Reviews and reviews of the film “San Andreas Rift” first appeared in May 2015 - it was then that the premiere of this tape, shot in the disaster genre, premiered. Who played the main roles in the film by Brad Peyton and how can the plot of the picture be of interest to the viewer?
Filmmakers
Reviews "San Andreas Fault" received mixed, despite the large box office. This is not surprising, because the director of this film - Brad Peyton - has not yet distinguished himself with any of his work.
For a long time, Peyton shot short films, and in 2006 switched to TV shows (Monsters Unattended, The Doyle Case). In 2010, Brad still knocked out money from an Australian film company to implement his project - the family movie "Cats Against Dogs." But then this film received exactly equal positive and negative reviews. In 2012, the film “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” was released with Dwayne Johnson in the title role. Critics coldly accepted Payton's next creation, but at the box office the film raised 335 million dollars. What created favorable mail for the launch of the next project: the film company Worner Bros. agreed to finance the disaster film San Andreas Rift.
Peyton called Steve Yedlin into the camera room, who made the film Telekinesis and is supposed to be shooting Star Wars. Episode 8 ". But Carlton Cuse worked on the script, who had previously written scripts only for the series (Lost, Bates Model).
Short story
What is the San Andreas Fault tape about? Reviews of the film say that in the center of the plot is another American hero - a helicopter pilot Raymond Gates. When a serious tectonic shift is planned in the San Andreas area , he is just in the air and manages to save his wife from the roof of the house until Los Angeles is completely destroyed.
San Francisco is facing the same fate, and Raymond is worried that his daughter will die (she just went there to study in college). The pilot in his fire helicopter rushes to the rescue of his own child. Here, according to the law of the genre, his car refuses to fly, so he simultaneously hijacks several modes of transport, trying to get to San Francisco.
The earthquake provokes a huge tsunami that covers the city. But Raymond gets on a boat and still finds his daughter on top of one of the skyscrapers.
What kind of game actors received reviews? “San Andreas Fault”: the main characters of the film
The role of the father-hero went to the American of Polynesian descent - Dwayne Johnson. His play in this film earned positive reviews: “San Andreas Rift” became unique for the actor in the sense that the director made him perform all the stunts on his own. That is, if the viewer sees at the beginning of the film how Dwayne descends down the cable to the rock, he must know that from beginning to end Johnson himself made this path.
There is nothing to be surprised at, because the star of the films “The Mummy Returns”, “The King of Scorpions” and “The Treasure of the Amazon” is actually a professional athlete: it’s true, not a climber, but a wrestler. Dwayne became an eight-time wrestling champion and was used to playing only “tough” guys in the movies.
His film partner, Carla Gugino, is a less prominent person. She did not distinguish herself in sports, but she played in the film “The Life of this guy” along with Leo di Caprio, as well as in the film “Michael” with John Travolta.
Also in the film you can see Alexandra Daddario (“Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters”) and even singer Kylie Minogue.
Premiere and fees
Reviews "San Andreas Fault" received controversial, but the fees in theaters around the world amounted to 473 million dollars. And this at a shooting cost of 110 million.
Great Britain first became acquainted with the disaster film by Brad Payton, and this happened on May 21, 2015. On May 27, Belgium, Oman, France and Jamaica saw the picture. Russia released the tape on May 28.
San Andreas Fault: reviews, comments
So, what did critics not like about the San Andreas Rift? Recently, film critics have been increasingly outraged by the fact that directors are trying to replace absolutely everything in the film with special effects: a fascinating plot, a good game of actors and the humanity of cinema as a whole. This also applies to the San Andreas Fault tape.
Reviews of the film, left by critics, make it clear to the viewer that they may not include this picture if they hope to see at least a drop of sincere feelings or unusual plot twists on the screen. Everything in this action is clear and understandable from the very beginning: here you have 110 million special effects, look and do not demand anything else. Dwayne Johnson copes well with his role, but when you do not doubt for a minute that the super dad will save his daughter, I want to turn off the film and do more interesting things.
In a word, lovers of large-scale special effects and frightening paintings should definitely look at the San Andreas Rift. Actually, only thanks to such computer graphics lovers did the film raise a lot of money at the box office. Everyone else who loves an unpredictable and fascinating movie is better to find another tape for spending leisure time.