DESTRUCTION LOS ANGELES is another B-grade disaster movie in which Los Angeles finds itself harassed by the double threat of both earthquake and volcano. It's typical stuff indeed, but what impresses most here is that there's a wealth of action and effects on the limited means, which makes a change from the norm. The FX aren't particularly great, but they're a real step up from what you see in an Asylum film. The main inspiration seems to be VOLCANO, which is of course the (much) better movie, but as things go this is an amiable time-passer.

After 15 minutes you just hope that all characters die in the disaster.

Well, truth be told then I had very little expectations to "Destruction Los Angeles". So why watch it, you might ask. Well, because it is a natural disaster movie and I have something for those movies. There is just something primordial in the forces of nature, and I do enjoy watching movies where nature runs rampart and wrecks destruction on our world.

However, "Destruction Los Angeles" turned out to be a rather weak movie in the genre, and it didn't take more than maybe 20-30 minutes before my attention started shifting from the screen to my mobile phone.

The characters in the movie were just flaccid and one-dimensional. It was somewhat of a nice surprise to see Craig Sheffer in the movie. I actually don't remember seeing him since "Night Breed".

Disaster movies are bound to have proper special effects and CGI in order to be convincing. Yup, that wasn't the case for "Destruction Los Angeles". No, the special effects and CGI in the movie were mediocre at best. At least they tried, but it just wasn't convincing. And that was a horrible blow to the movie.

If you enjoy natural disaster movies, then you might want to give "Destruction Los Angeles" a wide berth.