Incannerax
What a waste of my time!!!
Daninger
very weak, unfortunately
Sammy-Jo Cervantes
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Curt
Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.
Gordon Davie
A good film makes you care if its characters live or die. With a bad film, you don't care. This film's characters are so obnoxious (especially the teenagers) that I was actually hoping they would die. The fact that some did is the only time this film broke away from the disaster film formula: introduce some people, show the problems they're having in their lives, then hit them with a major earthquake/fire/meteor strike/whatever so that when they come out the other side they realise their problems aren't so important after all. This one ticked all the boxes. I was surprised by the ending, though - there wasn't one. The film just stopped shortly after the hero had apparently saved the day. I was convinced that the TV station had missed off the final reel of the film, but no - that was it. I rewound and there were actually a couple of lines of dialogue to confirm that the plan (which incidentally was doing the opposite of what they had been trying to do five minutes earlier) had actually worked, though they seemed to accept this really quickly, on the basis of a few sketchy reports. Still, if there had been another ten minutes of story that would have been even more of my life that I'll never get back.
Ed Zegradabezavitch
If you're looking for an Oscar winner keep on looking. But if you just want to have fun this is at least that. Just ignore the acting. Watch it with your significant other just for fun, just without any expectations. It might surprise you and you'll agree with me. If you've ever been to Los Angeles it's interesting too to see the landmarks crumble. It IS a bit campy I'll admit. But the humor will at least make you smile. Just don't expect to be rolling on the floor laughing your --- off. Sure they didn't pay much for their special effects but they weren't awful. It comes close to being an anti-fracking statement but there really wasn't any mention in the dialogue of stopping it. So don't write it off. It's fun.
ben_thurber
When it comes to movies, there are certain grades I put things under. There's "Must see in Theaters," "Can wait for streaming," and "Possibly will play on a certain station soon." This one ranked below all of them. Sure, it could be argued that it was about the perceived dangers of fracking, but the writers clearly did no research about it, except, maybe, to look it up on Wikipedia. Sure, if there are "statements" made in movies, I can usually watch with mild interest and try and figure out what they're saying, but this was just ridiculous. We kept waiting for the big, promised finale, but it failed on this and many other levels. DNW. Do NOT Watch.
warzypants
Hilariously badly made movie that I discovered today on Netflix. Low budget, cliché ridden melodrama that had me crying with laughter at the end with all the dreadful acting, poor dialogue and cheesy tropes, naff earthquake CGI and predictable plot. What finished me off was the scene with the heroes waiting to take off in the helicopter just so that the cute dog could be rescued on time. Did I also mishear or did someone really say "You bet your sweet bippy"? If so, I haven't heard that line since Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In in the 1960s.So bad that I actually found it entertaining, albeit for all the wrong reasons.