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Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006) (TV)
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Rebecca Rian (dialogue)
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21 January 2006 (USA)
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Peter Shepard knows a catastrophe is coming. Unfortunately for us, no one believes him.
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When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist...
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Dante's Peak goes global with classic B-Movie results (spoilers)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Xander Berkeley | ... | Peter Shepherd |
 | Amy Jo Johnson | ... | Brianna Chapman |
 | David O'Donnell | ... | C.J. |
 | George R. Sheffey | ... | Dr. William Kincaid |
 | Michael Durrell | ... | President Fletcher |
 | Reiko Aylesworth | ... | Natalie Shepherd |
| Vlado Mihailov | ... | Kai Senakoia |
| Rushi Vidinliev | ... | Jacques |
| Valentin Ganev | ... | Oskar Valenteen |
| Assen Blatechki | ... | Holloway |
| Hristo Mitzkov | ... | Executive Officer |
| Scott Owens | ... | Harv |
 | Jonas Talkington | ... | Stephen Daugherty |
| Ryan Spike Dauner | ... | O'Neil |
| Nadia Ivanova | ... | Girl |
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Rated PG-13 for disaster violence and peril, and brief sexual content.
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Factual errors: Peter Shepherd tells Brianna Chapman she has to buy her own plane ticket if she wants to travel to Iceland with his team. The team is flying on a chartered jet which does not require an individual to purchase a ticket. This would only be needed if they were traveling on a commercial flight.
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Brianna Chapman:
[to Dr. Kincaid] Look, Professor Plagiarism, you had your chance! Now, whether you want to admit it or not, we are running pretty low on options! So, if you have some brilliant idea, I'm sure we'd all love to hear it!
[Kincaid remains silent]
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[Kincaid remains silent]
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References "Star Trek" (1966)
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Basically, we have a cataclysmic scenario involving volcanic devastation. In Dante's Peak, we had 1 volcano destroying 1 town. In Magma, we have numerous volcanos worldwide on the verge of erupting and destroying all life on Earth.
The Earth's core has expanded because of increased heating from increased radiation levels from human activities. The magma in the core needs somewhere to go and therefore every volcano on Earth erupts or will be erupting at some point in the near future. To solve the problem, the lead scientist and his associates come up with a plan in which nukes are to be detonated at several locations on the Pacific and Atlantic ocean floors (via US and international submarines) to create vents for the lava to escape without harming life on land.
We have our classic natural disaster character archetypes: The scientist that discovers the impending disaster(Xander Berkeley), the government scientist in power not believing him even in the face of compelling evidence, the college students working with the lead scientist (primarily Amy Jo Johnson), among other characters.
The movie is kinda slow at some points with a subplot involving the scientist's troubled marriage which I'm undecided if it was necessary for the film, much less properly handled. In addition, soon after the movie reached its climax it ended too quickly. But the actors at least did very well.
Bottom line: As a disaster movie, it's well made enough, although Dante's Peak flowed better (please excuse the pun) and had much better special effects. To sum up this movie in one sentence, I would say it's a combination of Dante's Peak, The Core, 10.5, and The Day After Tomorrow all in one as a B-Movie. But at its core (once again, please excuse the pun) its a disaster movie. And like I said, it's well made enough.
4.5/10