With disaster movies there are always liberties taken, San Andreas has more than typical. The helicopter in the gorge and the tsunami are just one step too far off the cliff of reality. However, it does have some glorious destruction and a few cheesy heartfelt moments.

Sure, the movie has a lot of clichés, inaccuracies, common mistakes in destruction scenes (a suspension bridge's towers not bending outwards when the span is broken, for example), and a predictable plot, but these things go hand in hand with the disaster movie genre. If you expect those going in, then the movie is pretty entertaining. You're not supposed to take these films too seriously, you're just intended to go along with the ride of destruction--and what a ride it is! This movie has some excellent destruction scenes; although they aren't exactly realistic and don't always make sense, they're a lot of fun to watch, and that's the whole point.

Sure, if you compare this with all other films, it's not great; but in the disaster movie genre, with other such films as 2012, the Day After Tomorrow, and Greenland, it's actually pretty decent. Remember: the whole point of these movies is to show awesome scenes of destruction, and San Andreas does that beautifully, so don't take the movie too seriously and just go along with the ride.

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

Director:Brad Peyton Writers:Carlton Cuse (screenplay), Andre Fabrizio (story) Stars:Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario

The visual effects are top-notch, the unrelenting obliteration of entire city blocks is overwhelmingly awesome, it's handled with such panache (the overhead shots of the tremors' wave-like effect is especially cool) that all you can do is sit back and gawk at the sheer scale of it. "San Andreas" doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is , VFX-driven disaster epic at its finest , and as long as you know that going into the film, you'll probably have a good time. 8/10.