9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Disappointing, Jan 21 2007
By AllyieMG - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Magma: Volcanic Disaster (DVD)
I am notorious for liking bad natural disaster movies... but this is awful, even for me. The effects were awful (the opening sequence is just ridiculous), the acting very poor, the overall effect is not very interesting. The best acting was done by Xander, but this performance was mediocre for him. I just wasn't impressed at all. I'd rent this before thinking of buying it. I'm sure glad I did.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Too Bad., Feb 22 2011
By Dufus - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Magma: Volcanic Disaster (DVD)
This is a low budget film with low budget, mostly unknown actors. Still, they do an acceptable job dealing with a sorta-bad script. The effects are what you would expect for a film like this, but still it's fun to watch. I don't expect much when I buy films like this as most all of them are low budget affairs. So "you get what you pay for" applies here. Just be aware and enjoy what you get!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
MUSHY MAGMA, Dec 31 2006
By Michael Butts - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Magma: Volcanic Disaster (DVD)
Originally airing on the Sci-Fi channel, this is another one of those disaster movies with a wholly illogical scientific basis and mediocre special effects. As a disaster movie, it also fails to deliver any real scenes of personal crisis or danger, leaving us with a talky treatise on governmental incompetence.
Xander Berkeley is quite good as the heroic scientist whose theory of cataclysmic disaster is rejected by other scientists; Reyko Aylesworth is very good as his estranged wife whose own life may be in peril; and Amy Jo Johnson is the oh so bright graduate student.
While certainly not a classic disaster flick, it's an okay timepasser.