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Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffman
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Volcano |
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Tommy Lee Jones plays Roarke, a specialist in the Office of Emergency Management, in Los Angeles. Symptoms are showing signs of a major natural disaster in L.A., and before he knows it, Roarke finds his hands full trying to stop a major volcanic eruption. Though it isn't really a volcano as the title misleads you into believing, but a weak spot in the earth's crust, i.e., beneath the La Brea Tar Pits, where recent earthquakes have let loose some molten lava. The lava is oozing up through the city's sewer and subway systems and finding its way to the surface where it destroys everything in its path. Don Cheadle plays his sidekick in the office that tries to direct the resources where they are needed. Anne Heche is the geologist who tries to get authorities to listen that the danger is greater than they realize. Gaby Hoffman, is Roark's daughter, who is nearly killed by an exploding building.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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A volcano is formed after an earthquake in the middle of Los Angelos. Mike Roark, an emergency management director, tries to save the people of L.A. with the help of Dr. Amy Barnes, a seismologist. Together they must track the flow and direct it away from the unprotected Los Angelenos.
--Dashaun Montanez, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Volcano |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 25%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 45%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- volcano
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
- govt employee
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
Unusual forms of death
- frying (cooking)
- flamed
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
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