Dante's Peak (1997)

	Directed by: Roger Donaldson	COUNTRY USA GENRE Disaster NORWEGIAN TITLE Dante's Peak RUNNING TIME 109 minutes
	Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd Joseph Singer
	Written by: Leslie Bohem

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Harry Dalton	Pierce Brosnan
Rachel Wando	Linda Hamilton
Paul Dreyfus	Charles Hallahan	½
Lauren Wando	Jamie Renée Smith
Graham Wando	Jeremy Foley
Greg	Grant Heslov
Stan	Tzi Ma

Review

Utterly formulaic, full of exaggerations and implausible events, and with mostly stereotypical characters. Still, Dante's Peak is head and shoulders superior to its counterpart, Volcano. Compared to Mick Jackson's film, this is Schindler's List. Director Roger Donaldson actually shows interest in the technical aspects of the disaster, and the film never runs out of thematic interest. Brosnan and Hamilton initially seem like an odd couple, but Hamilton's performance justifies their relationship, and the drama improves as the film progresses. Like the better films in this genre, Dante's Peak is both suspenseful and sentimental till kingdom come.