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Ring of Fire

2012 · 1 season

A tense, earnest disaster drama that mixes small-town crisis with looming global catastrophe, asking for steady attention.

Created by
Paul Shapiro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michael Vartan, Lauren Lee Smith, Terry O'Quinn
Overview
When an oil rig causes an eruption in a small town, it's just the first in a series that could affect the dangerous Ring of Fire that contains most of the world's volcanoes. If these cataclysmic eruptions cannot be stopped, the Earth could be headed for an extinction level event.

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Created by
Paul Shapiro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michael Vartan, Lauren Lee Smith, Terry O'Quinn
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • environment
  • power
  • family
  • politics
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Paul Shapiro
Written by
Michael Vickerman
Starring
Michael Vartan, Lauren Lee Smith, Terry O'Quinn, Ian Tracey, Agam Darshi, Brian Markinson, Brendan Fletcher, Adam Greydon Reid
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes, 88 min each
Network
Reelz
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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