Continental Split

Was disappointed 10 minutes in. The actors didn't even check to see if they were pronouncing location names correctly. And the locations looked nothing like the areas the actual towns. Marston isn't a 5 minute walk from the river, also the Mississippi River in this areas is over a MILE from shore to shore, the body of water shown in the movie was basically a drainage canal. It was maybe 100 feet across. In the first 30 minutes the only realism I saw was the drone image of the Capitol Building in Jefferson City. Let's not even talk about the rift traveling perpendicular to the actual fault. It's the worst film I've seen in years.

Why the choice of little ol Sikeston? The only thing that I have seen that relates to the area is the shots of Jefferson City. Outside of that, the filming locations weren't in the areas talked about. At some point they end up in Nashville? No no no. They make Jefferson City seem REALLY close, it isn't. The CGI is cringe worthy at best. The "close calls" are even terrible. The mispronunciation of the local names was even worse. The whole movie was unrealistic.

Final assessment, do your job on making sure that homework is done to not make yourself look like a fool. Make sure you include areas in your filmmaking that are relevant to your production. And for the love of god and all that is holy and sacred, pronounce the names properly. Bonus: Better CGI/Green Screen would be fantastic.

As another Missourian, and someone who's traveled, please learn how the locals pronounce the town at least. It's like how Kansans know the river is pronounced "Ar-kan-zis" when it's within our borders, but our local news guy, who's been here for decades, still calls the town south of Wichita "Ar-kan-saw City."

Low budget, special effects are not that special. And the plot is literally the same as in the movie Twister. Same sorta-divorced couple, who used to work together, suddenly working together again on an invention to help predict earthquakes. Only difference is she's supposed to be getting married instead of him and they have 2 grown children.

Timing of this movie is interesting. Not much info and very glossed over; it is a fast-moving movie that mostly focuses on what they could do to stop it rather than the real horror that would ensue amongst the people. Zero depth to it; not so engaging and repetitive like most disaster movies. Afterwards you have nothing to take home about it.

The plot could have shown clues amounting over the previous ten years that would point to its inevitability, then shown the aftermath of the people, how they cope, react and how the country was affected, which states got hit worse, and how they go on after the split. What they will do to rebuild....

All other reviews complain about the pronunciation. I am not familiar with that area so I didn't know better.

Another complaint is how the son could fly a helicopter. At the beginning of the film the son told his mother that his dad was teaching him how to fly a helicopter.

NOW with all of that out of the way. Yes it is Twister with earthquakes. Just by feel of the quakes, no matter where, they always know it is a 4.7, 6.1, 8.4 magnitude. The script was full of WTF & pointless interactions, dialogue & scenes. The CGI is pretty bad & the acting is, for the most part, is mostly pretty brutal...