This disaster film about a dormant volcano threatening to erupt is not just about adventure. It's about public ethics, family conflict and adults and children seeking love.

Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan), a volcanologist, lost his previous love to a volcano. He comes to a small town to check out the local volcano and he and Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), the divorced mayor, find themselves in a battle to convince the rest of the town council and Harry's own colleagues that evacuating people to save lives is more important than securing an 18 million dollar investment.

In the course of the film the mayor's children try to rescue their grandmother from the oncoming lava, the mayor tries to rescue them and Harry tries to rescue everyone.

The cynic may find the grand finale a little unbelievable, including the warm and fuzzy promise of a happy new blended family on the horizon. But, hey, what's wrong with happy endings? Not every film has to be Bergman.

This is your family's chance to have some fun and excitement watching spunky kids and two adults with a cause braving the danger of a blazing volcano, and demonstrating (and developing) a great deal of love for each other in the process.

Incredible special effects.