A lower-echelon disaster thriller, in which the best character is knocked off early on and the leading man runs out of ideas with a third of the picture still to go.

Cohen keeps the vehicle cruising in fourth gear, hoping the audience won't get too impatient with the familiar scenery. Big, efficient, mindless entertainment.

It will seem suspenseful only to those who wonder whether Mr. Stallone can get the dog out alive.

As with most disaster films, there are some spectacular explosions and scary acts of destruction, but the human activity is not so well executed.