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  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary A young scientist (Hannah Quinlivan) invents a cutting-edge volcanic warning system and returns to the tropical island where her mother tragically died, hoping she can prevent future deaths. The island is now home to the world's only volcano theme park and resort, the brainchild of its reckless owner Jack (Jason Isaacs). Chaos soon erupt...

Directed By: Simon West

Written By: Wei Bu, Sidney King

  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Skyfire

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary A young scientist (Hannah Quinlivan) invents a cutting-edge volcanic warning system and returns to the tropical island where her mother tragically died, hoping she can prevent future deaths. The island is now home to the world's only volcano theme park and resort, the brainchild of its reckless owner Jack (Jason Isaacs). Chaos soon erupt...

Directed By: Simon West

Written By: Wei Bu, Sidney King

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
52
20% Positive
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60% Mixed
3 Reviews
20% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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60% Mixed
3 Reviews
20% Negative
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83
Feb 10, 2021
Director West makes excellent use of the film's set pieces, from runaway trams to spectacular underwater lava spills. Yes, Skyfire stretches believability to its breaking point. But with comic-book action so firmly planted in most every scene, any attempt at credibility would only be an unwelcome intrusion.
By Thom Ernst FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 13, 2021
This thrill-packed tale about an angry volcano wreaking havoc on thinly written characters at a luxury island resort plays like a souped-up and much better remake of Irwin Allen’s 1980 turkey “When Time Ran Out.”
By Richard Kuipers FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 14, 2021
The admirable efficiency of Skyfire means that you don't have to waste a lot of time sitting through endless exposition.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 14, 2021
Skyfire is not a very good movie, but it isn’t the kind of bad movie that I feel compelled to come down on too hard. It's dumb and cartoonish as can be and there's never a single moment in which you care at all about anything going on, not even when they drag in an endangered child in order to tug on the heartstrings.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 12, 2021
With no building of suspense, little connection with a lot of the thinly-scripted characters, and no volcano movie ever having much of a story to go with its effects, Skyfire still falls short of “Dante’s Peak” and “Volcano,” even if it is marginally better than “Miami Magma.”
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Meridian Entertainment, Base FX, China Film Co., Ltd., Gosdom Entertainment, Highland Film Group (HFG), Production Capital
Release Date Jan 12, 2021
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The mountain is waking up
Website https://volcanopark.jp/
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Awards

Sound Guild Awards,China
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Guangzhou Student Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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