San Andreas

...rests on the broad shoulders of Dwayne Johnson, who works hard to try to keep the film afloat despite the awful script. It's him, and the more-than-decent VFX that save the film from becoming a complete disaster.

There's a gigantic Tsunami like wave as well, that packs enough tension to keep your popcorn intake flowing. Really, with The Rock and falling architecture that's good enough excuse to waste some time at the movies, but ultimately that's what the movie is, a waste of time, and a tiresome one at that.

...is an ideal blockbuster, which reminds you about the strong temblors that destroyed Nepal and shook northern India in the recent past.

Dwayne Johnson has a limited range of expressions but he always uses them well and there is always something very sincere about his acting that makes him likable. On the whole, San Andreas proves that it is indeed a marvel as to what they can do with computers these days.

...is a rather faithful disaster-actioner that's almost always gorgeous to look at and occasionally thrilling in its building porn, but is let down by its cardboard characters and some uninspired writing.

Solidly forgettable as it is, San Andreas is not too long. For all its melodramatic flaws, it manages to avoid a few of the expected and dreaded clichés and the finale is satisfying. Thanks to the actors the film is not unwatchable and a few scenes work well, namely the suspenseful rescue of Blake from a trapped car and the later boat scene is one of the big "wow" moments that really work. Otherwise, this is a movie that is too trapped in the conventions of genre to effectively break free.