Well Deserved Praise

good back-story, and good acting

A Disappointing Continuation

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Of course The Asylum would have to come up with their own rendering of the 2015 "San Andreas" movie, and thus enters "San Andreas Quake". You already know what you are in for here as soon as you see the logo of The Asylum on the screen. And you know that chances of this movie being a great movie is slim to none.But still, I decided to stick with "San Andreas Quake" and watch it to the end. And having done that now, I can say that it was honestly not as bad as I had initially thought it would turn out. But it is far from being a masterpiece, and it most definitely offers no competition to "San Andreas" which is just in a whole different league.The storyline in "San Andreas Quake", to those unfamiliar with the plot of "San Andreas", is about a discredited seismologist whom has invented a way of measuring earthquakes before they happen, an effective warning system indeed. But when she predicts a 12.7 earthquake to strike Los Angeles, no one takes her claim seriously. Left to her own devices, the races against time in a desperate attempt to get her family to safety before an earthquake of biblical proportions destroys all of Los Angeles.Sure, the storyline was adequate, but as always with The Asylum it is just a shameless rip off of another big blockbuster. And as such, then it is not very inventive or original, and if you have seen the movie that they are imitating, then you have no reason to watch this.The acting in "San Andreas Quake" was alright, and people were doing good enough jobs with their given roles and characters. They were just struggling an uphill battle against a very weak storyline and facing the fact that this was done much better in another movie.As with most movies that come from The Asylum, then the effects are not overly impressive, and were questionable in many cases. The CGI effects were not realistic, and they didn't really give off the impression that this natural disaster was of 12.7 magnitude.It is just another generic disaster movie, and while it is watchable for a single time, then it hardly offers anything worthwhile remembering. "San Andreas Quake" is not a movie that you will watch more than a single time, if you do decide to sit down and actually watch this generic disaster movie.

Looking for something entertaining to divert myself from more scholarly interests, I fell into San Andreas Quake and had a great time! This movie was crafted to the full extent of its budget. The writing was fresh and modern, all the tricks of saving costs whilst delivering full value were completed successfully (setting one's film in Los Angeles, small core cast, newscaster and IPAD inserts balancing off the costs of special effects). The cast started off a little wooden but got better -- was it shot in sequence? Having lived through the Northridge earthquake myself I was primed for a good romp from the opener and I got it. No spoilers, but you gotta stay tuned to the very last lines, because they're worth the ten grand...

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Oh lord, where do I begin? Not only did I read the reviews about how awful this movie was but I actually took the time to watch it just to see how terrible it was. And MY GOSH did I regret it. No plot. Terrible acting, which made it seem non-realistic at all. Family drama and typical hating-on-boyfriend type of drama as well. No signal around L.A. but obviously since the "professor" is the hero, well she's the only one that's got some! That hippo scene was ridiculous and funny at the same time. I could go on all night but there's no other way to point out how stupid this movie was and I have nothing left to say about it but take it from me. Don't go off about reading reviews and still watch it. It's not worth it. It seemed more like a family drama conflict plot then San Andreas Quake plot. If you want a comedy then go ahead and watch this and laugh it off all you want but other than that...Lameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.