In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.
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- TriviaDirector Brad Peyton brought in Thomas Jordan, USC professor and director of the Southern California Earthquake Center to fact check the script for plausibility. Though both Peyton and lead actor Dwayne Johnson contend that the science portrayed in the film is accurate, Thomas Jordan was quoted as saying "I gave them free advice, some of which they took... but much of which they didn't - magnitude 9's are too big for the San Andreas, and it can't produce a big tsunami."
- GoofsWhen Ray steals the truck, he has to hot-wire it to start, but when he gets to the crack, he turns off the engine using the key.
- Quotes
Raymond Gaines: [upon landing with Emma in a baseball stadium by parachute] It's been a while since I got you to second base.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits scroll with a bend at the top and bottom of the screen, as though they are on a rotating seismograph drum. Seismic lines, increasing in intensity, can be seen on the left side of the frame.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Green Fog (2017)
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Written by Ali Payami, Shellback (as Johan Schuster), Max Martin and Taylor Swift
Performed by Taylor Swift
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Featured review
Stock Disaster Flick
In every sense of its existence this is the prototypical disaster movie, right down to the use of the Rock as the lead character. With that being said I would say it's on the better side of average in terms of his performance.
The movie starts off by allocating a decent amount of time to a couple scientists who discover a new way of predicting earthquakes (which isn't ever really explained how). It's then said that nobody had really listened to them in the past but we don't really observe that part as viewers. The lead scientist is also credited with saving many lives even though his advice to run away was communicated as the disaster was already unfolding. Furthermore we really don't see many who survived at all except the one family.
Overall it is very corny , but in the same light it is highly entertaining . The action sequences transition smoothly and keep your attention the entire time which is mostly what you are looking for with this type of movie.
Sort of like a theme Park ride in a sense. Don't expect an outstanding backstory but enjoy everything it throws at you.
The movie starts off by allocating a decent amount of time to a couple scientists who discover a new way of predicting earthquakes (which isn't ever really explained how). It's then said that nobody had really listened to them in the past but we don't really observe that part as viewers. The lead scientist is also credited with saving many lives even though his advice to run away was communicated as the disaster was already unfolding. Furthermore we really don't see many who survived at all except the one family.
Overall it is very corny , but in the same light it is highly entertaining . The action sequences transition smoothly and keep your attention the entire time which is mostly what you are looking for with this type of movie.
Sort of like a theme Park ride in a sense. Don't expect an outstanding backstory but enjoy everything it throws at you.
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- Also known as
- Khe Nứt San Andreas
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- Budget
- $110,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $155,190,832
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $54,588,173
- May 31, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $474,609,154
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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