The many rescues are all cartoonishly unlikely, with a casual disregard for physics and biology, but Cuse and director Brad Peyton ( Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore ) made a smart move in making Ray a pilot: During much of the architectural carnage, he has a god’s-eye view of rippling landscapes, collapsing buildings, and cities in flame.
By closing Giamatti’s character off from the main story, director Brad Peyton (“Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore”) and screenwriter Carlton Cuse (ABC’s “Lost”) flub the very thing they’re trying to do and end up underlining the uselessness of all the characters they’ve put on screen.
San Andreas reunites the popular actor with his Journey 2: The Mysterious Island director Brad Peyton, who’s probably best known for Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, which is not a film for which you wish to be known.
Director Brad Peyton ( Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore ) throws in a few scenes that show Ray rescuing complete strangers.
Barring a cool digitally composited long take—in which the camera flies in through the window of a shaking building and follows Emma as she makes her way to the roof—director Brad Peyton ( Journey 2: The Mysterious Island , Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore ) can’t seem to connect his characters to the destruction unfolding around them.
Director Peyton helmed "Mysterious Island 2" and "Cats & Dogs 2," two of the more grating sequels in recent memory.