In San Andreas;Ray saves girl from a car accident following a notorious San Andreas fault that triggers a devastating, magnitude 9 earthquake, the largest in recorded history. Now its time to get his own daughter to safety.
Summer's upon us, and you could do worse than watch the undeniably appealing Johnson try to save the day while uttering the silliest dialogue imaginable.
All the moving parts are expertly juggled by director Brad Peyton and, yes, the special effects are impressive. But the disaster stuff is laid on way too thick.
Campy but never campy enough and far too numbingly artificial to ever drum up any real suspense or sense of awe, the film has a scale that's squandered on visual witlessness.
San Andreas typifies the modern Hollywood disaster movie - for better and for worse. The visuals are quite something, but it's all a bit hollow and there's little satisfaction in its conclusions.
It's enormously entertaining, thanks to the undeniable charisma of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and the wanton CGI destruction of all of the West Coast's greatest landmarks (in 3-D, no less).
