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Dwayne Johnson as Ray
Alexandra Daddario as Blake
Carla Gugino as Emma
Ioan Gruffudd as Daniel Riddick
Archie Panjabi as Serena
Paul Giamatti as Lawrence
Kylie Minogue as Beth Riddick
Will Yun Lee as Dr Kim Park
Director
Brad Peyton
Screenplay
Carlton Cuse
Cinematography
Steve Yedlin
Action, Drama, Thriller
Rated PG-13 for intense disaster action and mayhem throughout, and brief strong language
114 minutes
| Glenn Kenny
May 29, 2015 | 56
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In a match between a supremely catastrophic California earthquake and the former wrestling star turned movie action hero Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. The Rock, aptly enough here I guess, although he’s not thusly credited), who are you going to bet on? For movie purposes, the latter, of course. Since we’re all agreed on that, I suppose it spoils nothing to inform you that there’s almost nothing surprising about “San Andreas.”
Kind of noteworthy, if not actually remarkable, then, is that the movie actually works as well as it does, offering up suspense set pieces that are genuinely suspenseful despite one’s security that everyone in the top-billed cast that we’re supposed to care about will be okay. The direction by Brad Peyton is particularly effective during the brisk scenes of disaster, from the felling of Hoover Dam to the snapping of the Golden Gate Bridge. I’m not sure whether it was the editing or my own willing suspension of disbelief but the CGI-manufactured scenes of mass destruction are among the most realistic in this mode I’ve ever seen.