Although not quite as cataclysmic as 2012, this is one of the better disaster movies to come along in years, definitely a worthy successor to the Irwin Allen disaster movies of the 70's. "The Rock" portrays Ray, an LA Fire and Rescue worker who is on a job when a huge earthquake rocks California along the San Andreas fault line. There's predictable human interaction--he and his wife, Emma (Carla Gugino of THRESHOLD) lost a daughter the year before and are getting a divorce because he can't talk about his emotions. And then the college-age daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario of the PERCY JACKSON movies) wants them to get together, only there's a new guy in the soon-to-be ex-wife's life (Ioan Gruffud). Of course the massive disaster brings them all together as a reunited family. But the special effects are the star--and it has some of the most effective 3-D I've seen in years. In fact, this is one of the best flicks of the Summer of 2015--far more entertaining and thrilling than the new TERMINATOR and JURASSIC PARK movies combined...
Although not quite as cataclysmic as 2012, this is one of the better disaster movies to come along in years, definitely a worthy successor to the Irwin Allen disaster movies of the 70's. "The Rock" portrays Ray, an LA Fire and Rescue worker who is on a job when a huge earthquake rocks California along the San Andreas fault line. There's predictable human interaction--he and his wife, Emma (Carla Gugino of THRESHOLD) lost a daughter the year before and are getting a divorce because he can't talk about his emotions. And then the college-age daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario of the PERCY JACKSON movies) wants them to get together, only there's a new guy in the soon-to-be ex-wife's life (Ioan Gruffud). Of course the massive disaster brings them all together as a reunited family. But the special effects are the star--and it has some of the most effective 3-D I've seen in years. In fact, this is one of the best flicks of the Summer of 2015--far more entertaining and thrilling than the new TERMINATOR and JURASSIC PARK movies combined...
