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Dwayne Johnson | ... | ||
Carla Gugino | ... | ||
Alexandra Daddario | ... | ||
Ioan Gruffudd | ... | ||
Archie Panjabi | ... | ||
Paul Giamatti | ... | ||
Hugo Johnstone-Burt | ... | ||
Art Parkinson | ... | ||
Will Yun Lee | ... | ||
Kylie Minogue | ... | ||
Colton Haynes | ... | ||
Todd Williams | ... |
Marcus
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Matt Gerald | ... |
Harrison
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Alec Utgoff | ... |
Alexi
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Marissa Neitling | ... |
Phoebe
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In San Andreas, California is experiencing a statewide earthquake that goes on record as easily the biggest earthquake in history. Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a helicopter rescue pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to find his daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is in San Francisco amidst the chaos. Ray's estranged wife, Emma, is forced to turn to Ray for help, as he is her last resort. Together they journey to save their daughter. Written by The Twiz
At least in that film you cared a little about the characters, and believe it or not, most of the "special effects" worked better. As did the realistic challenges of facing a disaster of that magnitude. The CGI destruction on LA in "San Andreas" is nearly indistinguishable from what we saw in "2012". And the close up scenes just don't work as the camera is too focused on the actors faces and Dwayne Johnson's biceps rather than the action we paid to see in the first place. Like most films that rely too much on CGI, the destruction just isn't believable, and happens too fast in several scenes for you to understand what you're looking at. However I have to admit that finally seeing San Francisco take it up the Richter Scale scored high with me.