Platypuschow Yet another volcano disaster film and made by the Syfy channel?! Never really stood a chance did it?Thing is this is slightly tweaked. What do you get when you cross a volcano movie with Frequency (2000)? You get Super Eruption which isn't as bad as you'd think.It tells the story of an eruption occurring underneath Yellowstone park and the usual attempts at stopping it through pseudo science.Super Eruption however has a scifi twist to it which both makes it more interesting and considerably less credible. The concept makes you think but it's 100% guaranteed to cause a migraine or two.The decent cast keep the movie from falling into mediocrity, and though it is just another scyfy original it's certainly watchable.The Good:Cast do a good jobSome interesting ideasThe Bad:Poor sfxUsual levels of baffling stupidityThings I Learnt From This Movie:Would Yellowstone erupting actual cause the end of the world? Let's not find out

rgblakey Over the years for some reason disaster movies have found a fan base like you wouldn't believe. Most of them are a bit cheesy and make little to no sense, but still manage to attract stars as well as fans. The latest Super Eruption stars Richard Burgi with a title that pretty much speaks for itself, but does it explode with enough force to please the hardcore fans of this genre? Super Eruption follows two Yellowstone Rangers that are forced to fight to save the day against a super volcano that erupts after thousands of years of being dormant. As with most of these movies the story is a mix of possibility and the absurd in hopes to create an edge of your seat disaster flick, but fails to ever really step out of average. The story throws way too much in too fast that it felt like it was rushing to get to the eruption aspect and then never really delivers anything. The effects are pretty cheap and looked like something off the SyFy channel, but minus the cheesy fun. Bergi is always great and does a fine job here with what he is working with, but the rest of the cast are average at best. As mentioned previously the effects should have been the showcase to make a movie like this work, but they didn't offer too many of the fun moments you expect and when they did it just didn't seem like they really pushed it for that great effect.Obviously there isn't a great expectation of this film being a major blockbuster and is geared towards a specific audience, but those people look for a certain type of cheese and fun which this film lacks. There are sure to be those that love it and cannot wait to add it to their collection, but if you don't normally check these kinds of films out you will most likely be disappointed.

marqus32 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.

manjodude Well, well, well! I feel a bit bad for all the actors in Super Eruption. They all seemed sincere and really good in their roles especially Richard Burgi as the forest ranger Charles Young and Juliet Aubrey as volcano expert Kate. But...the average visual effects and overall negative opinions on the movie making ensures low viewership for this movie, and thereby low publicity for these actors.The effects and the shaky, shaky story are the downfall or I could say, erupted all chances for Super Eruption to succeed commercially :p In many places, the visuals looked fake. Must be a budget issue. I still don't understand why producers take the risk of adding special effects to many scenes if they can't make them realistic or at least very close to it. It's a recipe for disaster as the viewers will quickly lose interest. Let the effects be minimal and create more engaging drama or suspense among the characters.Amidst all the volcano panic, we've our major characters even interacting with people from the future! That looked extreme but I wouldn't mind if this was a highly-funded movie and things could have been made more convincing. But when you've only a "family" budget(sorry), they could have gone easy with the story. That "futuristic" interaction left a mess and made me really confused.And pray, what was actor MyAnna Buring(as Claire) doing here and why?! After being in major roles like that in the amazing chill flick, The Descent? Verdict: Stay far from the sloppy eruption!