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.

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Film Cast:

• Mike Roark: Tommy Lee Jones
• Dr. Amy Barnes: Anne Heche
• Kelly Roark: Gaby Hoffmann
• Emmit Reese: Don Cheadle
• Dr. Jaye Calder: Jacqueline Kim
• Lt. Ed Fox: Keith David
• Norman Calder: John Corbett
• Gator Harris: Michael Rispoli
• Stan Olber: John Carroll Lynch
• Kevin: Marcello Thedford
• Rachel: Laurie Lathem
• L.A. Fire Chief: Bert Kramer
• Bud McVie: Bo Eason
• Terry Jasper: James MacDonald
• Roger Lapher: Dayton Callie
• Armstrong: Michael Cutt
• Bob Davis: Kevin Bourland
• Train Driver: Valente Rodriguez
• Anita: Susie Essman
• Train Passenger: Gerry Black
• Panicked Woman / Nanny: Sheila Howard
• Pastor Lake: Lou Myers
• Pete: Gareth Williams
• Carlos: Juan Gabriel Reynoso
• Lydia Perez: Angela Albarez
• Middle Aged Man: Richard Penn
• Nurse Fran: Jennifer Estlin
• Councilman Gates: Mickey Cottrell
• Chief Sindelar: Darnell Suttles
• Museum Guard: Ken Kerman
• Storm Drain Worker #1: Sal Rendino
• Storm Drain Worker #2: Michael Manuel
• Tommy: Jared Thorne
• Tommy: Taylor Thorne
• Haskins: Richard Schiff
• Ken Woods: Brad Blumenthal
• Kenny Lopez: Pete Kasper
• O.E.M. Staffer #1: Brian Markinson
• O.E.M. Staffer #2: Robert Wisdom
• O.E.M. Staffer #3: Katie Rich
• O.E.M. Staffer #4: Ceal Coleman
• O.E.M. Staffer #5: Phil Nee
• O.E.M. Staffer #6: Gary Carlos Cervantes
• O.E.M. Staffer #7: George Zaver
• O.E.M. Staffer #8: Marty Levy
• O.E.M. Staffer #9: Wayne Grace
• Paramedic #1: John Bishop
• Kitchen Worker: Marcia Del Mar
• Traffic Cop: Mother Love
• Triage 7 Year Old: Kayli DiGregorio
• Triage 7 Year Old: Kelsi DiGregorio
• K-Rail Driver: Steven Mainz
• Survivor #1: Josie Dapar
• Survivor #2: Joy Baggish
• Fire Chief: Ron Perkins
• Scott: Todd Sible
• Medic: Joshua Fardon
• Displeased Protestor: Catherine Schreiber
• Second Protestor: David Pressman
• Cop: Danny Comden
• Policeman: Michael McGrady
• E.R. Nurse #1: Michole Briana White
• Construction Supervisor: Steve MacLaughlin
• Engineer #1: Howard DuVall
• Engineer #3: Gary Kent James
• Engineer #4: Robert Tittor
• Engineer #5: John Perry Edson
• Engineer #2: Sam Alejan
• Engineer #6: David T. Mabowe
• Engineer #7: Ken Thomas
• Engineer #8: Eddie J. Low
• Java Lady: Georganna Barry
• Passenger on Train: Tom Crabson
• Sgt. Riley: Rick Rogers
• Harvey Levin – The Media: Harvey Levin
• Larry Carroll – The Media: Larry Carroll
• Penny Griego – The Media: Penny Griego
• Kerry Kilbride – The Media: Kerry Kilbride
• Angie Crouch – The Media: Angie Crouch
• Frank Buckley – The Media: Frank Buckley
• Steve Edwards – The Media: Steve Edwards
• Sasha Foo – The Media: Sasha Foo
• Chris Myers – The Media: Chris Myers
• Shepard Smith – The Media: Shepard Smith
• Christopher Spinder – The Media: Christopher Spinder
• Jeremy Thompson – The Media: Jeremy Thompson
• Jennifer Bjorklund – The Media: Jennifer Bjorklund
• Rick Garcia – The Media: Rick Garcia
• Peter Trunk – The Media: Peter Trunk
• Terry Anzur – The Media: Terry Anzur
• Lonnie Lardner – The Media: Lonnie Lardner
• Michael Louis Villani – The Media: Michael Villani
• Pat Lalama – The Media: Pat Lalama
• Paula Bond – The Media: Paula Bond
• Sandra Clark – The Media: Sandra Clark
• Rich Goldner – The Media: Rich Goldner
• Juan Carlos González – The Media: Juan Carlos Gonzalez
• James Scott Hodson – The Media: James Scott Hodson
• Jere Laird – The Media: Jere Laird
• Charles Perez – The Media: Charles Perez
• Teresa Quevedo-Stoll – The Media: Teresa Quevedo-Stoll
• Leo Quinones – The Media: Leo Quiñones
• Alina Recasens – The Media: Alina Recasens
• Walter Richards – The Media: Walter Richards
• Richard L.D. Saxton – The Media: Richard Saxton
• Sergio Urquidi – The Media: Sergio Urquidi
• Luann Lee – The Media: Luann Lee
• Dorothy Lucey – The Media: Dorothy Lucey
• Chris McWatt – The Media: Chris McWatt
• Jean Martirez – The Media: Jean Martirez
• Al Naipo – The Media: Al Naipo
• Warren Olney – The Media: Warren Olney
• Bruce Orchid – The Media: Bruce R. Orchid
• Jane Velez-Mitchell – The Media: Jane Velez-Mitchell
• Jillian Warry – The Media: Jillian Warry Barberie
• Jane Wells – The Media: Jane Wells
• Karl T. Wright – The Media: Karl T. Wright
• Andrea Wynn – The Media: Andrea Wynn
• Takayuki Yamauchi – The Media: Takayuki Yamauchi
• Boom Operator (uncredited): Greg Bronson

Film Crew:

• Producer: Andrew Z. Davis
• Producer: Neal H. Moritz
• Conductor: Alan Silvestri
• Screenplay: Billy Ray
• Story: Jerome Armstrong
• Editor: Don Brochu
• Editor: Michael Tronick
• Director: Mick Jackson
• Director of Photography: Theo van de Sande
• Gaffer: Reinhart Peschke
• Dialogue Editor: Ulrika Akander
• Dialogue Editor: David A. Arnold
• Production Design: Jackson De Govia
• Supervising Sound Editor: John A. Larsen
• Dialogue Editor: Teri E. Dorman
• Sound Recordist: Jack Keller
• Co-Producer: Michael Fottrell
• Executive Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner
• Property Master: Douglas Fox
• Script Supervisor: Karen Golden
• Still Photographer: Lorey Sebastian
• Rigging Gaffer: Roger Meilink
• Supervising Sound Editor: Tom Bellfort
• Set Decoration: K.C. Fox
• 3D Artist: Suzanne Smith
• Second Assistant Director: Chitra F. Mojtabai
• Special Effects Technician: Wayne Mallory
• Stunts: Christopher J. Tuck
• Stunts: James M. Halty
• Stunts: Eddy Donno
• Stunts: William H. Burton Sr.
• Stunts: Janet Brady
• Stunts: Tierre Turner
• Stunts: Jack Gill
• Stunts: Annie Ellis
• Stunts: Eddie L. Watkins
• Second Unit Director: Mic Rodgers
• Stunts: Diana R. Lupo
• Stunts: Josh Kemble
• Stunts: Chuck ‘Chaz’ Hosack
• Stunts: Troy Brown
• Stunts: Gary Robert
• Stunts: Jimmy Nickerson
• Utility Stunts: Dustin Meier
• Stunts: Jeff Imada
• Stunts: Tony Donno
• Utility Stunts: Mitchell Dean
• Stunt Double: Lisa Dempsey
• Stunts: Craig Shugart
• Stunts: Manny Perry
• Stunts: Matt Johnston
• Stunts: Chuck Picerni Jr.
• Stunts: Will Leong
• Stunts: Doc Duhame
• Stunts: Colt Goodman
• Stunts: Keith Tellez
• Stunts: Pat Romano
• Stunts: Jimmy N. Roberts
• Stunts: Steven Chambers
• Utility Stunts: Matt Byrne
• Stunts: Danny Wynands
• Stunts: Fred Waugh
• Stunts: Tim Gilbert
• Stunts: Tony Epper
• Stunt Coordinator: Shane Dixon
• Stunts: Stanton Barrett
• Stunts: Harry Wowchuk
• Stunts: Verne Troyer
• Stunts: Erik Rondell
• Stunts: Jeff Mosley
• Stunts: Bennie Moore
• Stunts: Clifford Happy
• Stunts: Tim A. Davison
• Stunts: Jennifer Caputo
• Stunt Double: Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi
• Stunts: Henry Kingi
• Utility Stunts: Mike Justus
• Stunts: Troy Gilbert
• Stunts: Danny Epper
• Stunts: Tom Elliott
• Stunts: Gregory J. Barnett
• Stunts: Tim Trella
• Stunts: Bob Minor
• Stunts: Donna Keegan
• Stunts: Alan Oliney
• Stunts: John C. Meier
• Stunts: Clarke Coleman
• Stunts: Scott Waugh
• Stunts: Danny Rogers
• Stunts: Rita Minor
• Stunts: Ryan Hughes
• Stunts: Norman Howell
• Stunts: Billy Hank Hooker
• Stunt Driver: Allen Brock
• Stunts: Robert Apisa
• Stunts: Henry Kingi Jr.
• Stunts: Anita Hart
• Stunts: David Barrett
• Medical Consultant: Bobbin Bergstrom
• Casting: Dianne Crittenden
• First Assistant Director: Michele Panelli-Venetis
• Co-Producer: Stokely Chaffin
• Associate Producer: Scott Stuber
• Art Direction: Scott Rittenour
• Art Direction: Tom Reta
• Art Direction: William Cruse
• Art Direction: Donald B. Woodruff
• Assistant Art Director: Cate Bangs
• Assistant Art Director: A. Leslie Thomas
• Assistant Art Director: Lee Fischer
• Set Designer: Patricia Klawonn
• Set Designer: Richard Reynolds
• Set Designer: Dianne Wager
• Set Designer: Les Gobruegge
• Set Designer: Beverli Eagan
• Set Designer: Richard Lawrence
• Sound Mixer: James M. Tanenbaum
• Makeup Supervisor: Michael Mills
• Makeup Artist: Elaine L. Offers
• Makeup Artist: Michael Germain
• Makeup Artist: Craig Reardon
• Makeup Artist: Wade Daily
• Makeup Artist: Elizabeth June Bracken
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Christopher Boyes
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Bob Litt
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Elliot Tyson
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Summers
• Sound Recordist: Marsha Sorce
• Sound Recordist: Kevin Webb
• Visual Effects Producer: Michael Meagher
• Visual Effects Supervisor: John C. Wash
• Visual Effects Producer: Lee Berger
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Stuart Robertson
• Visual Effects Producer: Andrea D’Amico
• Visual Effects Producer: Mark Brown
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Ralph Maiers
• Visual Effects Producer: Philip O’Hanlon
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Mat Beck
• Costume Designer: Kirsten Everberg
• Stunts: Al Goto

Movie Reviews:

• CinemaSerf: When Los Angeles starts blowing off a little more steam than usual, it falls to disaster emergency supremo “Rourke” (Tommy Lee Jones) to find out what is going on – and when that turns out to be an impending volcanic eruption, he enlists the help of “Dr. Barnes” (Anne Heche) to stop it destroying the city. To be fair, there are plenty of great pyrotechnics and the film pretty much starts in fourth gear – but the ending really lets it down. Not the science, that’s quite entertaining as they have to use subway tunnels, storm drains and quite a bit of dynamite; it’s the “have to rescue my daughter” nonsense that spoiled it for me. Maybe there ought to be a rule that anyone charged with such responsibility is not permitted to have a teenage child anywhere within a 200 mile radius of their zone of responsibility? Yes, there are plausibility issues too – has the construction industry really been hoodwinking us all for so long? Is demolition really this easy? It’s still quite an enjoyable disaster movie, though, that shows well the dedication and commitment of the emergency services when it comes to scenarios like this, but most of the drama is noisily contrived and the performances are merely adequate.