Fuego En El Cielo

Unbelievably silly, totally preposterous and absolutely brilliant! The terminator of volcanos that just keeps throwing everything at them. Who cares how ridiculous it is, it's got great CGI and some really great stunt work. Just sit back while you and the family are munching into your Saturday night take away and revel in it.

Here's The Lowedown on "Skyfire" (NR - 2019 - Blu)

Genre: Thriller/Disaster My Score: 5.4

Cast=4 Acting=4 Plot=5 Ending=7 Story=4 Intense=7 Pace=6 Suspense=4 Disaster=8 F/X=5

A seemingly dormant volcanic island becomes the site of a resort, using the energy of the mountain to power everything. But what would happen if this woke up the volcano?

"I'm not leaving this island...until we're done." It was like Jurassic World and Dante's Peak had a baby that tried to coast on its genetics. As a disaster movie junkie, there were parts I liked. Look for some cheesy CGI and bad acting, but then you get some crazy stunts that may keep you going for another few minutes. It's not a horrible watch...but it's not worth hunting for.

What a pleasant surprise. This is a gem. The movie is set in the present on a futuristic park but has that good old fashioned action adventure feel to it. Very refreshing. Highly recommended.

If you discount the usual PRC propaganda undertones present in most Chinese movies (with the usual greedy western white villain), this is a nice disaster movie. The Chinese have always been experts in action movies, and this is no exception. Action and suspense are masterfully produced all through the movie, but you will get nothing else here. Characters and dialog are mostly silly, with the usual over the top drama, which can make for an added layer of involuntary comedy.

This movie is unintentionally funny with it's totally impossible stunts to what I assume are mix ups in language translation. Jason Isaacs was excellent, as usual.