'' is an
Action Drama of
1997 . It was released in the
United States on
April 25 ,
1997 a few months after ''
Dante's Peak '', a movie in the same genre.
Tommy Lee Jones stars as Mike Roark, a
Los Angeles Emergency official who takes charge when a
Volcano grows out of the
La Brea Tar Pits . A river of
Lava flows down Wilshire Boulevard, through the uncompleted
Metro Red Line subway tunnel, and creates a fountain of lava next to the Beverly Center shopping mall in
Beverly Hills .
In spite of placing himself and his teenage daughter in danger, Mike saves the city by diverting the river of lava (with the help of demolition teams) into the concrete channel of
Ballona Creek , which allows the lava to flow safely into the
Pacific Ocean .
Anne Heche plays a female protagonist.
The premise for the movie is loosely based on the appearance of
ParicutÃn , a volcano which emerged from a farmer's field in
Mexico . The depiction of the behavior of volcanos and lava in the rest of the movie, however, is for entertainment rather than scientific accuracy.
The coast is toast.
