Top billed cast

1. 

   Matthew McConaughey

   Kevin McKay

2. 

   America Ferrera

   Mary Ludwig

3. 

   Yul Vazquez

   Chief Martinez

4. 

   Ashlie Atkinson

   Ruby Bishop

5. 

   Kimberli Flores

   Linda

6. 

   Levi McConaughey

   Shaun

7. 

   Kay McConaughey

   Sherry

8. 

   John Messina

   John Messina

9. 

   Kate Wharton

   Jen Kissoon

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-10-15

Ok, so there’s no volcano, but otherwise this is a pretty straightforward hybrid of “Dante’s Peak” (1997) and “Speed” (1994) only here it is Matthew McConaughey who’s driving the bus. Of course, we have the usual dysfunctional family background for the recently divorced and struggling “Kevin” as he tries to reconcile with his disinterested son “Shaun” (his own real life son Levi) who has come to stay with him and his wheelchair-bound mother (his own real life mother Kay). He has been doing his school run when he espies plumes of smoke coming from the hillside above their ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$90,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• california
• based on novel or book
• based on true story
• struggle for survival
• single father
• school bus
• schoolteacher
• 2010s
• firemen
• children in danger
• harrowing