Made by The Asylum, this was directed by Brian Nowak (Jurassic Domination) and written by C. M. Dowling (Super Volcano) and M. L. Miller (Shark Waters). This takes place in The Armada Hotel, which is under construction when an earthquake shakes the city. It traps Brian (Matthew Gademske) and his girlfriend Amy (Angela Cole). While he knows that she's diabetic and worries about her condition, he doesn't know that she's pregnant. Along with the architects Deb (Jenny Tran) and Joe (Pakob Jarernpone) and the person in charge of the construction, Reese (Houston Rhines) and several other future victims, they must try to get out of the building or die trying.
Most of them die, no spoiler needed.
A whole bunch of attractive people get killed by everything from malfunctioning elevators to flooding and even a helicopter bisecting them. The first part has nearly no effects and instead uses the building - which has fallen into the underground - to good effect. Then they get to the surface and that's when The Asylum remembers that they have to have lots of CGI, some bad, some not as bad, and there's even a great moment where the survivors try to escape a flood by driving through a parking garage before smashing into a wall because of bad driving.
I love 70s disaster movies so much and always hope that modern movies can get close to them. This has the spirit, if not the cast of famous people, but is missing the budget. That said, if you just want to chill out, stop thinking and enjoy what citywide destruction looks like on a low budget, who am I to hold you back? I just wish that there were sharks in the water when it flooded or that this went crazier, but as it is, it moves fast and won't bore you.
Most of them die, no spoiler needed.
A whole bunch of attractive people get killed by everything from malfunctioning elevators to flooding and even a helicopter bisecting them. The first part has nearly no effects and instead uses the building - which has fallen into the underground - to good effect. Then they get to the surface and that's when The Asylum remembers that they have to have lots of CGI, some bad, some not as bad, and there's even a great moment where the survivors try to escape a flood by driving through a parking garage before smashing into a wall because of bad driving.
I love 70s disaster movies so much and always hope that modern movies can get close to them. This has the spirit, if not the cast of famous people, but is missing the budget. That said, if you just want to chill out, stop thinking and enjoy what citywide destruction looks like on a low budget, who am I to hold you back? I just wish that there were sharks in the water when it flooded or that this went crazier, but as it is, it moves fast and won't bore you.
