The screenplay pretty much throws everything into the mix and just hopes any of it sticks. The relationship issues between Johnson and Gugino are quite stupid and of course there's a side story dealing with him not being able to save a daughter that died. The story itself is quite stupid as we get all sorts of predictable scenes but I can't really blame the film for this as the entire disaster genre had silly melodrama going on. There are countless buildings that fall and the aftermath of the quake looks extremely realistic. This includes the actual earthquake footage as well as all the destruction around the state. There's a massive amount of destruction throughout this film and I must admit that the effects make you feel that everything you're watching is real. I'm usually not a fan of CGI because more times than not it just looks fake and takes away from the story but we're reaching a point in technology where it's really hard to see the effect, which is just great. I really can't believe I'm saying this but the special effects are certainly the highlight of the picture. With that said, one really shouldn't go into this movie expecting anything other than a popcorn movie meant to keep you entertained and this film certainly does that as it's a pretty good throwback to the Irwin Allen disaster pictures like EARTHQUAKE, THE TOWERING INFERNO and THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. I mean, things happen here that are without question quite stupid and that includes a really dumb love story and the logic of some of the scenes are downright laughable. SAN ANDREAS is without question one of the dumbest movies that you're going to see in the year 2015 or perhaps any other year. While people are trying to dig themselves out of the damage, a seismologist (Paul Giamatti) warns people that the big one hasn't yet happened. San Andreas (2015) *** (out of 4) After a massive earthquake strikes California, a father (Dwayne Johnson) must struggle to try and rescue his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) and his daughter (Alexandra Daddario) who finds herself somewhere in San Fransisco. Title (Brazil): "Terremoto: A Falha de San Andreas"("Earthquake: The San Andreas Fault") In the end, love is beautiful! My vote is six. There is a tsunami and Ray drives the motor boat in the middle of the debris and possible survivors as if he were in a race. There is no cell phone, but the fixed-line telephone works perfectly despite the destruction and havoc. His ex-wife Emma resolves all her issues with Ray in the middle of the chaos. He steals a pickup truck an airplane from the hangar and a boat to save his daughter apparently with no consequences. Ray uses the helicopter to rescue his wife and daughter and destroy it. Unfortunately, the lame and corny story is ridiculous. What will happen to her? "San Andreas" is a popcorn disaster movie, a genre that was usual in the 70's, but with state-of-art special effects. Blake succeeds in contacting her father but the cell phone dies. Daniel flees from the building and leaves Blake behind. When the earthquake reaches San Francisco, Daniel escapes with Blake to his limousine but the building collapses and she is trapped inside the car. When Ray is flying to the dam, there is an earthquake in Los Angeles and he rescues Emma. Daniel brings Blake to his office and while waiting for him, she befriends the British architect Ben Taylor (Hugo Johnstone-Burt) and his younger brother Ollie Taylor (Art Parkinson). Ray needs to travel to help the victims from the dam and Daniel offers to take Blake to San Francisco since he has a meeting in the city. Lawrence discovers that the San Andreas Fault is moving and will cause a huge earthquake in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Kim Park (Will Yun Lee) from the Caltech travel to a dam to check their seismic studies and there is a strong earthquake collapsing the dam that kills Kim. He is divorcing from his wife Emma (Carla Gugino) that intends to move in together with her wealthy boyfriend Daniel Riddick (Ioan Gruffudd). In Los Angeles, the Fire Department Air Rescue pilot Raymond "Ray" Gaines (Dwayne Johnson) will drive his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) to San Francisco since she has joined the university.
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