Earthquake 4K 1974 Ultra HD 2160p

Storyline
Construction engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. Meanwhile, Remy tries to persuade her father and Stuart's employer, Sam Royce, to use his influence to stop Stuart from seeing Denise. Rogue policeman Lew Slade is suspended from the L.A.P.D. for having punched an obtuse officer from another jurisdiction. Embittered, Slade contemplates quitting the police force. Jody, a perverted grocery store manager, lusts after Rosa Amici, sister of Sal, the assistant to Miles Quade, an aspiring daredevil motorcyclist. The lives of all these people are devastated when a major earthquake rips through Los Angeles and reduces the city to ruins.

User Review

Epic disaster movies were popular and grossed good box office receipts long before Emmerich's blockbusters. And Earthquake is a perfect example of this. True, here we have a star-studded cast and a screenplay by the creator of The Godfather... Hmm, Puzo was a multifaceted man, no doubt about it. But let's get down to business.

The film Earthquake, as you can guess from the title, tells the story of a natural phenomenon involving movement... Well, you get the idea. If you've seen one disaster movie, you've seen them all, and you can play an interesting game of bingo. Just cross off the items on the list below when they appear on screen:

1. Scientists who warned of the disaster

2. High-ranking officials who didn't listen

3. A politician or businessman who prohibited evacuation, citing losses

4. A family on the verge of divorce that is brought together by the disaster

5. A father searching for his wife and child

6. A child being searched for by his mother

7. A beloved pet being searched for by a child

8. Armed looters

9. Armed panic-mongers

10. The phrase “No, this is not the end, this is only the beginning...”

Of course, you won't be able to check off every item on this list when watching Earthquake, but the general logic is roughly the same.

In contrast to the rather clichéd plot, the film features excellent special effects for the 1970s — apparently shot on miniatures, which fit so perfectly into the frame that you begin to regret the advent of computer graphics. A significant part of the film is devoted to destruction, and it looks as authentic as possible. A couple of unsuccessful shots do not spoil the overall picture, although they are capable of amusing the modern viewer.

And the final touch to the review is, of course, the actors. The list is impressive—even if most of them were no longer A-list stars at the time of filming, the merits of Charlton Heston, for example, cannot be overestimated. All the characters, played by stars, are completely alive on screen—they doubt, argue, and act.

Overall, Earthquake is a classic example of a well-polished disaster movie. The only drawback here is more of a genre peculiarity—it's not an action movie or a thriller, so the pace may seem rather slow and boring at times.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (58.7 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: HDR10
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Info Audio

#English: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1
#French: DTS 5.1
#Spanish: DTS 5.1
#Italian: DTS 5.1

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