Miami Magma – ABC Film Challenge – Thriller – M – Miami Magma – Movie Review
Director: Todor Chapkanov
Writer: Declan O’Brien (Screenplay)
Cast
- Rachel Hunter (The Benchwarmers)
- Brad Dourif (Child’s Play)
- Cleavant Derricks (Sliders)
- Melissa Ordway (17 Again)
- Griff Furst (Focus)
Plot: Follows prodigy vulcanologist Antoinette Vitrini and her sister Emily as they attempt to blow the whistle on an illegal oil drilling scheme before it sets off the eruption of a super-volcano directly beneath Miami.
Runtime: 1 Hour 27 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Miami Magma starts when an oil rig mysteriously sinks into the ocean. Meanwhile, vulcanologist Antoinette Vitrini (Hunter) has been studying the local area with her students, including her sister Emily (Ordway). Elsewhere, Jacob Capilla (Dourif) is trying to deal with the problem and keep his company out of the negative press.
With both sides conducting their own research, disaster strikes and a dormant volcano erupts off the coast of Miami. Now Antoinette must lead an operation with the military to solve the problem before it destroys the whole city.
Verdict on Miami Magma
Miami Magma is a sci-fi thriller following an unexpected volcano eruption off the coast of Miami. What follows is a race against time to stop the disaster from turning into a catastrophe.
This does fall into everything you expect to see in a disaster movie. It has a couple of well-designed set pieces of destruction returning to when the SyFy movies we more watchable in the disaster era. However, it ends up feeling more like a knockoff of Volcano in Miami instead of an original movie. This is extremely watchable and disaster movie fans could have a good time with it.
Final Thoughts – Miami Magma is a simple fun disaster movie.
