Destruction: Los Angeles

A loud, fast disaster ride with fiery spectacle, thin characters, and a sentimental father-daughter core.

A frantic dash through escalating natural disasters, light on character but heavy on spectacle and urgency.

A harrowing, rain-lashed scramble for survival that keeps you gripped and finally moved by two brothers finding each other again.

A rushed, low-budget disaster ride that trades spectacle for frantic city-hopping urgency and thin character stakes.

A loud, silly thrill ride where lava eats Los Angeles and earnest heroes race to stop it.

A cheesy disaster TV movie with cheap effects and predictable peril, best enjoyed as light background entertainment.

A cheesy disaster ride with constant spectacle, thin characters, and a family racing through collapsing Los Angeles.

This is a high-octane, relentless chase where the stakes are intensely personal and the danger is constant.

A by-the-numbers disaster thriller that races through tremors and rescue missions with little subtlety but steady, undemanding tension.

A tense, straightforward disaster thriller that traps you in a burning skyscraper with little let-up and simple family stakes.

A tense, earnest disaster thriller that keeps you gripped as ordinary people race against a collapsing world.

A fast, high-stakes ride with roaring engines, risky stunts, and a brotherly bond that keeps the tension personal.