Super Eruption

Super Eruption

I have to disagree with many of the reviews here and say I quite enjoyed the film. What made it different from similar volcano/earthquake disasters was the idea of a huge eruption altering the earth'a magnetic field enabling one of the central character, Kate played by the lovely Juliet Aubrey, to contact herself in the past. The film opens with a domesday scenario with mass eruptions and the promise of an ice age with Kate failing to get the approval for a hypothesis she believes is the only solution. The film then moves back two days and Kate is contacted by her future self who provides anwers to Kate in present time.

I wanted to sit down and watch a dumb film that I didn't want to have to think about, and probably shouldn't think too hard about. That's exactly what I got, and I enjoyed it. It's not the best film, and is the kind of quality you expect from a SyFy film. Some of the special effects weren't all that special, and were obviously clipped from actual volcanoes to try and get the "effect". But it's not the worst I have ever seen. It was clearly low budget, but not super amateurish. The plot has a plot hole so big, it actually includes time travel. But it's campy, cheesey, and fun. The acting is reasonable, and it's a save everyone and be heroes kind of action film. Fun watch if you know what to expect from this kind of film.

"Super Eruption" did have potential, sure it wasn't going to be the next "Volcano", but still, it had potential to be a good enough movie. That is right up until they introduced the aspect where Kate (played by Juliet Aubrey) started to getting TV broadcasts from herself from the future. When that happened, then the entire line just snapped and the movie went spiraling downhill fast. The story is about the volcano that lie underneath Yellowstone that starts to come to life and threatens to obliterate all life on Earth, and manages to do so, but given the help from herself in the future, Kate comes up with a plan to cool down the magma and save planet Earth from extinction. Right, very plausible storyline right there. That storyline was so outrageous and preposterous that it was impossible to buy into. And the overall lack of anyone ever being in any real danger, didn't really help to move the movie to make the audience believe that the entire planet was in danger of becoming extinct. "Super Eruption" is a low budget version of "Volcano" with a slightly more megalomaniac aspect that was just downright ridiculous. I will say that the magma and lava effects were actually cool - pardon the pun - most of the time, and looked believable enough. As for the acting, well people were doing alright with what they had to work with - which was very little - so given that, then thumbs up for the actors and actresses for trying their best. No one really stood out in any particular way here, neither good, nor bad. "Super Eruption" was also as predictable as these types of natural disaster movies come. You know exactly what the movie will end like, and sure enough, it did! And it is really hard to buy into this whole thing where one or two people save the entire world from extinction - it just doesn't seem plausible. If you enjoy volcanic movies, then "Super Eruption" is good enough for a single watching, if you don't mind that whole 'salvation message from the future' take on the storyline. However, don't expect to be dazzled or impressed in any way.

OK I am getting sick of these crappy Syfy movies. I can deal with "Sharknado", as much as the next guy but this has gone too far in junk. Too many Cliché's in volcanic disaster movies. Always either somebody surrounded by lava or somebody dies in lava. Volcano movies should have stopped after "Dante's Peak" and "Volcano". Syfy created another crappy masterpiece with "Super Eruption", where the story begins by no other than a volcanic eruption, people die by lava, etc. You know if there was a penny for every bad Volcano movie ever made by Syfy, I would be able to buy the new PS4. Just do something more productive than watch this like........I don't know....get a job, or go ride a bike. Save yourself from Syfy volcano movies.

I've read the other reviews for Super Eruption and my take on the movie is a bit different from the other reviewers have posted. I have watched many a terrible SyFy movie involving all sorts of giant Dinsosharkmegaoctopussnakeheadwalkingcrocoyeti and Super Eruption is vastly superior to all of them. The viewer just has to realize what they are viewing to truly enjoy this howler (being lit doesn't hurt either ;) ). Kate is a mother who webcams. She is also a scientist who must evidently belong to the Federated Association of White Women who fantasizes about saving the world, the planet, their children, marriage and the future! SUPER ERUPTION! The Volcano and the end of America and the world are at hand. Kate can save the planet…if only the terrible obviously non-climatogynecological types who run the world would listen to her! SUPER ERUPTION! Kate and her family go from near disaster to near disaster in incredible wet dream fantasy style sequencing for the white women out to save the world and their families. Kate experiences mini-eruptions that set a fire a burning threatening her! SUPER ERUPTION! The movie Airplane II's script contains the line: "If this country was run by vegetarian women who's old men deserted them after knocking them up instead of by meat-eating males, this thing never would have happened." Kate and her allies are those vegetarian women and Super Eruption is how they save the planet! SUPER ERUPTION!

This one's nearly as entertaining as AIRPLANE VS VOLCANO! SUPER ERUPTION is a good natured SyFy Channel-made disaster movie about a volcano erupting at Yellowstone National Park, although it was actually filmed in Bulgaria with a mainly British cast. Whichever way you look at it, it's a film with an involved storyline, lots of entertaining actors, and plenty of incident to propel the narrative along. Lame CGI effects are the bane of this sub-genre but to be fair they're not too shabby here and could have been - and often are - a lot worse. The narrative is actually well written for the most part and I loved the extra sci-fi twist thrown in along the way. The last third is a little weak but the early scenes generated enough fun for me not to mind too much. Actors involved in the shenanigans include likable ex-DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star Richard Burgi, making a fine double act with British TV actress Juliet Aubrey. The ubiquitous MyAnna Buring (THE DESCENT) puts on a relatively convincing American accent throughout, while Alex Wyndham (ROME) bags the minor role of a park ranger. SUPER ERUPTION is no classic, that's for sure, but when you've seen enough of these low rent disaster flicks you'll learn to appreciate even a middling production like this one.

I thought this was an excellent movie. The plot was solid although the audience is required to suspend its sense of disbelief which is quite usual for films engaged with communication between alternate universes. The characterisation is solid too with good performances all round. For me the star was Juliet Aubery with her petite English accent and scientific genius mixing admirably. The production was also excellently done. Returning to the story, I think that given the underlying premise it was thought provoking and coherent. I've just watched it for the third time and am not tiring of it yet.

*might contain spoilers* This movie almost made me want to cry. Worst script ever. Just looks like some disaster movies put together. Some doctor develops an theory about vulcanology and then it all happens. Then she is called on her computer from the future. In the end she solves the problem. Together with her future self she develops a plan to rescue the Earth. Dialogue was terrible. I myself found that the as was looking like some sort of cereal being cooked and thrown around. This should not even qualify as Science Fiction movie, as the only thing which could be Science Fiction like was the call from the future. All in all, this movie is very poor, and not worth watching.

Oh Lord... It's basically 'Dante's Peak' for TV but, er, with a time-travel 'twist'. Seriously. The basic set-up? Volcano threatens to destroy earth, no less. And it only gets more preposterous as we go on. A plan involving conventional rescue scenes and parallel universes is made even worse by terrible dialogue and feeble acting. It's a very poor film but, if you made it this far, I reckon you probably know that already! (Ps. I've had to add this line because IMDb wants me to pad out the review. I've opted not to subject you to any more about the film though. You've suffered enough.)