Continental Split

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...

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.

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.

I am from this area, been her for 47 years, so here we go. First of all, its New MADrid, as in "mad," and not ma-drid. The Mississippi river is a muddy river, not clear. We all have slight to severe southern accents, and no part of this film was done anywhere near Sikeston, New Madrid, Marston, or Portageville, Missouri. Sorry, id give this zero stars if possible. The fact that you can predict an earthquake is preposterous on its face anyway, much less a local agency carrying around warheads to stave off an earthquake. I know its a small budget film, but it was horribly done. There is a longing for many not only in our area, but all over the United States for a movie that can give a good history and a real look at what another 8-10.0 earthquake would look like here.

Can't put my finger on what it is, but I know a bad movie when I see it. Typical storyline where people don't heed warnings, predictable side stories, bad acting, pseudo-science.

My wife says she can tell by the colors in the movie that it is cheap.

Yet for some reason we still watched it because there is something about seeing things that we've never seen before that is entertaining. Like rubber-necking an accident. Stupid things like leaving the fate of the world in the hands of unqualified people, relying on rookies to fly a helicopter or handle a nuclear bomb.

This movie is the disaster.