There are pages of wonderful reviews from people who praise this movie. I think because The Rock attracts a younger audience, they wanted a PG 13 rating, minimizing violence, therefore, a bigger box office demographic. It's suggestive violence and not like you would find in a Final Destination movie.
There's 3 dudes that fall to their death and another engulfed in flames. Would the "Titanic" be just as good without "Propeller Guy" and the countless screaming bodies falling off the ship? The death count in SA is really low. It sounds morbid but it's what you come to expect in a disaster movie. MINIMAL VIOLENCE! That all being said, I think the most disappointing aspect of the film is that you rarely see people die. Hilarious!!! There are scenes where The Rock and his wife are the only people in LA. This, from a trained search and rescue worker. He passes them with no interest in stopping. I broke out laughing at a scene where The Rock, riding a motorcycle through the disaster area, passes by an elderly couple who are stranded, roadside. We know that bottles on the shelves at a restaurant would be the first victims in a quake. We know that making a trying to make a call on your cell after a major quake would be impossible. Including the notorious Tohoku Chihou Prefecture disaster a few years back. We've seen the images and documentaries, and testimonials on You Tube. That we do not know what happens in an earthquake. AND HE DOES!!! You know it took 3 people to write this script?!! How can the writers think we're all stupid. I just met you, and rather than seek shelter and escape this hell, I am going to try to find you. Remember the dude the daughter met, briefly? His No.1 priority is to find her. Later, "WHEN" happens and the buildings are crumbling and shaking, people screaming and panicking. She pens him her cell number and he exits the scene. The daughter, sat in the waiting area of the skyscraper, meets a dude who is there for a job interview. Rock's wife is dating an architect not just any architect he's got his own building named after him.
It's like I am watching "As The World Turns" with an earthquake in the BG. Now, it's soap opera time.The Rock and his wife are finalizing a divorce. Only a mere throw- away line to the professor at a later date "sorry about what happened to your friend" I swear this script was written in the back of a limo on the way to the studio. This news never makes it to the local media nor the citizens of LA. No small local towns obliterated, washed away. The entire dam, gone in a matter of seconds. Cut to Hoover Dam where same professor and assistant are doing seismic field tests when. Of course the cliché "not a matter of IF but WHEN", spits out. Cut to a class in session at a University where a professor is lecturing about seismic activity and that the west coast is due for a biggie. Really? I guess the basket rescue line was not long enough. There is a reporter who has tagged along for an interview and now she's asking questions about the rescue and they're are answering like there's no emergency to begin with. He and his buddies find this amusing as they jokingly begin with the routine rescue. He's a search and rescue pilot and he's attempting to rescue a girl trapped in a car on the side of a cliff. May contain spoilers!!! The Script was AWFUL! The film starts with the introduction of The Rock and his job.
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