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 catalogue 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 US Geological Survey, and she's the mayor of a cosy Washington State town perched beneath a volcano that's about to blow. Tell-tale 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. --Jeff Shannon [show more]
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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play 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&39;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!Actors Pierce Brosnan Linda Hamilton Jamie Renee Smith Jeremy Foley Elizabeth Hoffman Charles Hallahan & Grant HeslovDirector Roger DonaldsonCertificate 12 years and overYear 1997Screen Widescreen 2351Languages English - DTS-HD Master Audio 51Additional Languages Brazilian Portuguese ; French ; German ; Italian ; Japanese ; Latin American Spanish ; Spanish ; RussianSubtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Greek ; Italian ; Japanese ; Korean ; Latin American Spanish ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Spanish ; Swedish ; Thai ; Trad Mandarin ; TurkishDuration 1 hour and 48 minutes (approx)
Four years after the death of his fiancée in a volcanic eruption, vulcanologist Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) is sent to investigate minor tremors in the town of Dante's Peak. He is attracted to the town's mayor, Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), meeting her family and staying to help celebrate the town's Founder's Day. Although Dalton discovers two corpses while visiting the hot springs in the wood, his seismic equipment does not indicate that anything is wrong. Only when he discovers that the town's water supply is contaminated with sulphur does he realise that a lethal volcanic eruption is on the way.
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