a5c7b9f00b Volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleash a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas. With the old days of glamour long forgotten, Colton West, the once popular movie star and action hero from the 90s, is now reduced to acting in low-budget movies about horrific bugs. But when suddenly, a swarm of earthquakes hits Southern California, a string of unprecedented events, chaos and lava will give birth to a new breed of lava-breathing arachnids, forcing Colton to find his family before it&#39;s too late. Once more, this intrepid man of action will have to do what he knows best, armed only with a shotgun and the will to survive. However, what can a single man do against an endless army of monstrous Lavalantula&#39;s? Washed-up 1990s action film star Steve Guttenberg (as Colton West) is bound in a chair and beaten. He spits out a tooth and breaks free, but Mr. Guttenberg knocks over some set pieces. The director yells, &quot;Cut!&quot; It&#39;s only a movie In real life, Guttenberg is on the freeway going home when an earthquake strikes. Earthquakes are common occurrences in Los Angeles, but this one&#39;s different. It is accompanied by volcanic eruptions. Giant, fire-breathing spiders pop out of the earth. Soon, Los Angeles is crawling with spiders. Guttenberg uses his action movie acting skills to help his bosom-displaying wife Nia Peeples (as Olivia) and juvenile-acting son Noah Hunt (as Wyatt) defeat the &quot;Lavalantula&quot; menace…<br/><br/>This is essentially a re-make of G.E. Furst&#39;s &quot;Arachnoquake&quot; (2012), which followed in the tracks left most successfully by &quot;Them!&quot; (1954) and &quot;Arachnophobia&quot; (1990). But, getting back to &quot;Arachnoquake&quot; (2012) and &quot;Lavalantula&quot;. The plots are so similar, isn&#39;t it likely the two Syfy TV Movies were crafted by some of the same people? No, the movies have a completely different cast and crew. So, maybe it&#39;s this…<br/><br/>If you were doing a spider movie, where would they come from? The earth, of course,in earthquakes. They would be big, naturally. That&#39;s not enough of a scare, so let&#39;s have them breathe fire. Now, how do we get rid of them? How about having our action hero star go after the &quot;queen&quot; spider? There&#39;s your movie! So, it&#39;s logical the two separate teams came up with the same plot. The second team of writers and producers can claim they don&#39;t watch Syfy TV Movies and just came up with the same story. Probably not true, but it has the shadow of a doubt…<br/><br/>Those with their IMDb &quot;Reviews &amp; Ratings&quot; set on &quot;Prolific Authors&quot; may see reviewer Wes Connors state (again), &quot;Spiders don&#39;t have queens!&quot; and wonder why the producers, writers and director of &quot;Lavalantula&quot; did not know spiders are not insects. They don&#39;t have a &quot;queen&quot; (like ants). This was also true in &quot;Arachnoquake&quot; (2012), so it must be common ignorance. Syfy movies should not depend on science, should they? <br/><br/>**** Lavalantula (2015-07-25) Mike Mendez ~ Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Noah Hunt, Michael Winslow Yes. I gave the obligatory eye roll when I saw the title. Another disaster movie. Another low budget attempt to make a movie with meaning. A rubber stamp copy of a copy of a copy. I went into viewing this with low expectations, thinking I wouldn&#39;t get past the first 10 minutes. But I was wrong.<br/><br/>From the beginning, this movie showed it did not take itself too seriously. It parodied all movies of this genre with a tongue in cheek innocence that belied it&#39;s self effacing motive. It had me smiling from end to end.<br/><br/>The clichés came with regularity and predictability. It&#39;s kind of like sitting in a Rocky Horror Picture Show revival. You know the lines. You speak them out loud. You throw rice. It&#39;s great funlongyou accept you are part of the joke and it&#39;s OK to laugh.<br/><br/>Guttenberg and Peeples looked like they had so much fun with their roles. Their campy caricatures of people with greatness thrust upon them by adversity couldn&#39;t have been played (or overplayed, if you like) any better. And who could ever resist Michael Winslow?<br/><br/>This movie was a hoot. Take it for what it is….a very clever play on the genre.
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