Insights from the Cinematic World: dwayne johnson

Director Brad Peyton likes to shoot on the Z-axis, which creates a sense of movement away from and towards the camera.

San Andreas

After the infamous San Andreas Fault gives, triggering a magnitude 9-plus earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter.

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Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain is an action, comedy, crime film written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Michael Bay. The film, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson is based on a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles surrounding the brutal kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder of several victims by an organized group of criminals that included a number of bodybuilders.

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Snitch

A desperate father tries to save his teenage son from an unjust prison sentence by infiltrating a dangerous drug cartel in Snitch, a ripped‐from‐the headlines action‐adventure from co‐writer and director Ric Roman Waugh (Felon).

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (also known as Journey to the Mysterious Island) is an American 3D action-adventure film directed by Brad Peyton and the sequel to the 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán and Kristin Davis.

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