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San Andreas
2015
***
Director: Brad Peyton
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Paul Giamatti, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson, Will Yun Lee

When the San Andreas Fault begins to shift and a series of massive earthquakes hit the west coast, air rescue pilot Ray Gaines is determined to save at least his soon-to-be ex-wife Emma and his resourceful daughter Blake, who are in Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. Never mind the millions dying, only these few lives matter. Brad Peyton's entertaining disaster movie has no higher aspirations than to tell a dramatic story of one family's struggle amidst spectacular destruction. The script is utterly formulaic and the performances are predictably wooden, but this movie is all about the special effect set pieces, and they are gripping.