San Andreas

"We always knew this day would come."

2015 1h 54m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 9,246

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Synopsis

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In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

“We always knew this day would come.”

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Cast

Dwayne Johnson
Ray Gaines
Alexandra Daddario
Blake Gaines
Carla Gugino
Emma Gaines
Ioan Gruffudd
Daniel Riddick
Archie Panjabi
Serena Johnson
Paul Giamatti
Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Hugo Johnstone-Burt
Ben Taylor
Art Parkinson
Ollie Taylor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brad Peyton
Writers: Carlton Cuse, Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America, Australia

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MONEY

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$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, Australia.

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5 / 8

CAST

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289+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brad Peyton, shot by Steve Yedlin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrew Lockington. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bob Ducsay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Brad Peyton directs. Steve Yedlin behind the camera. Andrew Lockington scores. Bob Ducsay cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada, United States of America, Australia. Dialogue in English.

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1$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
3Released 11 years ago.
4International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, Australia.
5289+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Brad Peyton, shot by Steve Yedlin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Andrew Lockington. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Bob Ducsay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario and Carla Gugino carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "We always knew this day would come.".
11IMDB entry: tt2126355 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 23 themes, including "california", "san francisco, california", "looting", "earthquake".

The technical file

Cinematography: Steve Yedlin
Original score: Andrew Lockington
Editing: Bob Ducsay
Production design: Barry Chusid
Costume design: Wendy Chuck
Makeup / hair: Robert Mrazik
VFX supervisor: Katherine Renee Jones
Sound: Ann Scibelli
Stunt coordinator: Keith Campbell
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $110,000,000
Box office: $473,990,832
Return: 431% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: San Andreas (2015)

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liamelanita2015-06-21
★ 6.5/10
Film San Andreas nice but to be honest I do not like the plot, why? because in the story of this movie seem monotonous and selfish. Many victims around but why Ray and Emma only focused to rescue his daughter (Blake) alone, but Ray is living as rescuers, the film tends to be lacking in the delivery of its humanitarian message.
John Chard2015-11-15
★ 6/10
Lots of rocks everywhere... It's CGI destruction time as Dwayne Johnson battles earthquakes and a tsunami to go rescue his daughter - with estranged wife in tow of course. Disaster films are easy to kick because very rarely they are nothing more than candy carnage with a trite screenplay and cheese laden dialogue. Such is the case with San Andreas. In essence this is a remake of Roland Emmerich's 2012, only this is the shorter version with the time span that 2012 should have had. This does exactly what the marketing department promised it would, namely lots of crash bang and wallop, but just like Emmerich's behemoth it gets boring entering the final third, the writing just not good enough to hold interest once the noise and destruction dies down before the big finale arrives. Suspense is absent, emotional investment in characters is null and void, while there are no worthwhile surprises in store. But on the plus side Johnson is a likable guy and he carries us through till the end of what is a fun movie if expectation levels are appropriately set at dumb popcorn fodder. 6/10
Gimly2017-06-28
★ 4/10
I have never been a fan of the Disaster genre, I don't seem to be able to take much more away from it than visual noise. I was hoping that the combined might of Alexandra Daddario and The Rock would be enough to turn me around on San Andreas, alas, it was not to be. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.