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Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006) poster

2006 · action · sci-fi · disaster

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York

Directed by Robert Lee2h 0m2006

Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!

Our read: Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · sci-fi · disaster entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Sombre, breathless, measured action / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb3.31k
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • cold
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DNA · twelve axes

How Disaster Zone feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a silly fun disaster movie with lava threatening all of Manhattan.”

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 10attention 2/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You want realistic science or high-quality effects in disaster films.

If Disaster Zone is your film
Volcano (1997)
lava disaster threatening a major city
(LA setting and slightly older)
Dante's Peak (1997)
volcano disaster thriller with peril
(mountain town not urban)
The Core (2003)
wild science saving the planet
(even more ridiculous premise)
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