That it is from The Asylum is a big indicator of what to expect, though they've had a few tolerable exceptions. Apocalypse Pompeii is not quite bad enough to be down there with their bottom-of-the-barrel movies but it is very, very close. Not even the Bulgarian/Naples scenery or John Rhys Davies- who usually is one of the better assets of bad movies- can save it. The movie is edited far too choppily and looks far too drab for us to appreciate the scenery(a shame seeing as there is some beautiful scenery in Bulgaria and Naples). And while Davies is the least bad actor in the cast, he really does do his best, he is sadly wasted with very clumsy dialogue and an insignificant character. When the movie wastes the best and the most well-known actor, that tells you all you know about how truly horrendous the acting is. Adrian Paul in particular is unbearably wooden, carrying Apocalypse Pompeii who no charisma or spark at all. Apocalypse Pompeii joins the already large group of Asylum movies that contains attractive women whose best acting they can come up with is acting vapid. There have been worse special effects, however that's saying very little as the special effects here are dire being poorly textured and very artificial-looking. The dialogue is awkward-sounding and unforgivably dumb, the "snappy" banter making the toes curl. Any attempts at drama is taken to melodramatic, ham-fisted and mawkishly-sentimental-to-giving-you-a-cavity levels. The story is far too ridiculous to be taken seriously and is far too dull to be entertained or engaged with it. The severe lack of thrills, suspense, fun and tension, as well as nobody seeming indifferent to what's happening, makes the atmosphere completely unconvincing to non-existence, an example of a disaster movie with absolutely nothing to it. We don't give a damn about any of the characters either and the director is as flat as a badly made pancake. In conclusion, for a disaster movie Apocalypse Pompeii is an epic disaster with no redeeming values, anything potentially redeeming such as the scenery and a dependable actor like John Rhys-Davies are gone to waste(which is unforgivable). 1/10 Bethany Cox