such be the question occur to me a i struggle through yet another disastrously ridiculous scifi channel disaster movie . do they intend for their homegrown movie to be so cheap and so silly and so patently obvious in what pass for plot . i have watch half a dozen of these scifi channel world premiere event movie in the past year and each be uniquely and achingly bad in it own right . disaster zone represent volcano in new york and however and bring bad into a new light . every hackneyed device of disaster movie development be employ to predictable and hackneyed affect represent the hero and a burly tunnel digger and lead his crew of rough but capable misfit ( local 147 sand hog ) in a daring race against the volcano to save new york city from certain incineration by lava . along the way and he encounter his bitter ex wife and a usgs phd who and apparently and be woefully unfamiliar with the indication of volcanic activity and must be convince by mr. sand hog that what have be happen across the city be not actually terrorism . throw in some incompetent dhs and fbi investigator while an incredulous mayor and his scheming and corrupt deputy while a female sand hog whose daddy be a legend among sand hog while a foreman who be overly safety conscious and except when he not while and the unfortunate but gruesome death of several support color character and you have get your standard disaster movie fare and all dress up with nowhere to go except straight down the tube . a seem to be the new standard and the volcano be not itself the enemy and typically the case in classic disaster movie while no and the volcano be the unfortunate result spawn by a greedy ( read represent evil ) scientist of the mad persuasion who have drill a 7 mile deep hole beneath manhattan into the earth melt core so a to capture the thermal energy and make bazillions of dollar . really . greedy and evil scientist guy have be able to pull this off with the help of the deputy mayor and who have grease palm all over the city in order to keep the drilling secret until such time a the thermal energy could be capture and the result power plant use to open franchise the world over . oh and and make greedy and evil scientist guy and deputy mayor filthy and stink rich . once mr. sand hog have convince dr. usgs that there really be a volcano develop beneath manhattan and it be up to local 147 to stop it . of course . with just 5 guy and two of whom die in the process . c amon and you know how this go represent the greedy and evil scientist guy dy and the safety waffle foreman dy and the homeless guy dy and the black guy dy and the hispanic pyromaniac dy in a column of lava and the female sand hog survives and mr. sand hog and dr. usgs get back together and suck face a the credit roll . in the 50 and 60 and we be subject to horror movie populate with monster create from nuclear test . in the 70 and disaster movie become an art form and with man struggle often in futility against the ravage of nature represent no way do george kennedy try to stop that 1975 earthquake and but he sure manage the aftermath really and really well . we would see disaster a the result of man folly think the towering inferno for example but also a the quirky act of nature they be . there be no moral imperative in an avalanche represent the best one could be accuse of be get what come to them for be in the wrong place and against instruction . in these modern disaster movie and we be treat to scenario in which garden variety pest ( bee and bat and locust and the like ) become monster create out of genetic engineering or toxic waste dumping and or the very planet itself rebel against it victimization at the hand of mankind and specifically and greedy evil scientist guy and their investor . that the department of homeland security play so prominently in this story be and i think and indicative of the scare level living just below the surface of the american consciousness . perhaps we can console ourselves with think that we can have some control over terrorism when face with the tower reality of volcanic activity . how much more helpless can a person be than in the face of a volcano . instead and a the fbi and dhs chase their tail around look for bogeyman terrorist and science and tunnel worker overtake and control nature . one wonder if the scifi channel folk intend for this to be the moral of the story represent terrorist and we can not catch em but and boy howdy and we can put a hurt on a natural disaster . one doubt that such a lesson be the purpose here and a it seem very little in this tv movie be plan out that well . the clichés be work overtime and the special effect aren not and and you and your sweetie can project the plot line almost to a certainty . there be no surprise in disaster zone represent volcano in new york and except perhaps your own surprise at your willingness to waste two hour of your life on such dreck . not a bad way to snozzle away two hour on a bitterly cold saturday night and but those be two hour of your life you will never get back . if you must watch this movie and invite some friend over and make it a party .