unbrokenmetal The hero of the story, played by Adrian Paul, steals a helicopter to try and rescue his wife and daughter from an eruption of the famous volcano Vesuvius. They were visiting Pompeii and happen to be volcano experts, so they always know what's coming next: the heatwave, the toxic gas... But they have to hide in the cellar of a museum to wait for a team of mercenaries, who were coincidentally on stand-by when dad needed them. The helicopter crashes, and then they have to look for another way out...The movie was mainly shot in Bulgaria, with a few location shots from Naples added. Many scenes of the movie take place in cellars where people find shelter, and that is quite clever because it gives the audience some time to get to know the characters, and the makers of the movie didn't have to rely too much on special effects which could only be poor in a low budget flick, anyway. Still the movie left me slightly disappointed due to the very simple story. The location of Pompeii begs for historical references, and also one or two surprising turns would have been nice.

daquinofamily I like Adrian Paul so I suffered through this. The worst acting and special effects I have ever seen. So disappointed. The acting was so wooden and dialogue so cheesy it needed a barrel of wine to go with it. Maybe the barrel of wine would dull the pain. I am wondering how Adrian Paul and John Rhys-Davies lent their names to such an obviously subgrade project. Especially Rhys-Davies who has been in some really big blockbuster movies. What exactly is that thought process? The base material is not so bad it's a good idea, but it needed to be executed in a different manner. There were lots of holes and contradictions scientifically as well. I often wonder what actors are thinking before they take on any given project. For this one, the main motivation had to be money because I can't see any of them thinking this was a good project after a script was submitted to them.

chuck-231 Seriously. If you set out to make the worst movie ever you could not do a better job than this. Even the workman-like acting and confusing accent of Adrian Paul, the commanding presence of John Rhys-Davies and the awesome bust of the lovely Georgina Beedle could not save this travesty of a movie. Truly one of the most appalling things ever committed to film. There are so many things wrong with it that it boggles the mind. It makes a Troma film seem positively Shakespearean. Where to start? The writing is probably the worst part of this, the story horrible, the "science" idiotic and the dialogue just plain stupid,followed by the wretched "sets." No doubt hundreds of dollars were spent on sets and special effects. I honestly felt embarrassed for the producers of this travesty, it was so bad. Stay away.

wnourallah Oh My God I have seen some bad films in my 65 years of life, but this has to be the worst I have ever encountered. The acting was so wooden and the dialogue is brain damaging indeed. It is like been written by a ten year old kid and then directed by his ten year old friend. Why oh why spend money on making such crap I will never know. It feels like the two ten year olds woke up one morning and said let's make a disaster movie. No joke folks. The directors name is now embedded in my mind and I will for a while avoid anything directed by him. I feel like grabbing the writers, directors and producer by the neck and shaking them. Please please please do not bother with this crap. I actually forced myself to watch the first 25 minutes thinking that it cannot get any worse and it has to improve. Guess what? It got steadily worse until my brain screamed at me to stop watching.