Earthquake Underground – Movie Review
First Reaction – Earthquake Underground is a fun late-night disaster movie.
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Director: Brian Nowak
Writer: C.M. Dowling, M.L Miller (Screenplay)
Cast
- Matthew Gademske (Transmorphers: Mech Beasts)
- Angela Cole (Tommyknockers)
- Houston Rhines (Christmas on the Ranch)
- Tim Dorsey
- Jenny Tran (8 Found Dead)
Plot: After a massive earthquake submerges a hotel, a young architect must overcome all odds to save his pregnant girlfriend before the structure collapses.
Runtime: 1 Hour 23 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Earthquake Underground starts when a newly reconstructed hotel is in the middle of an earthquake. The survivors including Brian (Gademske), Amy (Cole), Reese (Rhines), Michael (Dorsey), Deb (Tran) and others must find a way out of the building. Their first plan is to head down, however, the quake sank the building underground and now they must find a way to get to the roof.
The group must band together and put aside their difference if they are to make it out alive. However, they face challenges from the destruction and a race against time when things start getting more serious.
Verdict on Earthquake Underground
Recap
This movie follows a group of people who get trapped in a building after an earthquake. Unlike normal quakes, the building has sunk into the ground and they must race to get out of the building through the roof. It fits the fun disaster idea where we get the group we want to see survive.
Best Parts
The idea of spinning the escape from an earthquake disaster is nice to see. It presents a different challenge and we go through the different plans to escape the situation. This keeps the idea simple and doesn’t make anything overly farfetched.
Worst Parts
This keeps everything feeling small-scale, despite seeing the major destruction on the outside. We see this from the helicopter pilots who are flying around the destruction, but it never makes that world feel lived in. Some of the situations are little moments of additional destruction, which can make things not feel like a race against time.
Final Thoughts –Earthquake Underground is an entertaining late-night disaster movie.