Destruction: Los Angeles

Destruction: Los Angeles is a 2017 disaster film directed by Tibor Takács.

Destruction: Los Angeles
Directed byTibor Takács
Story byKrutin Patel
Sridhar Sreekakula
Produced byTodd Gilbert
Robert Van Norden
Sridhar Sreekakula
StarringCraig Sheffer
Cynthia Watros
Romeo Miller
Robert Giardina
Emmanuelle Vaugier
C. J. Valleroy
CinematographyYuki Noguchi
Edited byJoe Plenys
Music byKen Hor
Shi-Seng Lo
Production
company
Barking Cow Media Group
Distributed byBarking Cow Media Group
Lionsgate
Release dates
  • September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20) (Malaysia)
  • September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21) (France)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A volcano erupts near the metropolis of Los Angeles, followed by a fatal explosion and a strong, sudden earthquake. Finally, a rain of fire pours on the city and complete chaos breaks out. Family man and journalist John Benson sees his professional opportunity: he intends to write about the events in as much detail as possible in order to make a breakthrough as a journalist. As a result, he's studying the increasing seismic activity around the city.

However, he is also keen to keep his wife, Cathy, and their two children, Derek and Brooke, safe, and more than once faces the conflict between excellent reporting and the protection and safety of his family.

Cast

Reception

The film received a 21% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from fewer than 50 ratings.[1]

German online film portal Filmdienst wrote of the film, "A thoroughly conventional disaster film with all the melodramatic and action-packed clichés of the genre. Also listless in the treatment of the subplot about the figure of the reporter between desire for sensation and responsibility."[2]

German film magazine TV Spielfilm criticizes the film for what it perceived was an "unimaginative" story with "cheap" special effects, saying that it "triggers comedy rather than panic." Director Tibor Takács is mockingly called in the review a "trash specialist." The review ends saying, "L.A. is burning – unfortunately the film survived."[3]

References
  1. "Destruction: Los Angeles". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media.
  2. "Destruction: Los Angeles". Filmdienst (in German). Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  3. "Destruction: Los Angeles". TV Spielfilm (in German). Retrieved January 20, 2022.
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