A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment.
Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Stars:
Richard Dreyfuss,
Kurt Russell,
Emmy Rossum
A giant, reptilian monster surfaces, leaving destruction in its wake as it strides into New York City. To stop it, an earthworm scientist, his reporter ex-girlfriend, and other unlikely heroes team up to save their city.
Director:
Roland Emmerich
Stars:
Matthew Broderick,
Jean Reno,
Maria Pitillo
Communist Radicals hijack Air Force One with The U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a Veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante's Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante's peak is indeed dangerous. People's safety is being set against economical interests.Written by
Rune Dahl Fitjar <rfitjar@online.no>
When Paul, Terry, Stan, Nancy, and Greg arrive in Dante's Peak, Nancy remarks that the town is like Pompeii . A nod to the historic volcanic disaster in 79 A.D., which the ancient Roman city Pompeii had been destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and sixteen thousand people in the city had been killed. The 79 A.D. volcanic disaster of Pompeii was brought to the big screen as The Last Days of Pompeii (1913), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (1959), and Pompeii (2014). See more »
Goofs
Doctor Dalton reports that there is enough carbon dioxide coming out of the ground to kill trees and wildlife. While this is true for animals (which would suffocate), trees and other plants would thrive in heightened carbon dioxide levels. He means sulfur dioxide, which is toxic to both plants and animals and would account for the increased acidity in the water. Carbon Dioxide is deadly to trees and other plants in high enough amounts. See more »
Saw this a video sale this week for a $1. Wifey was stoked as her favourite movie genre is "natural disasters".
The movie revolves around volcano expert Harry (Brosnan), who decides to go and take a look at a volcano in a small US town where there seems to be some minimal activity. He is expecting this just to be a routine check, but once he starts taking some PH tests, things don't look so good. Then he finds some dead bodies in a hot spring and things look decidedly worse. He warns the town Mayor (Hamilton) the old volcano looks like she's gonna blow and she should look at evacuating the town ASAP. Just before this is about to happen, Harry's boss rocks into town, playing the time-old boss who doesn't take heed of the advice of someone smarter than him. Will the evacuation be too late? Will Harry and the Mayor get romantically involved? Will Harry again be tormented by a volcano? Will Nanna survive? Will the end be predictable? See it and find out.
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Saw this a video sale this week for a $1. Wifey was stoked as her favourite movie genre is "natural disasters".
The movie revolves around volcano expert Harry (Brosnan), who decides to go and take a look at a volcano in a small US town where there seems to be some minimal activity. He is expecting this just to be a routine check, but once he starts taking some PH tests, things don't look so good. Then he finds some dead bodies in a hot spring and things look decidedly worse. He warns the town Mayor (Hamilton) the old volcano looks like she's gonna blow and she should look at evacuating the town ASAP. Just before this is about to happen, Harry's boss rocks into town, playing the time-old boss who doesn't take heed of the advice of someone smarter than him. Will the evacuation be too late? Will Harry and the Mayor get romantically involved? Will Harry again be tormented by a volcano? Will Nanna survive? Will the end be predictable? See it and find out.