San Andreas has a few faults
ACCiDEnT- PronE San francisco, so recently destroyed by primordial monsters in godzilla, again finds itself at the epicentre of a major disaster, as a series of earthquakes, each bigger than the last, follow the path of the San Andreas fault.
Destruction ensues on such a scale that not even heroic helicopter pilot Dwayne ‘ The rock’ Johnson can withstand it, nor brilliant, whispering seismologist Paul giamatti quite comprehend it.
And we know it’s really, really serious when it hits California’s ritziest hotels, restaurants and rooftop swimming pools. The way of escaping this particular earthquake is to be poor. it doesn’t seem to strike below the breadline.
Johnson plays ray, a Los Angeles search- and- rescue chopper pilot still wrestling with a personal tragedy, the death of one of his daughters in a drown- ing accident. When the tectonic plates begin to dance, he must find his surviving daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who has hooked up with fresh-faced British engineer Ben (Hugo JohnstoneBurt) and his chirpy little brother ollie (Art Parkinson).
from then on, with occasional cuts to giamatti’s character, Lawrence, whispering ever more urgently, it’s mainly about computer-generated effects.
And in fairness, they are pretty spectacular. it might be a groundbreaking movie only in the literal sense, but director Brad Peyton, who had a hit three years ago with Journey 2: The Mysterious island, does a grand job with his $100 million budget.
The characters — including ioan gruffudd, playing a slimy propetry developer — might be a trifle two-dimensional, but San francisco has never collapsed so convincingly.