The Rock's new disaster flick, San Andreas, is in cinemas this week, and though the marketing campaign hasn't exactly given it a huge presence in the marketplace amid immense competition from the likes of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Mad Max: Fury Road, it's still going to garner considerable interest due to Johnson's presence in the lead role. But the question remains: is it actually any good? Does the destruction porn-fest live up to its enticing possibilities and promising cast, or is it another stupid style-over-substance affair? The answer is pretty much somewhere in the middle, in honesty: it's entertaining if expectations are kept middling, and an undeniable spectacle if certainly one of the cheesiest films of the last 6 months. A mixed bag, then, but one that absolutely demands to be seen on the big screen if you're at all interested in it, because the sheer effects-driven insanity will naturally never feel quite as exciting on your laptop screen or TV. Just ensure to crack open a few beers before heading to the cinema, or at least head in with your brain appropriately switched off. Here are the 7 "ups" and 9 "downs" of the summer's latest blockbuster, San Andreas...
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