending the weekend with his daughter, Kelly (Gaby Hoffmann), when the previously-unknown volcano blows. Sassy, brainy scientist Dr. ... Full Synopsis
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Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
But a great sense of pace is a wonderful thing, and director Jackson and his crew (who made good use of hand-held and Steadicam shots and reportedly averaged an impressive 30 to 40 camera setups a day) move so quickly from shot to shot and location to location that viewers have a limited time to dwell on the film's predictable implausibilities. Full Review
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55
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 22 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Tommy Lee Jones
Mike Roark
Anne Heche
Dr. Amy Barnes
Gaby Hoffmann
Kelly Roark
Don Cheadle
Emmit Reese
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