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A Balasaur Score of 55 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 48%, Metacritic 54/100. Every source lands within 8 points of the others, across 1,800 audience votes.
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes48%
Metacritic54/100
1,756 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Billy RayScreenplay
- Mick JacksonDirector
- Jerome ArmstrongScreenplay
Cast
- Tommy Lee JonesMike Roark
- Anne HecheDr. Amy Barnes
- Gaby HoffmannKelly Roark
- Don CheadleEmmit Reese
- Jacqueline KimDr. Jaye Calder
- Keith DavidLt. Ed Fox
- John CorbettNorman Calder
- Michael RispoliGator Harris
- John Carroll LynchStan Olber
- Marcello ThedfordKevin
- Laurie LathemRachel
- Bert KramerL.A. Fire Chief
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Themes
lavasubwayvolcanovolcanologyburned alivedisasterlos angeles, californiadisaster moviefiremenabsurdambiguousaudacious