In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
If you crave Emmerich-esque disaster-porn with a mega body count, there’s plenty here to OMG at. But when it comes to character depth or plotting, San Andreas is a sadly familiar wasteland.
Less a Rock-buster than a quake’n’bake reheat of post-Emmerich basics. The cast’s likeable work falls right through the script holes.
Guilty pleasure disaster movie boasts thrills aplenty and a great hero in Dwayne Johnson.
This spectacularly silly film about a monster Californian earthquake recalls the glory days of 1970s disaster films.
As a helter skelter, fairground ride, San Andreas is often exhilarating but the fault lines in its screenplay become more and more apparent. Peyton is trying to make a rousing action film about subject matter ultimately just too grim to work as escapist summer fare.
Verdict: Decent disaster movie.
The cheesy San Andreas manages to be both way too much and not nearly enough.
There are faults aplenty as Dwayne Johnson battles CGI apocalypse in this spectacular but mindless old-school disaster movie.
General release. Check local listings for show times.