Magma: Volcanic Disaster |  | Director: Ian Gilmore
Actors: Xander Berkeley, Amy Jo Johnson, David O'Donnell, George R. Sheffey, Michael Durrell
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 29738
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD17209D
UPC: 043396172098
EAN: 0043396172098
ASIN: B000JJ4W3I
Theatrical Release Date: January 21, 2006
Release Date: December 26, 2006
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Product Description
Scientist Peter Shepard must race against time to save the planet when he believes that worldwide volcanic activity signals an impending global catastrophe, and no one will believe him.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 1-MAY-2007
Media Type: DVD
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 Loved it! March 13, 2010
jet
I really loved this movie-it's one of my favorites. The characters were real and interacted well together and I thought the plot was suspenseful! I would definitely recommend this movie!
Rotten at the Core March 10, 2010
Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida)
Magma: Volcanic Disaster: 5 out of 10: The always watchable Xander Berkley (24) and the impish Amy Jo Johnson (Pink Power Ranger) lead a surprisingly solid cast down made for television disaster movie hell.
With Made for TV disaster movies the questions are not how good are certain elements but how mind numbingly awful will these elements be. Stack the deck with the terrifying fact this is a made for Sci-fi Channel Disaster movie (Only PAX is worse) and anything above pure pain is a feat of cinematic luck. This is not pure pain.
As I said the leads were watchable and the screenplay liked to actually kill off characters on screen which is a nice touch. In addition Amy Jo Johnson's attempts to simultaneously bed Xander Berkley and save his marriage were more entertaining than anything else in the movie. (Usually in disaster movies these subplots put the "T" in tedium.) Alas the rest of the movie is a true disaster and both the screenwriter and the effects/sets departments share blame. First off all most natural disasters are not caused by man. Perhaps a look near a dictionary for the definition of natural might clear this up.
The idea that nuclear testing and chemical waste is polluting the core of the earth (it's solid by the way and starts about 400 miles below the surface) causing it to expand is not the most ridiculous premise for a movie (that is shared by this film's bigger sister The Core, The Day After Tomorrow and Sixteen Candles) but it is close.
As for the special effects guys I know the CGI lava looks bad and the model subs are wanting but if you're going to put the characters in a lava tunnel perhaps one without actual lights attached on the walls would be better. And what kind of underground mine was that anyway? It looked like a Styrofoam tunnel house.
The movie simply falls apart at the end with nuclear weapons once again coming to the rescue and a Yellowstone finale which was one of the funniest things I've seen all year. Magma is average in a field where the competition is awful.
Magma: Volcanic Disaster April 5, 2009
James E. Huckaby Jr. (Richland, Ga.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Magma: Volcanic Disaster by Xander Berkeley, Amy Jo Johnson, Michael Durrell
Great movie!!
Definitely a B-Grade movie February 25, 2009
Heather Lennox (Waitakere, Auckland New Zealand)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Obviously done on the cheap. For example; In a scene where there were supposed to be multiple explosions, was really one explosion done at different angles. Would have worked fine if they had bothered to check the background, and noticed that the extra that got hit in the first explosion, was the same extra that got hit in the second and third explosions.
It's like this throughout the entire movie. Very poor film continuation, weak plot and cornier than a bowl of popcorn. And it's so obvious.
Good for a laugh at the special effects, which again were definitely done on the cheap.
 Magma Volcanic Disaster October 30, 2008
Ramona L. Hayes (white city oregon)
Movie came fast and in good shape. Love disaster movies but have not had time to watch this one yet
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