Michael Ledo This film is a mock buster that has nothing to do with another film recently released that has "Pompeii" in its title. Asylum did something similar with the "Three Musketeers" a few years back, making a movie with a similar name, but in a different time period.This film follows the same identical plot as all of Asylum disaster films. Family separates. Disaster strikes. Super Dad (Adrian Paul) rescues family. In this film the teen daughter (Georgina Beedle) turns into Bill Nye the science guy to save everyone from a volcano. The acting was Asylum grade.The film answers the question: If 100 monkeys were placed at 100 type writers, could they eventually come up with an Asylum script?The film is overly CG. The early question I have was why did the opening scene contain a view of Rio and then have volcanoes go off somewhere else? The cross at Rio is the most recognized landmark in the world. Then we have John Rhys-Davies as Colonel Dillard, except he is now Carlos Dillard as opposed to Colonel Ralph Dillard from "100 Degrees Below Zero" when Europe was destroyed. Who would notice? cheese film. Not as cheesy as "100 Degrees Below Zero" but it tries.Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.

brookswieszczek Despite negative press, the film isn't a total disaster. This direct-to-video disaster film was released by the notoriously cheesy independent film group The Asylum on home video on February 18, 2014. The unrated film follows a Special Ops Commando on a trip in Pompeii who attempts to rescue his wife, his daughter, and a group of other people after the infamous Mount Vesuvius erupts once more, trapping them inside the ruins of Pompeii. The film stars Adrian Paul, Jhey Castles, and Georgina Beedle as the aforementioned family, who attempt to reunite with one another in the midst of all of the chaos. Also starring is John Rhys-Davies reprising his role from previous Asylum picture 100 Degrees Below Zero as Colonel Dillard, and, frankly, he's the best performer here by a long shot. The rest of the struggling group are rounded out by Dylan Vox, and Dan Cade among others. The 88-minute long film is stretched out just enough to reach a feature-length running time, making it feel like an episode of MacGyver, only with cheesy effects as a result. Now, I really don't have a lot to say about the movie. It's your typical movie by The Asylum with bad effects, alright acting, and stretched out pacing. But then again, this is why we watch these films: for ironic enjoyment. Honestly though, the film isn't as bad as some of The Asylum's disaster films such as Airplane vs. Volcano. Instead, it's just your typical, comfortably paced low-budget movie, acting well in a "watching a movie while you fall asleep" situation. Despite the fact that the movie is one of The Asylum's better films, it's still exactly what you expect: A short direct-to-video film with cheesy effects. But the movie is still not all bad. I thought the film was just Meh...

panther_husky First of all, more thought into the research of Pompeii was needed and any person who has visited Pompeii and know what it looks like can understand that the film gave us some false images. (Now, I am not sure if the movie was filmed in Bulgaria or Canada. Maybe both)Secondly, the special effects were so unrealistic which at times made me sit back and laugh when something quite dramatic was happening. I understand the when it comes to low budget movies, one will never get realistic effects, but these effects were terrible. You can't just look past them!Finally, as much as I like Adrian Paul who trained to build his body up for this movie, what on earth was he doing taking on this role? Are Hollywood actors really finding it hard getting work? Well, in summary the whole movie was a disaster and even Mr Pierce seemed fake in the film. Georgina Beedle was the best out of the lot though at times you could tell the lines were rehearsed. The rest of the actors either need more acting classes or the director just couldn't lead them into a proper role.Yes, everyone is a critic but unfortunately I was embarrassed watching this film and having studied Pompeii as an Anthropologist, I just shook my head in disappointment.

chuck-231 Seriously. If you set out to make the worst movie ever you could not do a better job than this. Even the workman-like acting and confusing accent of Adrian Paul, the commanding presence of John Rhys-Davies and the awesome bust of the lovely Georgina Beedle could not save this travesty of a movie. Truly one of the most appalling things ever committed to film. There are so many things wrong with it that it boggles the mind. It makes a Troma film seem positively Shakespearean. Where to start? The writing is probably the worst part of this, the story horrible, the "science" idiotic and the dialogue just plain stupid,followed by the wretched "sets." No doubt hundreds of dollars were spent on sets and special effects. I honestly felt embarrassed for the producers of this travesty, it was so bad. Stay away.