San Andreas shakes its way to the top.
If you are looking for great, mindless destruction this summer you will enjoy San Andreas. The natural disaster flick pits Ray Gaines, a fire rescue chopper pilot played by The Rock, against the San Andreas fault. Ray races across the state of California to save his family from the mega-quake. While The Rock continues his string of success and cements himself as an action movie superstar, another actor comes close to stealing the show. Paul Giamatti plays a Cal Tech Geologist named Lawrence who has spent his life researching earthquakes and is able to predict what will happen next as the mega-quake threatens millions of lives along the California coast. His team of researchers do whatever they can to warn the masses to evacuate the major cities. Of course those warnings come too late for many people as the quakes rips up L.A. And up the coast to San Fran.
The film has decent acting for an over the top action film. The Rock is solid as always and even his wife Emma, played by Carla Gugino and daughter Blake, played by Alexandra Daddario turn in passable performances. Paul Giamatti is where this film gets a lot of the background as he acts as the audience's scientific grounding, reminding us that all of this really could happen and giving some validity to a film that seems ridiculous in some scenes.
Overall I think that if you are looking for a deep plot (this film does have an interesting subplot) and great acting you may want to skip this one. If you are looking for a great disaster film with over the top special effects and mindless destruction than this film is the one for you. I give this film a 3 out of 5 stars.
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