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1997. A time when Tommy Lee Jones could headline a major studio action movie and Los Angeles was still reeling from the Rodney King riots and O.J. Simpson trial. A year when Hollywood gave us two volcano-centric disaster movies, but only one that cut right to the chase and called itself... "Volcano".
For the fourth installment in our Rotten Apocalypse series, we're looking back at a pair of Golden State doomsdayers that explore two very different divorced dads and their quests to save (or not save) their teenage daughters. First up, it's the aforementioned "Volcano" starring Tommy Lee Jones as a city employee who cares more about being a hero than keeping his daughter (a young Gaby Hoffmann) safe from the volcano that has erupted right in the heart of the city. After that, we're heading to the not-so-distant past of 2015 for the ultimate Divorced Guy fantasy, "San Andreas", starring The Rock as a former marine who uses his work-issued helicopter to rescue his stacked ex-wife and daughter from the largest earthquake in California history.
Get ready for a very L.A.-centric episode of Rotten Apocalypse as we touch on the long history of L.A.'s failed public transportation system, the absolute destruction of San Francisco, the soulless movie stardom of The Rock, and a truly bizarre homage to "Odds Against Tomorrow". Is "Volcano" an unexpected homage to 90s L.A. and working class solidarity? Why is Kylie Minogue in "San Andreas" for a total of 2 minutes? Is Don Cheadle one of our most deeply underappreciated actors? Did you know Forest Whitaker directed one of the two "First Daughter" themed movies in the early 2000s? Is there a shittier mall in Los Angeles than the Beverly Center? There's only one place to find out.
"Volcano" is available to rent wherever you rent movies. "San Andreas" is streaming on HBOMax.
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1997. A time when Tommy Lee Jones could headline a major studio action movie and Los Angeles was still reeling from the Rodney King riots and O.J. Simpson trial. A year when Hollywood gave us two volcano-centric disaster movies, but only one that cut right to the chase and called itself... "Volcano".
For the fourth installment in our Rotten Apocalypse series, we're looking back at a pair of Golden State doomsdayers that explore two very different divorced dads and their quests to save (or not save) their teenage daughters. First up, it's the aforementioned "Volcano" starring Tommy Lee Jones as a city employee who cares more about being a hero than keeping his daughter (a young Gaby Hoffmann) safe from the volcano that has erupted right in the heart of the city. After that, we're heading to the not-so-distant past of 2015 for the ultimate Divorced Guy fantasy, "San Andreas", starring The Rock as a former marine who uses his work-issued helicopter to rescue his stacked ex-wife and daughter from the largest earthquake in California history.
Get ready for a very L.A.-centric episode of Rotten Apocalypse as we touch on the long history of L.A.'s failed public transportation system, the absolute destruction of San Francisco, the soulless movie stardom of The Rock, and a truly bizarre homage to "Odds Against Tomorrow". Is "Volcano" an unexpected homage to 90s L.A. and working class solidarity? Why is Kylie Minogue in "San Andreas" for a total of 2 minutes? Is Don Cheadle one of our most deeply underappreciated actors? Did you know Forest Whitaker directed one of the two "First Daughter" themed movies in the early 2000s? Is there a shittier mall in Los Angeles than the Beverly Center? There's only one place to find out.
"Volcano" is available to rent wherever you rent movies. "San Andreas" is streaming on HBOMax.