Super Eruption. Film Review
SUPER ERUPTION
Marvista Entertainment / SyFy
Starring MyAnna Buring, Richard Burgi, Juliet Aubrey
Directed by Matt Codd
Rating: 12
Runtime: 89 mins
Reviewed by Guy Adams
Some studios or production companies bring an expectation with them. “Oh,†you say, “this is a Hammer movie?†Or “This is from Ealing Studios?†Or “A Merchant Ivory picture? I’ll set my lace buffers to maximum.†You have a good idea, going in, what sort of movie you’re going to get and whether or not you’re likely to enjoy it. The same will happen when I say who produced Super Eruption. “A SyFy Original Movie?†your face falls and you reach for the vodka, “I don’t have to watch it all, do I?â€
Is it as bad as all that? Well, no. This is a cut above the usual ‘Him From Gentle Ben Battles A Space Cod’ brain-spit. A slight cut.
It’s about a volcanic eruption in YellowstonePark. And a slightly weird time paradox subplot (which lifts it to be honest, and eradicates the pre-title sequence from reality which is fortunate as I wanted to do the same). It features Her From Primeval being an angst-ridden scientist and Him From Desperate Housewives being an extremely dependable piece of wood in a ranger’s uniform. There is lava. And a goodly quantity of smoke. There is also some acting.
It’s fine. After an opening twenty minutes when, like a taste air-lock, my sensibilities were shifted, the rest of the movie passed painlessly enough. It’s not good but it’s not impossible to watch. Am I damning this with ambivalence? Probably. There’s just a world of difference between an enjoyable bad movie and one that shuffles past you, shrugs, then keeps walking with a sigh. Super Eruption? Average Spurt.
