Who knew that the one man we can rely on during a catastrophic earthquake is Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson? San Andreas’ final, enthralling trailer proves that the former WWE star and now bona-fide Hollywood darling won’t let a little thing like a mammoth natural disaster break up his family. An earthquake strikes California in a rollicking fashion in San Andreas' clip, which suggests that it's going to be a fun, brutal summer flick. You can check out the third and final trailer for the disaster epic below.
I’m going to put it out there and admit that I really, really liked that. While the relationship between Dwayne Johnson’s rescue helicopter pilot, his estranged wife (Carla Gugino), and their daughter Alexandra Daddario looks a little lame and hackneyed there’s no denying that the scenes of devastation look truly spectacular.
In the film, Dwayne Johnson will zip up the state of California in his chopper after the magnitude 9 earthquake leaves his daughter in peril in San Francisco while he’s in Los Angeles. And by the looks of the below image she better have her snorkel and wetsuit ready because The City by the Bay is about to confront a nautical apocalypse.
Dwayne Johnson is reteaming with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’s director Brad Peyton and its producer Beau Flynn for the action thriller, while its script has been worked on by the likes of Allan Loeb, Carlton Cuse, Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Jeremy Passmore, Andre Fabrizio. Admittedly the number of writers makes me worry that the blockbuster could wind up being an uneven mess, ultimately suffering from "too many cooks in the kitchen" syndrome, but Peyton did a decent enough job with Journey 2, and his supremely talented ensemble cast should be able to paper over any of the cracks. Especially since the acting talent featured below is part of that posse:
Paul Giamatti’s presence means that San Andreas is already at least a two star film, and if its action scenes live up to the potential of the trailer, then it could be the surprise guilty pleasure of the summer. We’ll see if that’s the case when San Andreas is released on May 29th.
