San Andreas

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San Andreas

PG-13

2015

1h 54m

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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A seemingly ideal day turns disastrous when California's notorious San Andreas Fault triggers a devastating, magnitude 9 earthquake, the largest in recorded history. As the Earth cracks open and buildings start to crumble, Ray Gaines (Dwayne Johnson), an LAFD search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, must navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to bring his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) and their only daughter (Alexandra Daddario) to safety.

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Critics Consensus

San Andreas has a great cast and outstanding special effects, but amidst all the senses-shattering destruction, the movie's characters and plot prove less than structurally sound.

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

03/07/2017

This adrenaline-pumping movie turns a nightmare into big screen reality as it takes the disaster film genre to a whole new level.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

06/10/2016

2/4

All the moving parts are expertly juggled by director Brad Peyton and, yes, the special effects are impressive. But the disaster stuff is laid on way too thick.

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Sophie Gilbert

The Atlantic

12/31/2015

It's enormously entertaining, thanks to the undeniable charisma of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and the wanton CGI destruction of all of the West Coast's greatest landmarks (in 3-D, no less).

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 28

3/5

"San Andreas" is one of those terrible-to-OK movies that Dwayne Johnson makes either passable or good solely through his presence, heroics, and charisma alone.

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Ruth Maramis

FlixChatter Film Blog

03/03/2023

1.5/5

Everything about this is so clichéd and simply ludicrous it’s not even worth watching on a plane. It’s another drivel featuring Dwayne Johnson as another stolid, banal hero.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/25/2022

3.5/5

I found “San Andreas” to be entertaining in its own cheesy, summer blockbustery way.

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Selman

04/11/2025

1st movie theater experience with my wife and her 1st ever, best choice with this movie as well!

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Mitch S

@SwagoDiego2k Jun 1

How does movies with the rock keep getting worse and worse? What is truly the bottom for these movies? This may be near absolute bedrock because the logic isn't there. The science is so far off it ruins it for me. How does a tsunami happen in California of the earthquake occurs inside of California? Wouldn't it go outward? So much of this movie is pointless. The plot armor is so dense that inside a story where literally everyone is dying I knew without a shadow of a doubt that The Rock, the ex-wife who he would win back, and the daughter would live. I even suspected a redemption arc for the main character where he could save his daughter and they cram that in, he saves her from drowning. Well sort of she is dead for sure and he pounds her chest into pieces to resuscitate her for the plot. So predictable and so dumb. Impossible in so many ways. I wouldn't recommend this in any way to anyone. Save your time.

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Manavjeet P

@ManavPatil999 May 27

Disaster Movie Done Right... The Rock fit perfectly in this kind of role, and even though it’s over-the-top at times, that’s honestly part of the fun. Great popcorn disaster movie.

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CL G

@RT71171164 Apr 16

Never paid attention to critics much. If its got a good cast and good plot then I enjoy. I've read what the critics say but I personally don't see it. It was a movie where you ignored your phone. Any movie that keeps my mind engrossed in a film and off the phone is great. Loved the movie.

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S S.

@SShol Apr 10

One of the best disaster movies out there. It’s fun, it’s bold, it’s got great special effects (and Dolby Atmos). Just sit back and enjoy the effects extravaganza!

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Rick H

@Rick336 Mar 24

Great disaster movie. Awesome special effects.

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Synopsis

A seemingly ideal day turns disastrous when California's notorious San Andreas Fault triggers a devastating, magnitude 9 earthquake, the largest in recorded history. As the Earth cracks open and buildings start to crumble, Ray Gaines (Dwayne Johnson), an LAFD search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, must navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to bring his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) and their only daughter (Alexandra Daddario) to safety.

Director: Brad Peyton
Producer: Beau Flynn
Screenwriter: Carlton Cuse
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: New Line Cinema, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Disaster Action|Brief Strong Language|Mayhem Throughout)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $155.2M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital