Along with the visual effects, the main aspect of the movie which cannot really be faulted is the quality of the destruction porn itself: as mentioned earlier, Peyton doesn't save it for the final reel, and generously doles it out through the entire movie. There's a lot of it, and thanks to the slick direction, it's an absolute marvel to behold. Peyton keeps the action relatively diverse, switching between the ever-classic collapsing buildings and also more intimate human struggles, such as when Emma and Ray's daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) finds herself trapped inside a car, or comes close to drowning. There's a weight to the action that makes it frequently awe-inspiring: arguably the most impressive moment comes when a freight liner carrying shipping containers is swept up by a tsunami and flung into the Golden Gate Bridge, breaking it in two and doubtless killing thousands in mere seconds. It's shocking and, thankfully, Peyton kept a lot of the best money shots out of the trailers.
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