VOLCANO (1997) MOVIE REACTION - OUR DISASTER FILM JOURNEY BEGINS - FIRST TIME WATCHING - REVIEW

Welcome to our first time watching as we react to Volcano (1997). This is the beginning of our disaster film journey. Let us know what other disaster films should we cover?
"Volcano" stars Tommy Lee Jones as Mike Roark, a city official who must team up with scientist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche) to save the city from a deadly lava flow.
The film knows how to keep you engaged with the tension, suspense, and heroism that unfolds as the city battles the fiery threat. What we enjoyed the most was how much the citizens of L.A. fought to keep their city from being destroyed.
From the eruption scenes to the heart-pounding moments of survival, this movie keeps us on the edge of our seats.
We hope that you enjoy our reactions, commentary and review as we discuss this 90s disaster classic! Get ready, it's about to get real hot in here!
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[@lamborghinielemento789]

Hi Guys. You should watch Tron: Legacy next time.

[@robertrobillard4844]

Disaster Movies to consider: • Dante's Peak • 2012 Love ❤️ your Channel, Keep those Reactions coming‼️

[@babalonkie]

*Dante's Peak* is a good Volcano disaster movie.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

@@lamborghinielemento789 we got those on our list!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

@@robertrobillard4844 Can’t wait to catch up with those! ❤️

[@philmansfield7716]

The guy jumping into the lava to save the driver has stuck with me to this day

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

He was a hero, and he didn't even hesitate!! That moment's gonna stay with us!

[@Ladmia]

@@philmansfield7716 as I got older, I realized why he did it. He didn’t listen to Rourke when he told them to shut the trains through McArthur park. That train was in McArthur park when it happened. If he had listened, none of those people would have been there.

[@SnappingTurtle801]

That had me feeling some type of way. *shudder*

[@rawrsdower7729]

"Guy's a hero, wants to dive in head first" And i'm sitting here thinking 'oh just you wait. It's gonna be feet first' XD

[@joshuacoldwater]

It’s also the most unrealistic scene in this entire film. Humans can not sink in magma or lava, the density is too high (just under that of a rock). If we tried to “jump into it” we would just land on top of the lava- like jumping onto a pile of rocks. Yes we would catch fire and burn, but it would all be on the surface- at no point would anyone sink. This film treats lava like it has the density of water, which is hilarious.

[@Ladmia]

Dante’s Peak is right in line with this. When I’m in my volcano mood, it’s always these two.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Ohhh absolutely, it's on our list!! Can't wait to check that one out!

[@Randerson2409]

That was exactly what I was gonna suggest. So much nostalgia for that film

[@DementisXYZ]

I've seen both Dante's Peak and this so many times, I now watch both simultaneously whenever I watch them. They go great together.

[@christopherbowers7236]

its one of those odd things where there are multiple movies with a similar theme in the same year (or thereabouts) dantes peak and volcano. deep impact and armageddon, Antz and A Bugs life. you'd assume that someone overheard a pitch and stole it at some point, but sometimes its just luck

[@MoonHowlerGaming]

You beat me to it. Scrolled down to comment "Dante's Peak is a good companion to Volcano", low and behold, someone already suggested it.

[@riddles20102010]

Deep impact Armageddon Twister Daylight Dantes peak There are heaps of disaster movies from the nineties hope you guys enjoy 😎💖

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

These are some awesome recommendations, thank you!! Adding them to our list!!

[@Guardian582]

also 'the core' and 'deep core'

[@Cormag541]

​@@Guardian582definitely "The Core"

[@HorribleGamingFun]

man i always forget about Daylight, underrated film

[@draygontaygen677]

10.5 great earthquake movie.

[@frankenstein3526]

Don Cheadle never gets the praise he deserves for acting his characters exactly as they should be presented…

[@TheGoIsWin21]

He really does seem to have an innate ability to understand his characters and work that into his portrayal. Never thought about it until I saw this comment, but yeah, he always nails them

[@DeeSee25]

This is a great point. And he gets all the subtleties of a character down. He’s so good at doing it, it almost doesn’t seem like he’s acting which can lead to be overlooked. Very unfortunate because it makes me realize how roles that get recognition are almost always extremely portrayed.

[@SilentBob731]

One of my favourite actors, he always delivers.

[@jameskelly3502]

I firmly believe that there's no such thing as a "Bad Don Cheadle Performance". He's definitely under appreciated. I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice this.

[@Cobaltios]

"He looks familiar... oh, it's Cheadle!"

[@codesent2125]

When the kid says "look at their faces. They all look the same" it gets me every fkn time. That's how it should be, unity!

[@wingzero7X]

The scene where they cut the music and all audio to reveal the volcano gives me chills every time

[@wingzero7X]

I also recommend Daylight

[@anthonygarland8839]

That means all hell is fixing to break loose that is my favorite part of the movie

[@JerASMR]

@@wingzero7X omg yes!!

[@Eryxist]

That scene with Stan jumping into the lava, in order to throw the train diver to safety, is a moment that has stuck with me. It's such an amazing self-sacrifice scene. The way the actor shows the fear and doubt, then the change in his face as he gains the courage to make an attempt to save the other mans life. They also capture it in a way that emphasizes the heroic act(with the music as well), rather than focusing on him dying in lava.

[@tkopp10976]

Honey, the conductor needs a jump

[@SoCloseToToast]

Love how the messaging theme in this movie about unity still holds up & can be timeless.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Such a wholesome message! They didn’t give up on their city ❤️

[@ActiveAngel2010]

I love the line "You dont like my plan? Good! Tell me a better one, but dont tell me we're backing out."

[@kenernestnation]

If you're starting a disaster film marathon, you start at the begining. 1972s The Poseidon Adventure. It was the classic disaster flics of the 70s that Airplane spoofed.

[@SnappingTurtle801]

Earthquake and The Towering Inferno.

[@toodlescae]

Airport started it in 1970.

[@StardustandMadness]

@@kenernestnation it’s so great! I love The Poseidon Adventure.

[@StardustandMadness]

@@SnappingTurtle801 I love The Towering Inferno! One of my all-time faves.

[@tenchraven]

Airplane spoofed Airport, not Poseidon.

[@vipertiger6716]

2012 (2009) is one biggest disasters that i think you'll enjoy. "The world as we know it, will soon come to an end".

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Definitely adding that one to our list!!

[@w1975b]

Knowing came out the same year and is even more devastating.

[@saff9775]

@@OfficialMediaKnights If you do watch 2012, I highly recommend watching Dara Ó Briain's standup bit where he talks about that movie. It's easy to find on KZbin, very entertaining, and provides some scientific context for the overall premise of the movie.

[@SecondSince]

It's stupid and terrible. I love it!

[@fredfredburger5150]

@@w1975b Knowing is great!

[@shadows.82]

I have a huge respect for first responders. They put their lives on the lives each day to save lives. Dante's Peak and Daylight are also a good 90's movies.

[@damiettamataram3492]

In 1997, at the age of 16, as an ESL learner, I learned one new word from this movie, culdesac. Man, I learned English more from movies than from my English teachers at school 😂 this movie has a special place in my heart for sure.

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

R.I.P. Anne Heche 😳🇬🇧

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

She was incredible in this, what a tremendous loss. RIP

[@leewesley1961]

@@OfficialMediaKnights the one that played her friend in volcano was also in twister

[@Zodia195]

@@leewesley1961 Omg, I know which char too, why did I never connect the dots? Maybe because she wasn't a major char in both.

[@shainewhite2781]

One of my favorite movies from my childhood! This and Dante's Peak were released the same year as well, though Dante's Peak was more scientifically accurate than Volcano, with the possibility of an eruption happening in the US. Yellowstone is going to erupt soon, which is scary! RIP, Anne Heche, 1969-2022.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Wait…you’re telling us that a Volcano popping up in LA outta nowhere is not scientifically accurate!? How dare you!? 😂 Jokes aside, can’t wait to watch Dante’s Peak. RIP Anne Heche❤️

[@emosam07]

​@OfficialMediaKnights i mean, close enough haha there's 3 volcanoes just north of cali 😅

[@martinmorles1]

The inspiration for this movie comes from a the formation of a volcano in Mexico in 1943 so there is some truth

[@mikkolaine4883]

Yellowstone is not going to erupt any time soon. And if it does, it is huge possibility to be a lava flow like in Iceland recently.

[@Justin_Leone]

@@OfficialMediaKnights It's not all THAT implausible. They took some creative license with specifics, but it's something that happens in volcanic hotspots, sometimes with very little warning. The current situation in Iceland isn't all that dissimilar, albeit with a town a few orders of magnitude smaller than LA. An area that hadn't seen any eruptions in 800 years suddenly woke up a few years ago, with several eruptions all over the region. At the end of 2023, the town of Grindavik had to be evacuated after an earthquake signaled that magma was likely flowing through natural cracks beneath the town. Since then, there've been several eruptions around the town (with one fissure opening up right next to a few houses that were destroyed), and they've had to build berms to minimize the amount of lava flowing into the town, as well as to protect a nearby geothermal power plant and the Blue Lagoon resort (who's driveway is now buried under a fresh lava field). There's tons of footage of these eruptions, and the hasty work that was done to build the berms while lava quickly encroached on the people building them. Granted, Iceland is more volcanically active than California, but CA has several volcanoes and a massive fault line, so it's at least somewhat plausible that a new fissure might some day open up somewhere there, and volcanoes certainly don't care if there's a city in the way.

[@frankdaniels9819]

This journey is going to be wild. Deep Impact, Armageddon, The Core, Day After Tomorrow, 2012.

[@wlam205]

My Dad was an Emergency Management Director aka Tommy Lee Jones when I was growing up so this one has always had a special place in my heart lol. Also this was pre 9/11, puts a different perspective on it.

[@gacchan]

Something like this, in terms of fissures of magma, is happening to a town right now in Iceland, and has happened in Hawaii. Where the earth just opens up and bleeds magma. So scary.

[@FireWolf583]

Yep and if I read right I believe this particular volcano has been erupting consistently since 2021. They’re thinking it might continue pushing activity for 10 years.

[@coreywigent7693]

This movie TRAUMATIZED me as a kid. The scene where the guy jumps into the lava gave me nightmares lol

[@YPThePoet]

Same here.

[@LordLOC]

All I could think about when that scene came along was, that's not what would happen to a human body if you jumped straight into a lava flow. To be fair I wasn't a kid, I was already 23 - and literally studying geology in college lol Needless to say my class on volcanology and other geologic processes was interesting and we even discussed that scene :D

[@justisolated5621]

​@LordLOC what would have happened then? Would he had stumbled and fell face first into the lava? I'm quite curious

[@LordLOC]

@@justisolated5621 Well, you wouldn't "melt into" the lava for starters. Lava is liquid rock after and far, far denser than us human water bags. We'd basically just flop on top of it like actual hard solid rock, and just roast to death quite quickly. To make it um, worse - the clothes you are wearing would instantly catch fire, and your hair would probably do the same. The air surrounding the lava is something like 350-500 F or so, depending on the flow and the ambient air temperature surrounding it. So, basically, next up is the actual lava itself which is between 1,100 and 2,500 F give or take. So, your blood and fluids in the body would boil, your skin would char and burn off first and if you hadn't passed out from the pain yet, you'd be dead within about 10 seconds or so. I mean, you would probably die of a massive heart attack before even this happened, but it'd be bad no matter what.

[@justisolated5621]

@LordLOC oh my, that's horrible. Thanks for the info though

[@introvertboricua787]

The 90's disaster era was actually kicked off by Independence Day, you have to add to your list OG disaster movies like Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.

[@jaycelx5819]

You guys should try watching "The Towering Inferno." It's a 1974 disaster film.

[@tobiasschumacher8602]

One of the best!

[@apxstitch]

100% agree! I've recommended it too!

[@krizan1]

@@jaycelx5819 Definitely the best disaster movie from the 70's. 👍

[@minnesotajones261]

As fun as this one is, I prefer Dante's Peak. Other great disaster films: The Poseidon Adventure - The Towering Inferno - 2012 - The Day After Tomorrow - Armageddon - Deep Impact - The Cassandra Crossing - Apollo 13...

[@phoenix00717]

Automatically thought of Dante’s Peak but others mentioned it first lol 90s disaster movies are great! Oh, there’s Miracle Mile!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Dante's Peak is absolutely on our list and we cannot wait to watch it asap! Also adding Miracle Mile to our list so thank you so much for the recommendation!

[@sleepwalking9238]

Both great movies

[@kenyabrunson4985]

Miracle Mile is awesome!

[@VoidVintage]

DP is peak volcano horror

[@CannonRaw]

I prefer Dante's Peak because it's relatively factual.

[@IndySidhu88]

Classic Natural Disaster action film that mirrors up with Dante's Peak, Armageddon & Twister. Peak 90s.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

These 90s disaster flicks are gonna be tons of fun! So far we’ve thoroughly enjoyed Twister and Volcano 😄

[@damiettamataram3492]

Don't forget Deep Impact

[@rdramos13]

You forgot Lavalantula

[@TriarchVisgroup]

"There are at least 1500 active volcanos in the world that we know about... and at least one... That we don't. Welcome to Los Angeles." "Have a nice day." - Don LaFontaine Volcano "teaser trailer." Seriously, the teaser for this movie is right up there with the teaser for ALIEN.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Sounds like an epic teaser!

[@VBSuper]

Actually, one of Volcano's trailers has the soundtrack of Aliens.

[@TriarchVisgroup]

@@VBSuper Yep. The first full trailer, which takes that teaser and extends it to a full trailer. Not as effective as the teaser trailer, imho.

[@VBSuper]

@@TriarchVisgroup I liked it.

[@mikemartin8461]

The thing that got me the most about this movie is this could really happen which is truly mind blowing

[@MEGACAMZ]

I had Volcano on VHS and I used to watch it all the time back in 98. Love it.

[@Californyuhh]

I still have it on VHS! 😆 it’s sitting on my bookshelf this very moment.

[@johnathanchanes4003]

This movie really hits home for me because of the unity. Even when people at the beginning didn't like each other, they banded together in the face of danger and proved that the human spirit of love and kindness still exists.

[@pingidjit]

"Day After Tomorrow" is hands down one of my favourite disaster movies of all time.

[@mikkolaine4883]

The GDI wolves are terrible though... :D

[@FireWolf583]

@@mikkolaine4883yea they’re very dated but thankfully they’re not around for long 😂 honestly I kinda wished they’d left the wolves out of the scenario

[@mikkolaine4883]

@@FireWolf583 I thought the same that there wouldn’t have been any worries without them 😂

[@LordLOC]

@@mikkolaine4883 I dunno, outrunning the evil "cold" was worse to me lol

[@UltraPokeZ]

Dantes Peak, deep impact, Armageddon all three are late 90's disaster films all three are really good. Day after tomorrow is good and the core deepwater horizon about a drilling rig explodes off the gulf of mexico. Volcano is a well done movie with a amazing casts and practical effects.

[@emmaconnolly5738]

Deep Water Horizon is one of my favourites, and a true 'disaster' story!

[@bethcushway458]

90s was peak disaster film era. There were so many of them it's no wonder our generation are all neurotic maniacs🤣 As everyone is saying you've gotta watch Dante's Peak. That's 🤌🏻🥰 It's so funny, I watched another reaction channel couple about your age yesterday reacting to a classic film and they were complaining about how slow it was at the beginning and that it's great film makers nowadays don't do that and they get straight into the action. They completely missed the point that it's story/world/tension building. I love seeing you two instantly admiring the world building and storytelling at the beginning of this. What a contrast! It truly does show the quality of your reactions and your intelligence and insight. Keep it up guys❤

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

This is such a huge compliment, thank you so so much!! We are loving the 90s disaster flicks so far and are definitely gonna continue with them, Dante's Peak being one of them!! The way they took their time to set up the stakes and introduce the characters is one of our favorite aspects of 80s and 90s movies and absolutely necessary to build tension later on! Thanks so much for your support and kind words, it truly means the world to us ❤️

[@kenpaden]

The 70s had a bunch of disaster films also, such as The Towering Inferno, which starred both Paul Newman and Steve McQueen, and The Poseidon Adventure, starring Gene Hackman, Shelly Winters , of course technology was different, but they had top tier casts and good practical effects. The promos for this volcano movie were so fun, the trailer tag line was "the coast is toast" lol

[@SnappingTurtle801]

Don't forget the Airport movies. Probably why I'm afraid to fly now.

[@James-sc6vx]

Also remember that when this was filmed tensions were still very high in LA with racism and police distrust. So the little boy at the end saying "Look at their faces, they all look the same" has an even bigger feel to it.

[@billclay9489]

i love that

[@musichica09]

I never caught the guy calling the racist cop Mark Fuhrman before..

[@kellysowhat88]

Yes, the black man being arrested for no real reason and the timing is also an issue. I like how they played that whole series of scenes. They showed that man speaking roughly with the firefighter and cop, the mean cop (we can only assume it’s racism, because there is no spoken element), the other cop who said something but quickly walked away then ultimately being the one who takes his cuffs off, the other cop telling others after the citizen has stepped in to help about what he asked for. It wasn’t some massive change in personality and beliefs, but it was a step in the right direction which feels more realistic. This is around the Rodney King case, Mark Fuhrman from the OJ trial, LA riots time. This movie was definitely trying to say something.

[@billclay9489]

@@kellysowhat88 Well said

[@jp3813]

A very underrated disaster flick is Hard Rain (1998) starring Christian Slater & Morgan Freeman.

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

My fav film ever

[@Taekwonjoe75]

I think it's funny that they portray that it takes 6 officers a half dozen shots each to shoot the tires of a bus haha

[@thedarkknight2221]

True Story: The strategy of building a dam to stop the lava flow and then dump water on it to harden and dam itself with when it’s cooled actually happened in real life. In the 80’s in Iceland after a volcano erupted a Lava flow flow threatened to destroy small town, so everyone got together to slow down the lava flow by dumping as much water from buckets and fire hoses as they could in the very front of the flow and eventually the lava in front of the flow hardened and stopped itself.

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

A couple of precisions there: it was in 1973, in the island of Heimaey; buckets weren't used but hoses and improvised networks of pipes to harden the lava flow. And they didn't save, exactly, the town; they wanted to save the harbor, because the fishing community would not recover for years if they lost that (so, the townspeople sacrificed 400 buildings of the town, to save this particular section). And the flow didn't stop by cooling the tip... exactly. Their strategy was to harden sections of lava so they acted as dams to redirect the flow away from the harbor; but they had ot constantly spray anything overflowing the initial hardened dams so the plan still worked; the film didn't have time to use that accurately, but the feat of the people of Heimaey is more impressive when you learn they had to keep lava at bay for SIX MONTHS, until the volcanic eruption stopped (only then, the flow stopped). And they succeded: the harbor survived with little damage. www.visiticeland.com/article/the-heimaey-eruption www.adventurecanada.com/iceland/top-of-the-world-the-town-that-survived-a-lava-flow

[@thedarkknight2221]

@@DocuzanQuitomos GODDAMN!!! How the fuck has no one made a movie about that?!?!

[@anthonygarland8839]

​@@thedarkknight2221they freaking need too that smart to use pipelines to divert the lava

[@Justin_Leone]

And now it's happening again, more or less, in Grindavík. Though thankfully they had warning and plenty of time to evacuate before the first eruption, and have been able to build berms around the town, power plant, and Blue Lagoon. They still don't know if it will be inhabitable any time in the foreseeable future, or if any more fissures will open up inside or through the berms, but the primary goal has been to save the natural harbor, without which the town would probably never recover. Unfortunately, the same geological forces that made an ideal harbor probably also created the natural magma dykes that run under the town.

[@kyoko2752]

The fact that people consistently sacrificing themselves in attempt to save others is a constant theme in this movie. The firefighter jumping back into the truck to try and save his buddy, Stan saving the train driver, the doctor putting her life and marriage on the line to save lives, Mike jumping into action multiple times to save Kelly and other people at the risk of his own life. Truly awesome. I don’t care what people say about this movie, it’s a staple disaster film.

[@stevenjump8234]

Hard Rain is a good one. It's about a flood. It stars Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater. 2012 is another giant disaster movie on a global scale. You could go old school with Irwin Allen's body of work. He was the master of disaster in the 60's and 70's with films like Earthquake and The Towering Inferno.

[@ConorDale]

Along with, down time Nicholas cage and daylight with Sylvester Stallone

[@Knightcowboy89]

Some disaster movies nobody's mentioned yet: Night of The Twisters(1996) The Day After Tomorrow(2004) Ablaze(2001) San Andreas(2015) Into The Storm(2014) Deepwater Horizon(2016) Unstoppable(2010) Life On The Line(2015) Backdraft(1991) Everything from natural disaters to industrial disasters are in these films. I recommend them all!

[@thehonestwoodcutterbradywe8011]

I love unstoppable.actually a real story and you can never go wrong with denze! Washington

[@w1975b]

have you seen Knowing (2009)?

[@biancalama4781]

Night of the twisters absolutely gold! 😃

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Please watch Tommy Lee Jones again in The Fugitive & U.S Marshalls. Best movies of him in my opinion 👌.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That’s a huge compliment! Can’t wait to watch them, thank you for the recommendations! 😄❤️

[@michaellynch9550]

Can’t forget the hunted. Benicio Del Toro was bad ass in that movie.

[@tightropewalkergirl6485]

He’s good in Under Siege too

[@ericswanson411]

Volcano is a great movie. It shows an impossible situation bring people together and how it was overcome. Tommy Lee Jones is fantastic in every role he portrays. Another disaster film that is great is The Day after tomorrow.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

He really is! Always brings his A-Game!

[@shaiq-nbaiq1826]

Being born in the mid 80s gave me the ability to see these classic movies in Theaters as a kid. 90s was the absolute best!

[@MichaelOakley-hh8ww]

Not really a disaster movie but Backdraft is an epic first responder 90s classic. Kurt Russell, Billy Baldwin, Scott Glenn, JT Walsh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Donald Sutherland and of course Robert De Niro.

[@TheDeadStretch]

One of my favorite "Disaster" movies is one that a bit different. The disaster is the Lincoln tunnel having an explosion inside and it's collapsing with people stuck underwater inside the tunnel. "Daylight (1996)" staring Sylvester Stallone. It's a bit cheesy, but it's good cheesy.

[@James-sc6vx]

Disaster Movie must sees: Dante's Peak - Pierce Brosnan & Linda Hamilton. The Core - Aaron Eckhart, Hillary Swank, Stanley Tucci. The Day After Tomorrow - Jake Gyllenhall, Dennis Quaid San Andreas- The Rock, Alexandra Daddario 2012 - John Cusack Daylight - Sylvester Stallone Greenland- Gerard Butler Deep water Horizon- Mark Wahlberg I may be a bit obsessed lol

[@fightingidiocy7724]

If 1997 was a person, it'd be screaming: "WE NEED MORE TOMMY. PUT TOMMY IN ALL THE THINGS. ALL OF IT. ALL TOMMY MORE TOMMY MORE TOMMY OMG TOMMY"

[@robertoberg8593]

Disaster movies from the -70 SOS Poseidon - 72 The Towering Inferno - 74 , Earthquake (1974) Avalanche - 78

[@CynicalRaptor]

I love 90s melodrama and schlock that takes itself so seriously! It commits! It’s fun! And it’s still an amazing film. Love it.

[@christopherbowers7236]

the liquid at #15:25 is the hydraulic fluid that's supposed to push the doors open leaking out, its not usually flamable

[@maxamare3847]

Watch Tommy Lee Jones' movies "The Fugitive" and "U.S. Marshals" if you haven't seen them yet.

[@koldsteel1904]

90s Disaster movies to check out. 1996 Independence Day (Will Smith). 1996 Twister (Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt). 1996 Daylight (Sylvester Stallone).

[@NoOneKnows15]

Tommy Lee Jones is an underrated actor and the best.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

He immediately elevates anything he’s in! ❤️

[@earledmondsjr789]

My favorite actor

[@IAmAmiWickham]

Totally agree. His best movie (IMO) is The Fugitive (1993), also starring Harrison Ford. Jones won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role.

[@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved]

Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG... how is he underrated?

[@nitrokid]

Underrated? Never heard anyone said TLJ was underrated.

[@williambryan3346]

@19:19 Kelly (Gaby Hoffman) screaming “Dad!” causes me to tear up instantly.

[@jillanderson3242]

So many good disaster movies to choose from. Some of my favorites are Poseidon (2006), Daylight, 2012, The Day After Tomorrrow, Deep Impact...

[@Kurtiscott]

Poseidon is actually a remake of The Poseidon Adventure which is absolutely fantastic

[@Cyproduction]

The movie "The Day After Tomorrow" is also a good disaster movie

[@zhanetoussaint8464]

Daylight is a great underrated disaster movie in my opinion. You guys definitely need to watch that one as well. Sylvester Stallone is in this one.

[@thedarkknight2221]

This is the first time I’ve seen this movie since Anne Heche died back in 2022. RIP Anne.

[@zetsuki4207]

I remember watching this as a kid, and the scene in the subway is STILL sticks with me, jumping in to the lava like that...

[@Reaper01135]

One of my favorite movies growing up..do Dante's Peak or Twister next and RIP to Anne Heche

[@kaylamoore4379]

Someone has mentioned it already but Dante’s Peak is a great one. Any time it’s on tv I would watch it growing up. It’s the reason why I’m lowkey scared of volcanoes. I also love The Day After Tomorrow, it’s a little extreme but always a good one to watch!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Both of those are actually on our list, and we are so pumped to share those with you!! This one definitely unlocked a new fear of volcanoes for us 😂

[@russellockwood8621]

The next disaster film you need to see is "Dante's Peak" from 1997 and then the best, ultimate disaster film you MUST see is "2012" from 2009!

[@ImigcoboTunyiswa]

When the gas started erupting,I just kept thinking,”the gates of hell open wide to receive thy Souls”

[@nerdwatch1017]

Both Volcano and Dante’s Peak have always been tied because there just so good. Though if these 2 movies were I could only pick 1 to watch before I died it would be Dante’s Peak

[@jaxteller3347]

If you are going to watch disaster movies, watch Dante's Peak from '97, with Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That's definitely on our list and we can't wait to see it!!

[@smilingphoenix]

I still remember the first time watching this, I was a kid sitting in front of a box tv. Still my favorite disaster movie.

[@RamblingRose08]

I forgot how much i like this movie. This came out at what felt like the height of "Twin Movies" and you can't help but choose a favorite. I've always chosen Dante's Peak which I've seen a million times, while I've only seen this a handful of times and that isn't fair to this movie. It's such a good movie. So glad you two enjoyed it!

[@billclay9489]

Make sure you watch 1974's The Towering Inferno. The GOAT of disaster movies. Earthquake is a good one too.

[@gabrieldilaurentis2902]

Rest in peace Anne. She went way too soon. I miss her. Also watch Six days seven nights with her and Harrison Ford. Amazing comedy.

[@jareeohs]

I EXPECT DANTE’S PEAK AND DEEP IMPACT NOW 😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Ahah for sure, they're both on our list!!

[@ServusChristi777]

Guys. I came across your channel randomly, and I can honestly say you are my favourite media reactors on this platform. You're so genuine and wholesome to watch. Keep the content coming!

[@shahs1221]

YES!!! Volcano is THE disaster film for me. Everyone was always Dante's Peak over Volcano but the vibes and setup and setting of LA chaos and the characters really do it for me personally. Glad to see y'all enjoying this! Genuine surprise! Also yes, Tommy Lee Jones is always a HUGE plus!

[@LadyEmu]

100% agreement on all points!

[@Nico_R86]

Dante's peak

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

It's on our list!!

[@SunnyDee94]

Check out tremors , evolution , drag me to hell and mist

[@crisknap9635]

Hi guys I just want to thank you two personally for making this channel I lost my fiancé to cancer 2 months ago and are favorite thing to do was watch movies together and watching them with you guys gives me that same feeling I had with her so just a little thank you because watching movies with you guys helps me be at peace feels like I’m watching with family 🙂 I’m in the coast guard so I don’t get to see my family so your like my 2nd family lol love you guys and thank you

[@sar.campbell]

I'm so happy you reacted to this. I used to watch it all the time as a kid and kind of forgot about it!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

@sar.campbell We’re so happy you enjoyed this! Thank you for your generosity, it means a lot to both of us. Tommy Lee Jones always killing it!

[@christophercurtis4131]

My favorite disaster movie ever is 1974's The Towering Inferno, about a brand-new building that catches fire due to faulty wiring on the night of the building's dedication ceremony. For 1974, the special effects and stunt work are still amazing to watch fifty years after the film was made. The three lead roles in the film are Paul Newman, as the architect who designed the building; Faye Dunaway as his girlfriend; and my favorite actor, Steve McQueen, as the battalion chief in the San Francisco Fire Department trying to fight the fire and save the people trapped inside. This movie and 1972's The Poseidon Adventure set the standard for what a disaster movie should be. Another great disaster movie from the 70's is Earthquake with Charlton Heston. The earthquake scenes are still amazing to watch all these years later.

[@NO-ux2xf]

There are so many good disastermovies. my favorites would be Armageddon, The Core and the Day after Tomorrow. What I like with the 80,90 early 2000 movies that even if they are action movies there is still a storyline. A lot of actionmovies today are just action and no real plotline.

[@neintales1224]

Oh wow when this movie first came out and then hit VHS/DVD it was a favorite of mine and in heavy rotation. This, Twister, and Dante's Peak are STILL my favorite disaster films of all time.

[@chrismcfetridge620]

There's a movie called "Knowing" With Nic Cage is definitely one that you guys should definitely check out.. I think this Dante's peak, both came out at the same time, which tends to happen in Hollywood. Similar to Armagedon and Deep Impact. 🌏☄️

[@moonwalker9266]

Paricutin is a cinder cone and it started just like the lady said in the middle of a field in 1943 and went asleep in 1952. For more recent cinder cones and eruptions just look what's being going on in Iceland. Also in Iceland as she said they cooled of the lava with water from the sea. The volcano is called Eldefell and it's on the island of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands. It started erupting on 23 January and as it progressed it almost sealed the natural harbor of the island. The residents were evacuated because by sheer luck all the fishing boat fleet was anchored due to bad weather. It destroyed half the village (many of those people actually were in Grindavik later which is now evacuated too) but they managed to stop the lava from progressing and closing off the harbor.

[@dolleyes5062]

Another fun reaction! "Volcano" is a fun movie & Tommy Lee Jones doing it with a straight face is the most fun of all, the closing song being Randy Newman's "I Love L.A." being a close second. 🌋 Some 70s disaster films you should react to: "Earthquake," "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno," "Airport," "Airport '79" & "When Time Ran Out."

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Tommy Lee Jones is fantastic! Loving his presence in the films we’ve seen him in. Thank you for listing some 70s gems!

[@RaptorNX01]

I always loved Airport '77 also

[@brandonworcester8409]

I loved this movie as a kid! But after working in emergency management for the past 5 years I understand the movie a lot better! lol they actually make sense on certain events. The lingo and abbreviations they use all make sense now haha. Love your guys reaction! Became a new fan a few months ago! Love all the reactions! Very genuine people. 🫶🏾

[@dmyz5343]

this was such an under rated movie and makes you really hope your nowhere near a live volcano lol. tommy lee jones is such a great actor and never seems to miss. love him in No Country for Old Men and Natural Born Killers. thank you for the amazing review. hope you have an amazing day and keep on rocking 🤘

[@dimitrisnikoloulis4071]

Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche what a great duet for that movie. And credits to Alan Silvestri for his epic film score. Love that film. Epic adventure. Just like Dante's Peak.

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Many good recommendations especially Deep Impact and one of my faves, 2012! For more Tommy Lee goodness, you might take a space tangent, and add Space Cowboys as well. Or veer off planet with Mission To Mars, The Martian, Contact etc. So many cool movies!

[@kenyabrunson4985]

Mission to Mars is great! Also, The Martian!

[@adiarainfoster]

27:17 Yes, that did turn him into a hero but let's not forget that the only reason those people were in that tunnel is because of him. he refused to stop the trains to begin with. If he had listened to what he was being told, they wouldn't have been in danger in that tunnel to start. He knew that and that's why he was determined to save them all. Every death on that train is on HIS head.

[@angelabowman1614]

I loved this movie...... Tommy Lee Jones always plays a great character. Love his movies. Anne Henche did great too in this movie. Intense and lots of heroes.

[@Nighthawk_r33]

Harmonic tremors typically indicate that magma is on the move which could indicate an impending eruption but never guaranteed as harmonic tremors can stop as quickly as they start which is why eruptions are very difficult to predict.

[@HorribleGamingFun]

two movies i highly recommend are Kiss the Girls with Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Carl Elwes (i also like the "sequel" Along Came a Spider, also staring Morgan Freeman) and The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie and a whole slew of other actors you're bound to recognize from a bunch of other things

[@fredskull1618]

Being from Los Angeles, this movie is special time capsule to me. I lived by Ballona Creek, so my buddies and I were looking for our houses during the lava flowing sequence.

[@Wash869]

React to the film: HOLLOW MAN (2000), a very good and underrated thriller, with tense moments and good special effects, it's worth checking out.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Didn’t have this one on the list yet, adding it to our list! Thank you❤️

[@angeloterrones9789]

Yes that movie is so underwhelming

[@idolhandz3946]

I always loved Tommy Lee Jones as well. The Fugitive. It won’t fit into your disaster movie genre, but it stars Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford.

[@purpleYamask]

Probably not the best one for me to rewatch emotionally as a 1000-acre fire happens less than 10 miles from my house 🤔 But, the Knights call and I answer!

[@koldsteel1904]

Disaster film suggestion. 2006 Poseidon with Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Lucas, and Kevin Dillon! Excellent underrated movie. It is a remake of the 1972 film "The Poseidon Adventure." Its is a very "What now" type film! will constantly keep you on your toes! I love movies so I hope you get to enjoy this one!

[@4drewk]

if u like tommy lee jones here you’ll like him in the fugitive

[@seekexplorewander]

LOVE you guys for choosing this. This is my favorite disaster movie guilty pleasure! FYI...the guy that plays Stan, the head of the Transportation Network, gained famed as Drew Carey's brother on his TV show in the 90's and early 2000's and was also amazing in both Zodiac (which you guys should react to if you haven't) and the Founder (starring Michael Keaton about the guys that started McDonald's).

[@kiranpunnoose2441]

It is so terrifying and unrealistic to see volcanic lava erupt in the middle of the city and destroy everything in its path.

[@loveadustup4440]

Epic film!! When I came out of my coma early 2000’s this is the only film I could remember and watched it everyday for about 6 months!

[@KennyYoutubeMakesMeFeelGood]

Gaby Hoffman, The daughter she is now 42 She was 13 when she did this movie in 1997.