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Joey Romero
San Andreas is a disaster movie that details the events of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. The film shows acts of heroism and many fatalities. San Andreas first introduced the protagonist, Raymond as a first-responder, saving the life of a woman whose car fell off a cliff. His access to helicopters, boats, and planes enables him to save not just strangers, but his family.
Although Raymond has personal issues he must deal with throughout the movie, like the loss of one of his daughters, he does manage to help people on his way to save his other daughter. Some would say he should save the strangers that for example, were caught in the falling building with his wife. Others may point out his family comes first. Regardless, Raymond displayed heroism in saving his family and helping others avoid dying from falling debris.
The monumental earthquake that hit the San Francisco and Los Angeles area is a result of the San Andreas Fault. To begin the summary of the story, it is important to explain Raymond's circumstances at the beginning of the movie. Raymond, a pilot in the Los Angeles, air rescue team, is during a divorce. He plans a trip with his daughter Blake to San Francisco....
Meanwhile, Dr. Kim and his colleague Dr. Lawrence are doing research for an earthquake predicting model at the Hoover Dam (San Andreas (2015), 2015) (15:35 Minutes).
During their research at the Dam, the dam collapsed and killed Dr. Kim (San Andreas (2015), 2015) (16:05 Minutes). However, before Dr. Kim died, he managed to rescue a little girl by throwing her to Dr. Lawrence (San Andreas (2015), 2015) (17: 43 Minutes) Raymond is therefore called to go back to work. Dr. Lawrence learns the Fault at San Andreas would soon cause a major earthquake because of the shifting tectonic plates. This earthquake had the capacity to destroy the cities along the line.
Ray is the first-responder in the film. In most scenarios in the plot, he makes personal decisions instead of making decisions that will help everyone. For example, when Emma was having lunch with Daniel's sister and the earthquake happened, he saved Emma his daughter's mother from the collapsing building rather than reporting the emergency (San Andreas (2015), 2015) (41:20 Minutes). They find their way aboard his helicopter. However, Susan, Daniel's sister was a casualty in the collapsing building. In another instance, when the building that…
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