Volcano is a 1997 disaster-action film starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle. It was directed by Mick Jackson, and was released in the United States on April 25, 1997.
An earthquake hits Los Angeles. Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones), the head of the Office of Emergency Management, insists on going into the office, though he promised his ex-wife he would take a vacation from work while his thirteen-year-old daughter is visiting him. Hi...
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Volcano is a 1997 disaster-action film starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle. It was directed by Mick Jackson, and was released in the United States on April 25, 1997.
An earthquake hits Los Angeles. Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones), the head of the Office of Emergency Management, insists on going into the office, though he promised his ex-wife he would take a vacation from work while his thirteen-year-old daughter is visiting him. His second-in-command Emmit Reese (Don Cheadle) notes the quake caused no major damage, but then seven underground workers are burned to death in a storm drain at MacArthur Park. Despite public works insistence that it was just a freak accident, Mike wants to stop the subway's Red Line. Chief Stan Olber (John Carroll Lynch) refuses, feeling there is no threat to the trains. Mike takes Gator Harris (Michael Rispoli) down the drain to investigate, and they are nearly burned to death when hot gas suddenly floods the pipe. Geologist Amy Barnes (Anne...
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