Dante's Peak

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The first of 1997's volcano disaster movies (the second being Volcano) was arguably the better of the two, but both of them made for passable entertainment with some spectacular special effects to serve as icing on the stale cake. After all, Dante's Peak doesn't pretend to be anything more than an updated variation on a whole catalog of disaster movie clichés. Despite all that, it's reasonably enjoyable. It's an added bonus that the script is just smart enough to allow Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton to play their roles with straight faces, never condescending to the audience of the formulaic story. He's a volcano expert from the U.S. Geological Survey, and she's the mayor of a cozy Washington State town perched beneath a volcano that's about to blow. Telltale signs are everywhere, so evacuation must be carried out immediately. Of course, not everybody's eager to leave, and even some of Brosnan's colleagues think his alarm is premature. This sets the stage for massive ash clouds, rivers of raging mud and molten rock, flattened forests, and death-defying escapes by Brosnan, Hamilton, and some (but not all) of her family, friends, and townsfolk. So what if it's all pretty flaky... and can a four-wheel-drive vehicle travel over fire and molten lava without bursting its tires? Don't ask too many questions, and you'll find Dante's Peak to be (if you'll pardon the pun) a total blast. The Collector's Edition DVD includes a documentary about volcanoes, Getting Close to the Show, in addition to behind-the-scenes footage, exclusive coverage of the creation of special effects, and audio commentary with director Roger Donaldson. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Dante's Peak starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton.......2007-08-03

Was very pleased with the campy, family oriented feeling I got from this film. A small, pleasant town is suddenly rocked with the huge challenge of accepting the possibility that the nearby inactive Volcano could soon decimate the peaceful world around them. Brosnan is great but the actress who plays alongside him is even better. Linda Hamilton has always impressed me in the roles that she plays in and her role in this one is just as good.

A single mother of 2 and a leader in the community, Hamilton soon teams up with Brosnan as they begin to run across signs that show the area is in trouble. A small but sweet romantic spark seems to start between the two, but there is no time for love when the trouble begins.

Earth shaking scenes of carnage and lava flows devouring everything in their path suddenly put everyone in peril, and the scenes of escape and also of being trapped do add some suspenseful feelings as the second half of this film really rocks with scene after scene of the action, and the impending after effect of the lava. There are a lot of natural disaster style movies that came out during this time, but I happen to feel that Dante's peak was one of the better ones.

Explosive but Fun.......2007-07-13

I really enjoyed this movie. Thought it might fall into the 'running from a catastrophe' type movie, but found it to be very family oriented fun with characters that were pretty defined.

I did enjoy the explosive volcanic scenes very much but also loved the way mom/mayor Rachel Wando (played so well by Linda Hamilton), tried so hard to protect her kids. This made the movie action packed but great family fun.

Pierce Brosnan & Linda Hamilton had good chemistry as well.

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Emotionally dead and unrealistic.......2007-07-09

This COULD have been an excellent movie, however, this movie lacks acting, emotion and realism.

Rachel (Linda Hamiltons character) dosen't seem to like her kids at all, actually, she just seem annoyed and irritated with the whole world. One of her quotes is "Fun? What is that? Oh right, that's when you don't have two kids, a shop and a town to run."
Lauren (Rachels Daughter) is a well-behaving, optimistic, caring little angel, you'd think that with all the attitude problems from Graham (Rachels Son), Rachel would be proud of and enjoy being with her daughter, but Rachel just seems irritated and angry all the time. Even when Lauren helps her with her speech and helps her find her jacket, she just gets ignored. Rachel just never seems to want to spend time with her kids.
Another emotion problem is when important characters die, their family and friends just don't care. For example, early in the movie Harry's (Pierce Brosnan) girlfriend dies instantly next to him in the car, getting hit by a volcanic meteor in the head. He leans her towards him, crying, but is more occupied with driving the car!
It's like "OK, you're dead, but I'll mourn you when I get out'a here."
It would have been better if he would have stopped the car and don't want to leave her, having his co-workers forcing him away.

Even though I'm facsinated by volcanos, I actually enjoy watching the movie before the volcano explodes. I thought the story flowed along together nicely, the characters (though lacking emotion) were really easy to read and understand right away, you didn't need might introductions to know their character.

When the Volcano explodes, this movie turns into a super-unrealistic action movie. Harry, Rachel and her kids survive ANYTHING. Rachel dosen't even seem to care that her kids could die within seconds, she just moans and sighs when they are near death.
Some of these unrealistic things includes driving through lava with a car, walking through an acid lake (which magically melts metal, but not Pierce Brosnans jacket) and driving away from a pyroclastic cloud.
Add the totally emotionally dead characters to the mix, if it wasn't for Lauren, you could never guess they were in real danger.

I've seen this movie over 40 times, I do not know WHY I watch it since it's so bad, but I guess it's because this is the "best" of the Volcano movies I've unfortunately seen.

A Decent Volcano Movie........2007-06-14

An interesting story with its moments. The build up to the eruption was great! All the little momments like the too hot hot springs! Though once the lava starts to roll, the script gets a bit unrealistic. I guess it builds suspense. All in all, a good volcano flick.

Volcanic delight.......2007-05-08

I've always been fascinated by volcanos, and have always like Pierce Brosnan doing his thing on screen also. Linda Hamilton is pretty good, though a little lost at times. The others, I hate to say, were just filler. They were never allowed to really fly, or even be more than scenery. Effects are solid, but overdone in some spots. The lead up to the actual blast is the best half. It's an ok film.

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A great advance in the sound of hd-dvd format
My new HD-DVD video reference title
Enjoy the fireworks
Formula disaster movie

Dante's Peak [HD DVD]
Starring: Pierce Brosnan , Linda Hamilton , Charles Hallahan , Jamie Renée Smith , and Jeremy Foley
Director: Roger Donaldson
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000Q66QAG
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Description

Without warning, day becomes night, air turns to fire, and solid ground melts beneath white-hot lava. From director Roger Donaldson comes an adrenaline-pumping adventure starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. Welcome to the town of Dante's Peak, where a long-dormant volcano is about to erupt with devastating force. Who will survive when the inferno unleashes its fury? the answer will leave you breathless, and the special effects will blow you away!

Customer Reviews:

A great advance in the sound of hd-dvd format.......2007-08-16

I've always thought that we would have "the best of both worlds" joining the picture quality of hd-dvd with the sound from blu-ray format. That's the reason I support and buy the two formats. Anyway, in this occasion I think the sound of the stuff is really great. You can feel every stone falling over your head and your roof. The story itself makes me not to rate 5 stars.

My new HD-DVD video reference title.......2007-08-16

WOW!!! This video transfer is the best HD-DVD video transfer I think I have had the pleasure of viewing. It is absolutely brilliant, it may not be everyones "cup of tea" as far as storylines go but you cannot fault the transfers they are fantastic.

Enjoy the fireworks.......2007-07-16

The 'old-fashioned' disaster movie scenario enjoyed a brief resurgence in the latter half of the 90s. After the success of Twister and ID4, films like Hard Rain, Titanic, Armageddon and Deep Impact followed in its wake. Like the two competing asteroid movies, Dante's Peak was in competition with the imaginatively named Volcano as THE Lava flow of 1997. Which one is better? Well, comparing the two is like comparing an atomic blast to a popping pimple.

Pierce Brosnan is Harry Dalton, a Vulcanologist (or James Bond in disguise if you want) who predicts a major eruption in the quaint Pacific-Northwestern town of Dante's Peak. No one wants to listen to him since the town has just been named the 2nd most desirable place to live in America and is in the early stages of a thriving economy. It's the politics from Jaws all over again. Despite being shouted down by his superiors, Harry sticks around to keep his eye on the imposing mountain and woo Mayor Wando (Linda Hamilton), who is the only one who believes the 4000-year dormant volcano might blow its top.

If you've seen one disaster movie, you've seen 'em all in terms of character importance. Yes, it's bloody obvious who is going to die, some of these people might as well have a death clock counting down stuck on their foreheads. And the panicking idiot mobs don't deserve anything less firey. When will nameless extras learn that following the crowd isn't the best way? I guess this is the weakest part of Dante's Peak, it never really distances itself from that single, eternal cliché of disaster films.

But the film is really nothing but a showcase for special effects and it does them surprisingly well. Made before the extreme popularity of CGI, Dante's Peak has a lot of real-life destruction, in-camera effects and stunt-work. Yes, there is a fair bit of CGI and for a 10-year-old film they still hold up really well. All Volano (Zzzz...) had to offer was a very, very slight lava flow and an unintentionally hilarious scene with a melting man but with Dante's Peak we get earthquakes, boiled skinny dippers, lakes of acid, ash blizzards that create a unique atmosphere, thunder and lightning, red hot boulders raining down from the sky, mudslides, lava (of course), a massive pyroclastic cloud and lots of deep, deep bass sound effects.

It's not a life-changing film by any means, but as disaster movies go it's one of the best, has an occasionally spooky score and entertains really well despite Brosnan taking it all so seriously. I would have given it a higher rating if they killed the dog (more original) and deleted the annoying Grant Heslov's utterly pointless character.

The HD-DVD presents the film is gorgeous 1080p 2.35:1 with a brilliant Dolby Digital+ sound design. The best of the extras from the SD-DVD are ported over, but why the horrible new cover.

A definite must-have for HD-DVD fans.

Formula disaster movie.......2007-06-04

This movie is a good disaster movie with all the elements of a disaster movie. There are all the stereotype disaster characters form the "I'll ride it out" to the "You are scaring my customers".

Naturedly the person that knows what will happen (Pierce Brosnan) has no credibility with the authorities. Then the disaster happens and he must save the beautiful (Linda Hamilton) and family. At first indifferent soon to become enamored.

I do not want to go too much into detail as you will lose the shock value. I can tell you it involves a volcano and a budding love story.

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An excellent intelligent movie
Good time travel movie with a twist.
Grand Tour
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underrated and almost forgotten

Grand Tour - Disaster in Time
Starring: Jeff Daniels , Ariana Richards , Emilia Crow , Jim Haynie , and Marilyn Lightstone
Director: David Twohy
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Release Date: 2002-11-19

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An excellent intelligent movie.......2007-09-07

I first saw this film on tv back in the 90's, it had been retitled 'Timescape'.
Although a low budget sci-fi movie it relies on a clever story and good acting to carry it off. The special effects add to the story, not support it as with some of the higher budget movies.
I had been searching for the film on DVD for some time and eventually found it on DVD under the Timescape name, but the quality of the image on that version is poor in contrast to this release under the 'Grand Tour' name.

Good time travel movie with a twist........2007-09-06

The ending is a little predictable. I like all the movies that deal with time travel.

Grand Tour.......2007-08-24

This is a little different. It will surprise you if you have never heard anything about it. I enjoyed it, and wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone. I have been waiting for it to come out in DVD since I lost my VHS tape years ago. You will enjoy it if you like light sci fi. Not grusome, but has its scary parts.

The Church Bells Toll.......2007-08-20

Imagine a group of travellers comes to your Bed and Breakfast at the little town in the country where you live. At first only their persistence to stay seems odd since much of your home is still not painted and sawdust is all over the floors. You wern't planning to open for at least another week. When they pull out stacks of bills saying name your price it is hard to resist. But then you also note one of the visitors is obviously not in tune with his surroundings. Truly a duck out of water. When he is almost killed and his passport reveals some unusual dates it becomes obvious the visitors aren't only time travellers but very morbid ones at that. For it is disasters they want to see. Afterall there is no disease, crime, or war where they come from. So people practically live forever and want for nothing except something exciting. Well written screenplay and good acting from Jeff Daniels make this a winner. Not to much in the way of SciFi as much as life philosophies are important to the storyline. My wife and I recommend it as a rental first. Be sure to catch Jeff Daniels in "Bloodwork" and "Speed".

underrated and almost forgotten.......2007-05-24

This is a fine Sci Fi movie and the roles are well casted. And Hey! I know the man who was one of the set carpenters, so I have a dfferent feel for it I suppose!

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You still in acting??
The Best Documentry to learn about fighting fire
Unparalleled realism, Howie's hygiene is beyond reproach
put this fire out
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT - A MACHO MOVIE - GREAT SUBJECT

Firestorm
Starring: Howie Long , Scott Glenn , William Forsythe , Suzy Amis , and Christianne Hirt
Director: Dean Semler
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: 6305364419
Release Date: 1999-05-25

Description

The heat is on and time is running out! Howie Long, Hollywood's hottest new action hero. stars with Scott Glenn, William Forsythe and Suzy Amis in a searing, pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat adventure! "The match is lit." These chilling words spark a deadly chain if events when a prison break pits fearless smokejumper Jesse Graves (Long) against two devastating, seemingly unstoppable forces of nature: a raging inferno and a cunning, psychotic killer. Packed with spectacular stunts, scorching suspense and a cast that'll blow you away.

Customer Reviews:

You still in acting??.......2007-06-02

You still alive? That is the greatest line spoken in this movie. William Forsythe says it. This line alone is reason enough to avoid the film. My only question is, Mr. Forsythe, are you still in acting? hahaha. I haven't seen a new movie with him in ages. Ex-football player movies stink hahaha.

The Best Documentry to learn about fighting fire .......2006-12-09

As a person that took several units at the local community college in fire safety I can honestly attest that this film stays to true to form regarding firefighting. Having the experience of watching footage of fire and being at times several hundred feet from a fire I consider myself an expert in the matter of man's first foe: fire. In my class, we watched the compelling documentary of real life firefighter, Jesse Graves, fighting in what we call a "Firestorm." "Firestorms" are essentially storms of fire, which starts off in Tierra del Fuego. Unlike other storms which carry moisture and brisk winds, a "Firestorm" is a storm that has not clouds that squeeze out rain, sleet or snow, but spews out liquid-hot fire. Suffice to say, Mr. Jesse Graves has bravely chosen to fight this storm of fire alone. In the process of making the documentary, some ruffians have escaped from jail to recover several million dollars of so-called "loot." Aside from the shenanigans of these louts, Mr. Jesse Graves not only saves the town from this storm of fire, but also teaches us proper safety procedures for combating fire.

Unparalleled realism, Howie's hygiene is beyond reproach.......2006-06-11

As a real-life wildland firefighter I am here to tell you that this movie is perfection and grace. The writers themselves must have eaten smoke in some former life. Indeed they nailed every aspect of wildland firefighting. From DOC crews who are chained to their bus while traveling to the fire and released with a potential deadly weapon in a camouflage ridden forest---to Howie's masterful portrayal of a smokejumper with a heart and the childlike demeanor of an alcoholic scoutmaster, this film is pure gold. If one flaw should be cited, it is, that the incendiary, helicopter launched, ping pong ball machine failed to explode with enough devastating force! Firefighters know that ping pong balls do not make a grenade sized explosions, but one more akin to a bunker buster launched from an F16. The chainsaw scene took my breath away, Howie's acting was certainly slighted by a lack of an academy nomination. The fire at the movie's end was the first true-to-life portrayal of a wildland fire since the Lions Gate film 'Superfire'. It is comforting to know that someone realizes wildland fires travel at speeds exceeding 125 miles per hour and rip mature pine trees out by their roots hurling them a quarter mile or more. Thank you Howie, you're the man!

put this fire out.......2005-10-09

Hokey, instantly forgettable actioner that typically casts football star Long as a smoke jumper who ends up pursuing criminal Forsythe in the midst of a blazing forest fire. It's hard not to be a step ahead of this overdone, routinely-written turkey. The dialouge is silly and the characters are thin and unappealing.

GREAT ENTERTAINMENT - A MACHO MOVIE - GREAT SUBJECT.......2005-02-04

A macho movie -- just means that the guys are out there doing their job with a few nuts thrown in.

I am always looking for Scott Glenn's movies and enjoy the few that I have.
I have always had the greatest respect for paratroopers covering any job. I can't imagine a job much more dangerous. You got to admire these guys.

Loved the movie and all the color - the terrain - the characters - and hey, how about that heliocopter pilot. Wow! look at that long hair.
Would love to have had a feature on the making of the movie.
Oh, and Howie Long still looks better that the baby faced actors being used today.

Well worth seeing - will be added to my collection.

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Terror in the Mall
hilarious!!!!!!
WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.

Terror in the Mall
Starring: Rob Estes , Shannon Sturges , Kai Wiesinger , Angeline Ball , and George Anton
Director: Norberto Barba
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
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ASIN: B00009V7S6
Release Date: 2003-07-08

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Terror in the Mall.......2007-07-19

This film was excellent and was very exciting with the people being trapped in the Mall. Cherri was the main character in this film and she is the sherif's wife. It was exciting when they were trapped under water and the killer Glen was making a pest of himself saying " Nice day for a swim aint it" I saw this film on the TV before when I was little and wanted this film on DVD.

I give this film 5 Stars.

hilarious!!!!!!.......2007-07-04

my brother and i watched it on lifetime one afternoon and cracked up!!! it is so far fetched that you can't help but laugh!!!!! i recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor, its a classic!!!! the fact that they all survive after being exposed to methane gas, a huge flood and torpedo guns is amazing to me!!!! buy it, you won't be sorry!!!

WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.......2005-12-26

After seeing this movie on the LifeTime (AKA: Women's Channel) I wish I never saw this movie. This movie is soo unbelievible and very cheesy. Its one of those, "it can't it get any worse, then it does. . ."
The movie follows a group of people as they try to escape from flood water during a dam clopase. One of this people is an espaced killer. Of course, during their climb the killer shots the designer of the mall (who just happens to be there.) as they find a way to roof. Then they must shut off all elctrical equipement otherwise the methane gas despoists under the mall will explosed. This movie is soo horrible.

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid........2003-12-12

Having lived through my own disaster at the mall (well, the parking lot, at least), I was quite curious to see how similar this film was to my experience.

IMDB summarizes the movie as:

"A disparate group of people is trapped in a shopping plaza during a flood. To make matters worse, one of the folks is an escaped killer, and deadly methane gas is seeping up through the flood waters."

There are a number of chilling parallels: a flood, seeping methane gas, and an "escaped killer" (so to speak).

Now, the title is inconsistent (the movie is listed either as "Disaster at the Mall" or "Terror in the Mall")--but either one certainly works.

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Dante's Peak starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton.......2007-08-03

Explosive but Fun.......2007-07-13

Emotionally dead and unrealistic.......2007-07-09

A Decent Volcano Movie........2007-06-14

Volcanic delight.......2007-05-08

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Release Date: 2005-08-26

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Release Date: 1999-01-12

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Times of Terror : Disasters in Space........2000-07-31

Houston We have a problem. At that time the computers and communicatins which were in use to keep in touch with Earth to On going Space Vechile had only fraction of the power you can see on this computer you are sitting it. Good Graphics and enjoyable as well as educational. Those who like Stanley Kubrick's 2001 and 2010, will enjoy this.

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An excellent intelligent movie
Good time travel movie with a twist.
Grand Tour
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underrated and almost forgotten

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Release Date: 1999-06-29

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An excellent intelligent movie.......2007-09-07

Good time travel movie with a twist........2007-09-06

The ending is a little predictable. I like all the movies that deal with time travel.

Grand Tour.......2007-08-24

The Church Bells Toll.......2007-08-20

underrated and almost forgotten.......2007-05-24

This is a fine Sci Fi movie and the roles are well casted. And Hey! I know the man who was one of the set carpenters, so I have a dfferent feel for it I suppose!

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Dante's Peak (1997)
Formula disaster movie
not to bad

Dante's Peak
Starring: Pierce Brosnan , Linda Hamilton , Charles Hallahan , Jamie Renée Smith , and Jeremy Foley
Director: Roger Donaldson
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: 0783224338
Release Date: 1998-02-10

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Dante's Peak (1997).......2006-01-01

Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Jamie Renee Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, Grant Heslov, Kirk Trutner, Arabella Field, Brian Reddy, Paul Dreyfuss.
Running Time: 104 minutes
Rated PG-13 for disaster related peril, language and some gore.

In 1997 two disaster films, "Volcano" and "Dante's Peak" galloped toward the Hollywood finish line in the hopes of becoming the first Volcanus Eruptus to explode into movie theaters. "Dante's Peak" won that race by a nose with it's release date coming in February, and Volcano's coming in April. In the end it doesn't matter which film won the race as both are nothing more than a couple of tired old nags that belong in the glue factory. In the 1970's, Hollywood gave us a satchel full of disaster films such as this, as most of those were usually filled with an underwhelming all star cast placed smack dab in the middle of some impending doom whether it was jetliners with holes poked in them, skyscrapers lit up like a blow torch, overturned ocean liners, or earthquakes rocking the California coast. In the 1990's, we were still getting the disaster films, but the all-star has been casts seem to have been done away with. Instead we get a few well known cast members sleep walking through an exercise in how to survive nature's peril. In "Dante's Peak" they throw Pierce Brosnan who is moonlighting from his "007" job along with "Terminator" cast off Linda Hamilton at us to gawk at. Brosnan should have just taken the time off and Hamilton should have looked for another gig.

Resident volcano expert Harry Dalton (Brosnan) comes to the town of Dante's Peak to find out whether or not the local volcano is still dormant or is ready to pop it's cork. Harry, you see, was in love with another volcano expert he worked with who just loved to get up close and personal with them. Unfortunately for Harry, she gets bopped in the head during one such explosion and that's the end of her. Linda Hamilton is the mayor of Dante's Peak. Unlike her character of Sarah Connor in the "Terminator" films, who took action when things weren't looking too good, as mayor and widow Rachel Wando she does nothing much more than run around the mountainside looking worried and fretting about her kids and her mother-in-law who lives on the mountain. The mother-in-law, Ruth, is played by Elizabeth Hoffman, and is supposed to be just like that guy who stuck around Mount St. Helens till the bitter end refusing to move from his home. Here it just enables the writers to throw in the idiotic plot development where the kids and Rachel have to go and rescue her just as Dante's Peak is spewing ash and lava all over the countryside. It's supposed to add suspense and excitement, but only serves to up the stupid level. For one thing, Ruth is annoying enough that we don't care whether she is rescued or not, and second, the two kids (Jamie Renée Smith and Jeremy Foley) have a high annoyance level of their own and we end up rooting for Dante's Peak instead of them.

There are truly some ridiculous scenes in this film. These are the moments we would usually just overlook and go on if we were at least being entertained somewhat by the proceedings but since we are not, they stand out like the Rock of Gibraltar. We get people in a jeep riding a lava flow, Pierce Brosnan paddling a boat with his hand in an acid filled lake and not being any worse the wear for it, we get a couple of cute dog moments, we get a ridiculous scene of our cast trying to outrun a cloud of ash in a jeep and so forth and so on. Also on hand is Charles Hallahan as Brosnan's doubting Thomas boss Paul Dreyfuss who is made to believe in the eruption only when it's too late to do anything about it. There's always one such character in these types of films, but at least Hallahan's doubts come from logical assumptions instead of the blatant idiocy usually given these characters. At least that was refreshing if nothing else is. There is nothing about "Dante's Peak" that you'll believe for one second. Everything about it is below par, and not worth one second of your time.

Formula disaster movie.......2005-02-03

not to bad.......2000-06-14

The special effects are excellent, but the movie is, like many disaster movies, very predictable, but if you feel like just sitting back and watching an entertaining film, this is one you shoudn't miss. One of this films main attractions is its stars, James Bonds Pierce Brosnan And T2's Linda Hamilton, both of who's performance is quite good. Overall enjoyable, but not something you could watch over & over again.

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