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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Original-CinThom ErnstOriginal-CinThom ErnstDirector 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.
- 60VarietyRichard KuipersVarietyRichard KuipersThis 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.”
- 50RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiSkyfire 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.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe admirable efficiency of Skyfire means that you don't have to waste a lot of time sitting through endless exposition.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWith 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.”