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.
Volcano has generally received mixed reviews.
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Volcano was released in 1997 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 39 reviews, giving Volcano (1997) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 56% and users giving an average score of 57%.
With a score of 56%, Volcano is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like The Jackal, The Relic and Armageddon.
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