i think i was annoying everyone around me in the theater by how much i was laughing at this movie. The absurdity and cheesiness of it all was just too funny. This is not a good movie, but it at least is a fun movie. Dont go see this in theaters, instead watch it on DVD and make a night out of watching this. Enjoy every corny moment. I eagerly await CinemaSins reviewing this movie.
The special effects are top notch. They really did an incredible job with the visuals. The story, dialogue, and close-calls were way cheesier than it had to be. This wasn't camp but they certainly didn't mind being ridiculous. The death toll in this movie is absolutely insane. It feels almost immoral watching this many people die as entertainment.
So the top rescuer of LAFD spends the entire movie running around to save his ex wife and daughter and not assisting in rescue efforts. Was he not sent to Vegas first?
The story made no sense. The visuals were awesome.
Big, dumb, and blah, but honestly that's what you'd expect here. The visuals and CGI is impressive but I still found it rather familiar material. 2012 is really the go-to movie for CGI destruction and though it isn't a masterpiece it clearly outshines this movie in every way. Don't try to take it seriously on any level otherwise you'll end up laughing and miss the film. The dialogue was especially cringe worthy at some points.
The Rock is a search and rescue helicopter pilot trying to find and rescue his family when California suffers a series of record-breaking earthquakes in San Andreas, a very competent destruction porn actioner by Brad Peyton, who would follow up with Rampage (which I feel was more directly aimed at ME). Ray Gaines (Johnson) really puts the lie to his early comment that he just "goes where they send [him] by focusing only on his ex-wife and daughter, but that's the trope - family reconnects through surviving disaster movie. And while Gaines can do anything in a vehicle (he's not fussy), a good chunk of the movie is given over to Alexandra Daddario as the daughter Blake who, as daddy's little girl, knows all the survival tricks and helps a couple of hapless boys get through it. (Don't know if I believe she's the Rock's kid, but she certainly could share some genetic material with mom Carla Gugino (yes, please). Paul Giamatti is out there as a seismologist who predicts the quakes, but never interacts with the heroes (interesting subversion of the trope, I don't mind it). This is a movie with wildly unbelievable coincidences, but it's fine because the action scenes and relentless calamities mean this is to be enjoyed on a roller coaster level. Are we sure this isn't happening in the Fast and Furious verse?
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nbaknowledge
Great movie if you hate movies.nowhereman136
i think i was annoying everyone around me in the theater by how much i was laughing at this movie. The absurdity and cheesiness of it all was just too funny. This is not a good movie, but it at least is a fun movie. Dont go see this in theaters, instead watch it on DVD and make a night out of watching this. Enjoy every corny moment. I eagerly await CinemaSins reviewing this movie.5/10
shawbin
The special effects are top notch. They really did an incredible job with the visuals. The story, dialogue, and close-calls were way cheesier than it had to be. This wasn't camp but they certainly didn't mind being ridiculous. The death toll in this movie is absolutely insane. It feels almost immoral watching this many people die as entertainment.jseingaldt
So the top rescuer of LAFD spends the entire movie running around to save his ex wife and daughter and not assisting in rescue efforts. Was he not sent to Vegas first?The story made no sense. The visuals were awesome.
jlfitz
Suggest watching with a friend. Been a long time since we laughed that hard.Cynicus Rex
This movie is about busty Blake and her entourage Ben and Ollie's struggle to avoid staring at her cleavage.Also, props to the CGI artists: they managed to remove all the fat people in the USA.
DisneyStitch
Big, dumb, and blah, but honestly that's what you'd expect here. The visuals and CGI is impressive but I still found it rather familiar material. 2012 is really the go-to movie for CGI destruction and though it isn't a masterpiece it clearly outshines this movie in every way. Don't try to take it seriously on any level otherwise you'll end up laughing and miss the film. The dialogue was especially cringe worthy at some points.Malena
very predictable...........excellent special effects! overall boring..........stellaslove
It's exactly what you expect. So if you like disaster movies like 2012, The Day after Tomorrow etc, then this will not disappoint.skjeggen
If you like seeing thousands of people being murdered by nature this is the film for you!Siskoid
The Rock is a search and rescue helicopter pilot trying to find and rescue his family when California suffers a series of record-breaking earthquakes in San Andreas, a very competent destruction porn actioner by Brad Peyton, who would follow up with Rampage (which I feel was more directly aimed at ME). Ray Gaines (Johnson) really puts the lie to his early comment that he just "goes where they send [him] by focusing only on his ex-wife and daughter, but that's the trope - family reconnects through surviving disaster movie. And while Gaines can do anything in a vehicle (he's not fussy), a good chunk of the movie is given over to Alexandra Daddario as the daughter Blake who, as daddy's little girl, knows all the survival tricks and helps a couple of hapless boys get through it. (Don't know if I believe she's the Rock's kid, but she certainly could share some genetic material with mom Carla Gugino (yes, please). Paul Giamatti is out there as a seismologist who predicts the quakes, but never interacts with the heroes (interesting subversion of the trope, I don't mind it). This is a movie with wildly unbelievable coincidences, but it's fine because the action scenes and relentless calamities mean this is to be enjoyed on a roller coaster level. Are we sure this isn't happening in the Fast and Furious verse?Pauljt1980
Best way to avoid a tsunami is to head straight over it in a small motorboat?really.......Piratsvin
2012 remake ?BLJNBrouwer
"It's been a while since I got you to second base".Whoopsies!
popfactor
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