2012 (2009)
2012 delivers some of the biggest, most spectacularly over-the-top destruction sequences ever committed to film.
Category: Reviews
Megafault (2009)
Directed by: David Michael Latt Starring: Brittany Murphy, Eriq La Salle, Bruce Davison, Justin Hartley, Paul Logan Mockbuster producers The Asylum proudly proclaimed that their Syfy original movie Megafault is their biggest production to...
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006)
Directed by: Robert Lee Starring: Costas Mandylor, Michael Ironside, Alexandra Paul, Eric Breker, Pascale Hutton Yes, folks, it’s time to watch the Big Apple get devastated again. This time in so inept a way...
Twister (1996)
Directed by: Jan de Bont Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Cary Elwes You wouldn’t know it from looking at her, but Helen Hunt is one of the...
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
The Big Apple is reduced to a heap of gravel, giving everyone an opportunity to develop spiritually. Yes, folks, it’s a Hallmark production.
Atomic Twister (2002)
Atomic twisters sounds cool enough, but this made-for-tv movie doesn’t quite live up to the promise of the title.
The Last Voyage (1960)
“How much EXCITEMENT can explode in 91 minutes?” asks the trailer. Well, not that much, to be honest. The Last Voyage has some nice moments but is overall a rather pedestrian affair as disaster movies go.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
One of the classic disaster movies of the 1970’s, The Poseidon Adventure, starring Gene Hackman, is still one of the best in the genre.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
So here it is, the film that is arguably the major classic of the disaster movie genre. Certainly, The Towering Inferno is the finest example of the 70’s style of disaster cinema: big all-star cast, multiple storylines, a spectacular central event, and an all-around massive production (Inferno was at the time the biggest film produced on the 20th Century Fox lot by virtue of its 57 sets and four camera crews.)
Volcano (1997)
Preceded by Dante’s Peak, Volcano was “the other” volcano movie of 1997. It is by far the dumbest of the two. It is also, by far, the most entertaining. Volcano serves up loads of quite good looking lava porn at a brisk pace, turning downtown L.A. into a flaming hell.