Lori and John Wilson, employees of an emergency response center, must find a way to survive the initial lava storms, to save John's father and their two teenage children. Even more importantly, they must find a way to slow the path of the lava storms, to give humankind the time to find a solution to this natural disaster, in order to save humanity and our Earth.
Practical Effects
Lava effects that look like melted crayons and hope.
Acting
Ian Ziering delivers every line like he's still in Beverly Hills.
Director
Sean Dwyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on Syfy in 2008 during their peak 'disaster movie' era, when CGI was cheap and scientific accuracy optional.
The 'lava storm' concept—molten rock falling as precipitation—has zero geological basis, making this a spiritual successor to The Core's science crimes.
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