Volcano

I like disaster movies especially from the 90s. This one was playing on Showtime recently. Heche (Men in Trees) is a scientist studying some strange events in downtown LA. She comes across some information that leads her to believe the is going to be a volcanic eruption on the tectonic plate under LA. Jones (No Country for Old Men) is the head of the rescue people - whatever the department is called. Once the lava approaches he has to coordinate everyone to get the lava stopped before it destroys all of downtown. At the time there was a lot of racial animosity going on in LA - at the end of the film there is this cheesy thing where a kid says look they are all the same or something like that. All the people are grey because of the ash in the air. Hoffmann (Field of Dreams) plays Jones' daughter. Cheadle (House of Lies) is Jones' number 2. It follows the typical disaster plot, but it Tommy Lee Jones for crying out loud! All in all, I say: SEE IT