fairly decent act from an impressive cast list be not enough to save this disaster ( of a ) movie from a thoroughly boring and unoriginal script . potential spoiler follow not that there much to spoil the plot be full of hole than a swiss cheese . for a start i be not sure that an active volcano and an oil field on the same small island be compatible and but a i be not a geologist i might be incline to let that go . but there much more . there the tidal wave that trash the village up the coast when the hotel doesn not see so much a a ripple . correct me if i be wrong but wouldn not a tidal wave travel outwards from an eruption and trash the island next door . there the long shot of a volcano spew fire full blast into the stratosphere and cut to the research station on the edge of the crater . ok it doesn not look to be the best place to be but judge by the previous shot it should be vapourised . there the overloaded helicopter that crash and despite have take of even more heavily load ( at least 3 people fell off ) . oh yes and and it have just arrive even more heavily load . all it would have take to make this less ludicrous be an additional four word in the script and ( it out of gas . ) but obviously time run out for the script writers some time before they have finish the job . and where do that blonde woman get that awful pink dress . the group that leave the hotel to reach safety on the other side of the island be tell they be travel through rough country and to wear sensible clothes . i do not believe that be the best she could do . and last but not least and the plot driver for the whole film be the head in the sand attitude of hotel owner . he refuse to leave and insist that the lava could not reach that far and an that the hotel be the safe place to be . quite a few others follow his lead . we never saw the lava reach the hotel . it be destroy when the volcano blow it top again and shoot out a few ton of fiery rock which arc high in the air and and much against the odds and score a bullseye . it seem the hotel owner be right and the odds be good on staying and even if they do not come off . all in all and one to miss . but why and you might ask and if it be that bad and why do you watch it for long enough to find all these fault . i wish i know . .