Karen D. (Tazabeau) from HANOVER, NH Reviewed on 3/29/2020...
I remember this movie as being so much more exciting. So after reading other reviews, I realize that this 109 minute copy is edited for who knows what reason. Maybe that's why its not as exciting as I thought. Not bad though, but the special fx are sorely lacking.
Movie Reviews
Good effects and cast in cheesy disaster fun
Greg K | 12/06/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Not one of Irwin Allen's best, but overall a fun time with a huge all-star cast trying to escape peril from an erupting volcano. Good to see it arrive on DVD at last, but the mystery is why Warner Home Video isn't releasing the expanded 2 1/2 hour version they previously released on VHS, and which was shown on network television. They used the expanded version of The Swarm both on DVD and the older laserdisc releases (which actually made that one a much better movie), so since they're doing this release as part of a Paul newman tribute series, why the shortchanging for this movie when they obviously have the longer version in their archives?"
Why NO EXPANDED EDITION on DVD Warner Bros????
promnight13 | 02/18/2009
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Very dissapointed in this release. Letterboxed presentation looks great but all previous VHS versions clocked in at 141 mins. The DVD is only 109 mins. A cars flying off a cliff, Alex Karras chasing around a rooster during an earthquake, more fireballs hitting near the hotel, and countless other scenes that made this disaster movie a extra campy disaster film are gone. What give Warner Home Video???"
Bad News Not the full version!!
Len D. Martin | houston,tx. | 02/18/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Sorry folks - This is not the 121 min. nor is it the 141 min. version
Warners has seen fit to release this in a 109 min. version - for what reason I do not know. SO Beware if yoy are looking for the most complete version"
Altogether, not bad entertainment!
Mr N Forbes-warren | Newport, South Wales, UK | 08/15/1999
(4 out of 5 stars)
"In spite of the panning from the critics, this is a disaster movie I still enjoy to this day. The story is of a volcano threatening a tropical island where a new hotel is being opened . . . not a new idea, but the source of the disaster and all the mayhem that unfolds is a good forerunner to superior movies such as VOLCANO and DANTE'S PEAK. There are good guys and there are bad guys, and there are old faces like Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons(THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE), Paul Newman(TOWERING INFERNO) and HILL STREET BLUES's Veronica Hamel(remember her?) starring, to name but a few. The action and special effects may appear a bit cheesy in places, but this film sure delivers two hours or so of good entertainment."
Glad but disappointed
Starlette B. Gwaltney | 04/30/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was happy that When Time Ran Out was put on DVD. I made a copy of it a thousand years ago when it came on TV, but I wanted to purchase a copy. The VHS version cost a lot of money and it is a used copy that I could purchase through Amazon. So when the DVD came out I purchased it. In viewing it, there were scenes that I recalled but did not see. In checking with Amazon, I discovered that the VHS has 142 minutes and the DVD has only 121 minutes. This was the part I was disappointed about not the movie itself. I still love the movie. I wish they recopy it and put back the scenes that were original on the VHS and TV version."