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Play trailer 2:33 Poster for San Andreas PG-13 Released May 29, 2015 1h 54m Action Adventure Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A seemingly ideal day turns disastrous when California's notorious San Andreas fault triggers a devastating, magnitude 9 earthquake, the largest in recorded history. As the Earth cracks open and buildings start to crumble, Ray Gaines (Dwayne Johnson), an LAFD search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, must navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to bring his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) and their only daughter (Alexandra Daddario) to safety.
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San Andreas has a great cast and outstanding special effects, but amidst all the senses-shattering destruction, the movie's characters and plot prove less than structurally sound.

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Dwight Brown National Newspaper Publishers Association This adrenaline-pumping movie turns a nightmare into big screen reality as it takes the disaster film genre to a whole new level. Mar 7, 2017 Full Review Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine 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. Rated: 2/4 Jun 10, 2016 Full Review Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic 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). Dec 31, 2015 Full Review Ruth Maramis FlixChatter Film Blog Everything about this is so clichéd and simply ludicrous it’s not even worth watching on a plane. It’s another drivel featuring Dwayne Johnson as another stolid, banal hero. Rated: 1.5/5 Mar 3, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies I found “San Andreas” to be entertaining in its own cheesy, summer blockbustery way. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review While its entire reason for being is to supply a bankable, familiar product that will deliver extensive returns, we can feel safe in the knowledge that a movie like San Andreas will not test our limits and will quickly disappear from our thoughts. Rated: 1.5/4 Jun 21, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kagan A A total catastrophe. I literally felt dummer after watching this. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review Audience Member The Acting was very mediocre, almost awful even, with little to no emotion behind the characters. It didn't feel like these people were really there, but you could tell they were acting. No real wow moments/ moments which stood out. The writing was mid with a lot of cringy overly used one-liners which were way too predictable. The CGI is pretty impressive, though. The amount used is insane and is this movies' saving grace. The story it-self is well thought of, but the plot and writing really ruin the movie. A movie I would watch again, but only to see the impressive GCI and how the catastrophic events look/play out. If you want to see a cool looking movie with great film quality, this is a one to watch, just try and look past the low effort acting/writing. 5/10 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/02/24 Full Review alex B Best natural disaster movie I have ever witnessed and the music absolutely suits the movies drama and action very emotional movie and perfect would not change a thing Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/14/24 Full Review Lucas E O filme e legal mais se perde ao passar o tempo Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review Cosmo J Predictable plot, cliche acting, cheesy one-liners. You'll not be surprised by anything. Giamatti is laying on his signature over-acting of serious scenes as thick as expected. And the Rock saves the day by land, sea, and air - multi-talented. Good background noise type movie while browsing the Internet, doing laundry, or watching another movie, I suppose. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Remy D Light and with good effects. Not a chef-d'œuvre but still a good movie to occupy an evening. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A seemingly ideal day turns disastrous when California's notorious San Andreas fault triggers a devastating, magnitude 9 earthquake, the largest in recorded history. As the Earth cracks open and buildings start to crumble, Ray Gaines (Dwayne Johnson), an LAFD search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, must navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to bring his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) and their only daughter (Alexandra Daddario) to safety.
Director
Brad Peyton
Producer
Beau Flynn
Screenwriter
Carlton Cuse
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, New Line Cinema
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Disaster Action|Brief Strong Language|Mayhem Throughout)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 29, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$155.2M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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