Disaster Movie
SanAndreasis a 2015 Dwayne Johnson smash hit vehicle ( no relation to GTA ) about a series of monumental scale earthquakes that rupture the region around the San Andreas Fault . Johnson plays a chopper rescuer who enlist his wife Emma ( Carla Gugino ) to rescue their girl Blake ( Alexandra Daddario ) from a devastated San Francisco country .
The movie is a major success , with kudos buy the farm to the performances and the ocular effects and criticism to the screenplay . But it meet well with other disaster picture show on its wake . Here are just several to check out with the same intensiveness asSan Andreas .
The Core (2003)
A form of obscure tragedy movie , The Corerevolves on the instability of the Earth ’s magnetic domain that expose the planet to radiation , creating a series of cataclysm . A squad is then sent to drill the center of the Earth and set off nuclear detonation to re-start the Earth ’s rotation .
The movie packs an ensemble cast that include Aaron Eckhart , Hilary Swank , Stanley Tucci , Bruce Greenwood and Alfre Woodard . And while it is painfully mindful of its absurd setting and vitamin B complex - movie patch , it is a fun sci - fi with majestic visuals .
The Wave (2015)
The Waveis a Norse disaster film about a forecasted tsunami that was resulted from a crevasse avalanche . However , the citizen below the Geiranger fjord are not disposed for a more wild 85 - beat tsunami . Those citizen include 40 - twelvemonth old geologist Kristian Eikjord ( Kristoffer Joner ) , who finds solace with his family .
This disaster moving-picture show give more emphasis on the family drama and smartly use the titular “ moving ridge ” as a future event to illustrate the hurt . On the cataclysm itself , it was presented seamlessly on a gut - punching pay - off . It is rightfully efficient .
Volcano (1997)
VolcanofeaturesTommy Lee Jonesas Mike Roark , the headspring of the LA County Office of Emergency Management who facesthe threat of magma activitycoming from the La Brea Tar Pits . As it nearly became too belated to save the city , Roark and his squad must divert the lava stream to the urban center streets .
While the celluloid is the lesser cousin-german to that class ’s fellow volcano pic , Dante ’s Peak , it boasts Jones ’ endeavour as front and center . And he and the impressive lava sequence sums up its man - versus - nature scenario .
The Quake (2018)
Back again in Norway , The Quakeis the continuation toThe waving , wherein geologist Kristian Eikjord ( Joner ) is plunged back to the material body when a forecast of an 8.5 magnitude temblor threatens the capital city of Oslo . Once again , he has to deal with that alert phenomenon with his family .
It is unbelievable how those two films describe its visually beguiling disaster successiveness by station its core family drama and its subversive disaster storytelling as its focal point . For that , The Quakeserves as a inviolable companion piece toThe Wave .
The Impossible (2012)
free-base on the real - life history experience of María Belón and her family , The Impossibletells the taradiddle of a family who are vacationing in Indonesia until the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami set them asunder . The family matriarch Maria ( Naomi Watts ) and her firstborn son Lucas ( Tom Holland ) struggle to reunify with paterfamilias Henry ( Ewan McGregor ) and young sons Thomas and Simon .
Like the late entries of this list , amidst its notable disaster visuals , the straight highlighting is on the core house dramatic event . And Watts embodies that crescendo with a warmness - wrench performance .
Earthquake (1974)
1974’sEarthquakecame at a time when disaster movies was a huge and innovative course in the 70 ’s . As aptly incriminate by its title , this movie centers on a devastating earthquake that destroys most of Los Angeles and a motley mould of type who want to escape the crumbling city .
This movie make the two major pointers for a standard disaster film : an ensemble cast ( including Charlton Heston , Ava Gardner , George Kennedy , Richard Roundtreeand Walter Matthau ) and visual ( and sound ) spectacle over story . It is a standard thrill ride .
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
From disaster motion picture result honcho Roland Emmerich comes his own take of mood change . The 24-hour interval After Tomorrowrevolves the Earth facing a unexampled kind of frappe age , make by weather condition change in the Northern Hemisphere . At the meat of the ruffle is paleoclimatologist Jack Hall ( Dennis Quaid ) , who must deliver his son Sam ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) in frigid New York .
The Day After Tomorrowhits all the mark for a typical Roland Emmerich catastrophe motion-picture show , despite its ludicrous science . Still , it gave tornadoes in LA and wave in New York .
Godzilla (2014)
The 2nd American reboot of Toho ’s icon , the 2014Godzillaserves as the first film of theMonsterVersefranchise that plans to adapt many Toho monsters onscreen , plus King Kong . But for this case , this 30thGodzilla film centers on the face-off of the nominal monstrosity against two kaijus , sleep with as MUTOs , and the battle of the humans lurking below .
Unlike the 1998 adaptation , this Godzilla stayed faithful to interpret the gigantic lounge lizard . Despite its special screentime , as well as Bryan Cranston , its metropolis - toppling showdowns are a pleasure to watch .
Independence Day (1996)
Arguably the best Roland Emmerich project in his filmography , Independence Dayis a true picture event about a series of major city extraterrestrial tone-beginning that inspire humanity to defend back in the Fourth of July . More focus is on fighter buffer Captain Steven Hiller ( Will Smith ) and organise David Levinson ( Jeff Goldblum ) as they plan to destroy the foreign mothership .
While it is braggart on its alien - devastation spectacle , Independence Daybalances that out with amusing characters and ego - awareness of its setting . It is a playfulness smash hit with the most awe-inspiring pic actor’s line from Bill Pullman .
2012 (2009)
Finally , the Roland Emmerich tragedy movie to end all Roland Emmerich disaster movies,2012revolves on the Mayan calendar superstitious notion that pronounces that the earth will end on winter solstice , 21stof December 2012 . Though , its centering is on novelist - turned - limousine gadget driver Jackson Curtis ( John Cusack ) escaping earthquake - sit LA and witness safety on vast evacuation arks .
At the cutting edge of its premise and its selling are the impressive disaster - movie effects , from the Los Angeles escape to the mammoth tsunami . San Andreascan even feel like a2012cutscene . That is how utterly massive the movie is .
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