Film Review: San Andreas

 Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Cert: 12A this should of been a 15 its a little too intense & frighten for 13 years old

Director: Brad Peyton

Screen writer: Carlton Cuse , Andre Fabrizio , Jeremy Passmore

Starring: 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 , Matt Gerald , Alec Utgoff , Marissa Neitling , Morgan Griffin , Breanne Hill , Laurence Coy , Fiona Press , Dennis Coard , Ben McIvor , Nick Allen-Ducat , Claire Lovering ,

Running time: 114 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity:

• No sex or nudity. Numerous shots of cleavage. Both men and women in tight and/or soaking wet clothing.

• Young woman in bikini.

• Young woman swimming underwater in low-cut T-shirt displaying generous cleavage

Violence & Gore:

• There are frequent scenes of intense action and threat as characters face a variety of natural disasters, including multiple earthquakes and a tsunami. The natural disasters result in buildings collapsing, roads cracking open, explosions and a dam breaking. There are scenes of panic and chaos with frequent deaths as people are caught in the disaster. Other threat includes several scenes in which characters are seen struggling for breath as they're trapped under water.

• A woman crashes off a cliff. She is later seen with minor cuts and bruises.

• A mans arm is pinned between a car and a rock. This is not show in detail, he is later seen clutching his arm but no blood is seen.

• A dam collapses with people still on it, this is seen from a distance.

• A man is seen with a metal rod through his foot, there is a small amount of blood.

• There are many large earthquakes, many buildings are seen collapsing and there is a lot of debris falling.

• Many people are seen with minor injuries, small amounts of blood are shown.

• Someone runs out of a door in a high-rise building, it is implied that they fell to their death.

• A man is seen clinging to a pole on the side of a building, he falls off.

• A man is seen screaming and on fire.

• A wall collapses and a man falls through and down an elevator shaft.

• A woman is thrown around as the floor beneath her collapses, she is later seen with minor injuries and some blood.

• A man driving a car is crushed by a concrete slab. This quickly shown on screen with no blood.

• A girl has her legs pinned in a car and is stuck.

• A man is crushed by falling debris. This is unexpected, scene happens very quickly with no blood shown.

• During aftershocks many people are seen crushed by debris. Sometimes this is seen from a distance, however there are occasions when it is more obviously visible. Bridges with people on are also seen collapsing from a distance.

• Many people are shown being thrown away by a shockwave of a building collapsing.

• A helicopter crashes,

• Many people are seen looting and gun shots are heard from a distance. Looters are seen fighting briefly.

• A man is threatened with a gun.

• A man is punched in the face.

• A girl is briefly seen drowning under water.

• A woman is seen with a cut on her leg, there is a small amount of blood.

• A man gets a shard of glass in his leg. It is later seen removed with some blood and the wound is shown in graphic detail.

• There is a large tsunami, many more buildings collapse. Many people are seen attempting to run away from the wave or resigning themselves to death. A large number of people are seen being engulfed by the wave.

• There is a brief scene of bodies being thrown around under water.

• A man is seen crushed by a container.

• A woman is seen convulsing underwater as she drowns.

• The action is intense and in-your-face in the 3D version.

Profanity:  One use of "f***" ("I'll f***ing kill you") as well as others of "s***" and "asshole." Many uses of religious exclamations.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Tobacco reference. 

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 

• The opening cliff rescue attempt scene can be quite intense as there is a high degree of mortal peril.

• The scene on the dam can be distressing and upsetting.

• The helicopter rescue scene after one of the earthquakes is intense.

• The earthquakes are all rather intense.

• There is a huge amount of destruction and frequent sudden deaths. The implied death toll is incredibly high.

• Official MPAA Rating: Recommended age 15+ this is too intense for 12 year old or 13.

Story: 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 daughter as the city is falling apart.

Likes : Get ready for an earth shattering, ground shaking epic movie that will push your emotion to the very limits, move over 2012 & day after tomorrow this is the superior disaster film this year we've been wait for. This is no mer unrealistic fantasy film this is a true realistic concept as it come's & may one day soon happen this way, when it dose i truly give my heart felt sorry for you guy that live in the area of San Andreas because if this is what will happen if the big one comes i prey for you all over their.

I knew going in to this film it would be frightening, but i never expected it to actual get me emotionally attached to the film, it put me on the edge of my seat with intense emotions that not only frighten me but put me in tears with watch all these people suffer, yes i know it just a film but this film felt so realistic it was unreal.

Dwayne johnson is just unbelievable in a way to bring not only a humble man doing his job to save people but as a family man who lost a daughter & trying to coupe with it, he performance seriously had me in tears with the scene he talks about is daughter you can really feel the emotion in his voice making the character more believable which give an outstanding performance in this film, i know alot of people don't seem to like the rock but this film really make him shine as an actor.

 Carla Gugino performance in this film is brilliant as well, flawless performance, i will admit at the begin of the film i really hated her character because i though she was a bit of a bitch doing what she did to Ray (Dwayne) for any father to go though that it hurts emotionally, but you come to warm up to her character as the film progress's which is a good thing.

Incredibly beautiful Alexandra Daddario brilliant performance portraying Ray daughter, it really show like father like daughter in the rescue, she was so like her father through out the film which made her character more believable as his daughter.

Ioan Gruffudd performance was brilliant as well, but i seriously hated his character, he playing one of the rich ass wholes that only cares about his business, but what he did in-front of ray was just out of order its was like have something shoved in your face that would upset any father, although his scene are brief in the film i wont give away spoilers but it was pretty nasty.

 Paul Giamatti character in this film has got a few bad comments from critic saying he felt out of place in this film but to be honest im going to disagree with them on that because i think the scene he was in portrayed alot of emotion special the dam scene you could see in his face the total shock in his face which sold the scene perfect made it a truly heart wrenching tear moment that real set the tone for the rest of the film.

The film its self is just awesome in C.G.I cinematography as you see building falling apart, streets rip apart as the land shifts everything that involved show a truly realistic disaster film with no stupid ark building or unrealistic moments, this truly show a real situation which i think Brad Peyton has capture perfect in a 9.6 earthquake.

I know alot of people will say the tidal wave would never happen in this situation but you would actual be wrong because what happens on land happens out at sea as well because its all connected, although some of the earthquake in history facts in the film weren't actual correct but i feel that was to dramatize the film a bit more.

This is truly a film to go check out in the cinema, truly frightening, intense, emotional roller-coaster ride that will leave you in shock walking out of the cinema, also with a brief cameo from Kylie Minogue.

 

Dislikes : The facts in the film about the 9.1 earthquake in 1936 was actual The 1936 Miyagi earthquake occurred on November 3 at 05:45 local time with a magnitude Ms 7.2, or  7.4.The epicenter was located off the Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Four people were injured. Building damage was reported.In Isobe village, nowadays part of Sōma, Fukushima, a small market building collapsed.A tsunami was recorded.

The highest recorded earthquake in history was in 1901 8.8 which leveled the city in San Francisco, so it is possible that a 9.6 can happen sometime in the future as some earthquake have gotten stronger over the past years the last one was 6.6. there getting bigger.

Overall : Intense, Frightening, Emotional roller-coaster, flawless performances.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 10 out of 10 for superior disaster film.