(Mark Robson/1974/USA)
Made at
the height of disaster movie mania and initially scripted by Mario
Puzo of Godfather fame this one is far too much character orientated
for my liking. The special effects of the earthquake and the
individual catastrophes are grand but the action is secondary to the
soap opera of the main players’ lives. I understand the need for
empathy in the audience and motivation on screen but honestly I’m
more interested in seeing LA fall apart than Charlton Heston’s
marriage. That’s the point of disaster movies isn’t it? There’s
a brilliant cameo by Walter Matthau as the drunk in the bar though.
(2/5)
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