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Volcano |  | Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim
Category: DVD
Buy New: $4.58
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Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 321923
Format: NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036001083
ASIN: B00004D0HB
Theatrical Release Date: April 25, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Get mindless for awhile with this 1997 disaster flick, starring the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles as a funky place for lava to spew, plus Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche as the brave souls who know how to shut off the spout. Director Mick Jackson (The Bodyguard) wastes no time getting to the good stuff--it's happening even before opening credits are over--and neither should anyone in the mood for technical efficiency without the burden of art. --Tom Keogh
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 Volcano (1997) July 20, 2010
R. potocki (Tinley Park ill. US)
Well, Tommy Lee Jones in a sci-fi movie, what else is new?
Well I've seen pleanty of natural disaster movies in my life, typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes, and here is my volcano induction.
This movie centers around Los Angelous. Our main two actors here are Anne Heche and Tommy Jones.
Well, the story starts out with this nice day in Los Angelous. Tommy Lee Jones is supposed to be on vacation with his daughter, but of course jumps into his job as the head of an emergency service. Not too much action is seen until out of nowhere we here a big boom, and billowing smoke comes out of a sewer, one worker manages to pull himself up. Tommy asks "Where are the others", the man slowly stutters "They Burned", then revealing the other side of his face to be melted. (Almost looking like Two-face from Batman, and then I realize Tommy Lee Jones played two face in Batman: Forever.....)
Tommy Lee Jones can't make heads or tails of this situation, so he wants to stop the subway from running. The subway is in the underground pipe next to wear the workers were all burned alive. But the offer to stop the subway is rejected.
Eventually after about 50 minutes of researching and suspision, this volcano finally erupts through the sewers, causing havoc on the streets of Los Angelos. After a CGI splashfest of lava, Tommy Lee Jones & Anne Heche decide to blow up a new building, in order to start a slide-type thing which draws the lava out of the streets and into the ocean. (oh wonderful!)
Well, theres not too much to say about "Volcano", Tommy Lee Jones I personally thought greatly fit the role of Roark. But the CGI was very noticable with the lava, and I just think this movie was trying to be over the top epic, with its dramatic score and intense scenes. But other than that its an OK movie, and if your a fan natural disaster, panic, science fiction movies I say you'll really like this movie.
I give it 3/5
 Good flick April 21, 2010
ColterDC (US)
Obviously worth buying. Other than watching the awkward sexual tension between the RL lesbian and Tommy Lee, it's a good movie.
Best movie ever seen by my daughter February 19, 2010
Rosemary J. Ramsey (Ewing,NJ)
This movie is great. My daughter watched this movie at her middle school and she said she thought it was acually going to teach you about volcanoes. She said that was the best movie she ever saw besides Saw. I would totally watch this now that my daughter says its better than Saw. WATCH THIS MOVIE PEOPLE . ITS WAITING FOR YOU.
LA is hot! January 17, 2010
mandy lopez (long beach, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ive watched this movie at least 20 times since I got it as a gift from my mom, it's awesome! I already love the tar pits, but the thought of hot magma shooting out of it is pretty darn exciting. Non stop destruction, nature is kicking butt in the city of Angels!
Volcano January 5, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Los Angeles. It is perhaps best known as the entertainment capital of the world--a sun-kissed golden metropolis of glitz and glamour. To others it represents something very different. Millions more recognize The City of Angels as the unwilling epicenter of virtually every natural disaster--including earthquakes, firestorms and mudslides. Now the city which has become almost a byword for disaster is about to experience its most cataclysmic event ever, one that will ultimately test its ability to survive. A vent in the earth's crust has unleashed an incredible force of nature. Volcano is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche are at there best. This action-packed movie has great action, effects, and a decent story.
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