Dear friends~ Recommend some good disaster movies!

1. "The Day After Tomorrow": Family ties bridged by disaster

Plot summary:

"The Day After Tomorrow" depicts the world represented by the United States in one day. A science fiction story about a sudden sharp drop in temperature and entering an ice age. In the story, climatologist Jack Hall (played by Dennis Quaid) points out after observing prehistoric climate research that global warming caused by the greenhouse effect will cause unprecedented disasters on the earth. Dr. Jack warned government officials to take preventive action, but the warning was apparently too late. Dr. Jack Hall then urgently asked the Vice President of the United States to announce that people across the United States south of the 30th parallel should evacuate as quickly as possible toward the equator, and people north of this line should keep as warm as possible.

At this time, Dr. Hall learned that his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) was going to New York alone to rescue his girlfriend, so he decided to risk going to New York to launch a rescue operation in the ice and snow. At this time, the disaster began in New York. Manhattan skyscrapers were hit by a strong cyclone and most of them were destroyed. Suddenly, a raging flood surged out of the subway tunnel. The flood swallowed New York, submerged the United States, and Europe ceased to exist under the flood. After that, ice and snow covered the entire earth's surface, and the Ice Age began.

When the camera returned to the United States again, those Americans who were lucky enough to survive fled to Mexico and asked to enter the refugee camps there. At the end of the film, the US president had to sigh and admit that the climate policy he pursued was a huge failure.

Psychic impact:

In this typical American commercial production, in addition to the thrilling spectacle of the catastrophe, there are many details of humanistic feelings that are touching, among which the most touching What is most talked about is the relationship between father and son. The relationship between the father and his son in the film was originally like the relationship between most fathers and their adolescent sons, with some gaps and misunderstandings. However, after going through the test of life and death, there is a detail of the deep love between father and son at the end of the film that is particularly meaningful. . A series of bad weather swept the world. Mountaineering scholar Jack Hall asked his 17-year-old son Sam to stay in the New York Library to escape the unprecedented snowstorm in a thousand years. He promised his son that he would come to save them. After overcoming unimaginable difficulties and dangers, Hall finally came to the New York Library, which was covered by heavy snow. When he and his colleagues appeared like aliens in the library where Sam and his classmates were hiding, Sam and his classmates were hiding. They looked at him in surprise. Sam's girlfriend asked, "Who is that?" Sam's joyful face was filled with pride, and he said, "That's my dad!"

Disaster Enlightenment:

"The Day After Tomorrow" "The intention is very high, because the real enemy in the film is mankind itself. In this disaster planned by mankind, no one is innocent, so the fear is still strong.

It has become a scientific conclusion that the greenhouse effect will trigger a new ice age. Facing this future threat, humans have not yet come up with practical measures. Therefore, it is natural for human civilization to be submerged in ice water like giant mongoose mammoths. It is a nightmare deep in human consciousness. We only dare to imagine this ending but dare not face it, so the appearance of "The Day After Tomorrow" cheers us up.

2. "Titanic": Using disaster to express the beauty of human nature

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He is a wandering painter, she is an aristocratic lady , he was lucky enough to squeeze into the third class cabin through gambling, while she and her famous fiancé boarded the first class cabin - they met on the largest and most luxurious cruise ship in the world at that time. , this should have been a beautiful encounter, if it weren't for that damn iceberg...

But at least the love is true. She was tired of the snobbery and emptiness of the upper class, and confided her depression to him: "I feel that this life is nothing more than this, as if I have lived a lifetime. Countless banquets, dances, yacht races, polo matches, everything I can come into contact with He is a narrow-minded person who speaks without meaning. I feel like I am standing on the edge of a cliff, no one pulls me back, no one cares, no one even cares. "He told her: "Enjoy every day", which means that the meaning of life is to be happy. Live happily every day, not suppressing your own nature for vanity, and not letting ethics and education constrain your dreams. He brought back the long-lost smile on her face, and she decided to give up all glory and comfort. His life will always follow him - happiness was once so close...

But a tragic tragedy happened, and the Titanic was in chaos. In the crisis, the goodness and ugliness, nobility and despicability of human nature were revealed More distinct. Jack gave up his chance of survival to his lover Rose, and froze to death in the sea of ??ice.

Psychic impact:

In fact, it seems now that the production of "Titanic" is not the best. The special effects scenes that seemed so powerful back then have already been replaced by countless up-and-comers. It has surpassed it, but the soul-stirring love song in the film is unforgettable for a long time. Perhaps it is the film's emphasis on portraying the unconventional love between Rose and Jack that makes it more humanistic than ordinary disaster films and has become a An inescapable and timeless classic in the history of disaster films.

In addition to love, there is also faith, elegance and courage. Let us once again review the moments that have moved us:

Scene 1: When the hull of the ship began to sink, the passengers Panicked, the small band came to the deck at the captain's order and calmly played relaxing music.

Scene 2: Facing people rushing to escape, a musician thinks that the performance at this moment is useless and no one will listen to it anyway. But the first violinist said: "They didn't listen during the meal!" So they continued to play.

Scene 3: The ship is about to sink. The chief violinist announces the end of the performance. The musicians shake hands and say goodbye to each other before leaving. The chief piano player was seen playing the piano again alone, regardless of the chaos on the deck. Hearing the sound of the piano, the musicians who had walked away returned one by one, gathered around the leader, and began the last round of performance. < /p>

How to explain all this? It may be a bit pretentious to say it; it may be too much to say it has a sense of professional honor, but I believe that any audience who has watched "Titanic" will never forget the image of the musicians who played selflessly in the cold wind of the dark night, and The cello floating on the sea at the end of the film!

Disaster Enlightenment:

An important revelation given to us by "Titanic" is: never be too proud in front of nature. "Titanic" was built by British White Star in 1909 The company's products were among the best at the time in terms of luxury, scale, technology and safety, so the Titanic was called the "unsinkable ship." A crew member said to a second-class female passenger Sylvia Caldwell during the voyage: "Even if God himself came, he could not sink this ship." Therefore, the ship was not even equipped with sufficient life-saving supplies. But this unsinkable "Titanic" sank on its maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 crew members and passengers on the "Titanic", only 705 survived. A painful lesson tells us: always remain humble towards nature, and never be overconfident towards technology. In an era of explosion of knowledge and supremacy of technology, perhaps this will help us retain a sense of sanity and a sense of humanity.

3. "I Am Legend": The end of the present generation, the legend of the future world

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The film sets a "post-war" for us. "Legendary" era. "Legend" should be something in the past. We are all descendants of humans who survived the legend, but now "legend" has surpassed our pace and gone in front of us. It has come to the sci-fi disaster movie: the unknown virus swept across Humanity, 90% of humanity has perished, and of the remaining 10%, another 9% of humanity has turned into blood-eating monsters, walking zombies without thoughts and emotions. Only a very small number have become A small number of humans are born with antibodies. This is the protagonist Robert Neville. Robert knows that he has two weapons at his disposal: his scientific expertise and his own blood. His experience of making a living in the army helped him choose a way of living in this abandoned city. It was completely systematic. He had to insist on a lot of physical training every day, and he had to constantly send out calls for help or search. The radio waves of survivors like himself... The only one who is still fighting side by side with Robert is his most loyal partner Sam, a German Shepherd. During the day, Robert took Sam out to search for life-sustaining supplies, and then went to the laboratory to do research and send out radio waves; at night, they locked themselves in a building as strong as a fortress, observing the monsters in the city. "Foraging" on the streets. In addition to doing the same thing dutifully every day, Robert also enjoys complete freedom in this "ghost city": he can drive his sports car through the streets; play golf on a fighter jet; and decorate his body with priceless jewelry. Fortress, etc., even the busiest commercial street in the city center has now become Robert's own "back garden". As the last hope of mankind, Robert is driven by the only remaining mission, which is to use the immune system in his own blood to find a way to reverse the virus. Although he knew that he was facing a huge astronomical figure, he had no choice because his time was almost running out.

The film has two endings. The first ending is that just when he found the antibody, the monsters also invaded his fortress, and he could only risk his life to protect those who heard his radio waves and met him. The other two people, these two people will send the antibodies he bought at the cost of his life to a few human settlements that are not infected with the virus and have no antibodies, and the elites there will copy and spread this life-saving medicine, and humans will reproduce at once To survive, this means that in the next hundreds of millions of years, the few people who survived will always tell his story, just like our legend about Dayu who controlled the water, and Zhu Rong who stole the fire...

Another ending is that at the moment when the monsters rush in, a female monster captured by him for experimentation wakes up and slowly returns to human form, and she happens to be the beloved girlfriend of the monster leader. She inspired the leader's remaining humanity, allowing Robert to escape...

Psychic Impact:

There are so many things in this film that can make us appreciate the beauty of human nature. First of all, the biggest feeling given by the post-disaster film is: It turns out that there are so many things in life that we don’t know how to cherish, and we only know how to regret them when they are lost.

What made the author feel the most poignant in the film was not the death of the protagonist’s wife and daughter, or even the desolation of the entire world, but this scene: Robert came to a bookstore, and there were several dummies placed inside and outside the bookstore. Model, Robert walked to the door of the bookstore and chatted enthusiastically with the two dummies at the door of the bookstore. He also named each of them, took a book, went to the cashier, and met the man sitting behind the counter. The dummy also joked a few words, and even walked up to a female dummy, pretending to peek at her, acting like he was in love but embarrassed to confess, and secretly made up his mind: Tomorrow, I must muster up the courage to talk to you tomorrow! After reading this, the author suddenly felt like crying: It turns out that there can be so many warm and beautiful feelings between people. It turns out that when I walked to a small bookstore and chatted with acquaintances and friends, I felt in my heart It's so wonderful to silently like someone of the opposite sex! Do we care about everything Robert dreamed of?

The two endings of the film also permeate the beauty of human nature. In the first ending, Robert sacrificed himself to save the world and the people around him. This behavior is undoubtedly noble and touching; in the second ending, Robert escaped from death, all relying on the monster leader's remaining humanity and the power of love. , it cannot be said to be a far-fetched happy reunion.

Disaster Inspiration:

This film reminds me of two other less famous "post-disaster" films, "Children of Men" and "The Visit". Like "I Am Legend", it does not make too much analysis on the reasons for the disaster, but imagines how to respond after the disaster occurs. "Children of Men" imagines that if human beings lose the ability to reproduce - an ability that many people take for granted - the world will be shrouded in despair and decadence, people will no longer work peacefully, and there will be sounds of fighting and killing everywhere... The film The plot itself is relatively thin, with strong traces of an action movie. "Deadly Visit" imagines what will happen if a virus spreads and humans appear to be normal, but lose their emotions, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy? The answer the film gives us is: people will no longer be human! In the film, a wife told her psychiatrist that her husband used to beat and scold him, but when he kissed her, she could feel the love from the heart. However, after contracting the virus, he stopped beating her. He scolded her, even hit her and scolded her, but she no longer felt his heart. She would rather he returned to the irritable and irritable self he used to be! ... From a unique perspective, these disaster films remind us that there are many beautiful and precious things around us, or in us, and we must face them with an attitude of gratitude and cherishment.

4. "Comet Hits the Earth": United as one, unity is strength

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In the Richmond Astronomy Laboratory in Virginia, a 14-year-old Leo Beidemann accidentally discovered an unknown comet. Later, scientists confirmed that it was a comet that could cause a devastating blow to the earth. The comet weighs about 500 megatons and is about the size of New York City. It is currently orbiting the sun due to the gravitational pull of the sun. If it follows its orbit, it will collide with the earth in about a year.

In order to save the earth, the government decided to send a team led by former astronaut Captain Tanner to drive the spacecraft "Messiah" jointly manufactured by the United States and Russia to land on the comet, trying to use a nuclear device to detonate the comet or destroy the comet. Deflect from its original course to stop this disaster star. However, due to insufficient analysis of the comet's structure, the explosion split the comet into two large and small pieces and continued to fly towards the earth. The "Messiah" lost contact with the earth after the operation failed. As the comet gets closer and closer to the earth, humans are no longer able to stop its advance. Although the earth will not disappear due to the impact, the tsunami and dust generated by the impact will be a fatal blow to all life on earth.

In order to enable human beings to survive, the government had to implement the final "Ark" plan, which was to build a secret sanctuary containing seeds, plants, animals and a small number of human elites to survive between the two. After the dust settles in the year, he will come out to complete his important task. The day of impact finally arrived. The first small comet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean at a speed exceeding the speed of light. In an instant, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other places were engulfed by tsunamis. Fortunately, the "Messiah" got in touch with the earth again after many twists and turns. The astronauts resolutely started the nuclear device and rushed towards the large comet that followed without hesitation... A magnificent meteor shower flashed across the sky, and mankind finally Saved.

Soul impact:

The most touching thing in this story is the scene where all the people, represented by the United States, work together and unite when the disaster strikes.

Five astronauts, five living lives, they all love life and their families, but for the sake of more families and more lives, they chose to sacrifice without hesitation, and no one had any objections; the little boy Bet Mann is a hero appointed by fate. Thanks to him, scientists discovered the comet that was about to hit the earth. What is even more valuable is that he was unwilling to give up his childhood sweetheart girlfriend at the critical moment. He did not say the words "I will love you until the end of the world." But she was determined to implement it; the female reporter was once a gossip chaser who only wanted fame and wealth, regardless of conscience, but at the critical moment she resolutely gave her hope of survival to her competitors, and forgave her divorced and remarried husband. Father, people's destinies are intertwined and related to each other. No one complains. Only people are happy for the luck of others and sad for the misfortune of others. Seeing all this, I can't help but feel a very warm feeling in my heart...

Disaster Enlightenment:

The disaster in "Comet Hits the Earth" is completely a sudden disaster, a force majeure natural disaster. At this time, people will appear insignificant on the one hand, and on the other hand But they can transcend this kind of disaster with strong spiritual power: This kind of transcendence has two aspects: on the one hand, people can use their own strength to minimize the harm of disasters. For example, in the film, people built underground shelters and dispatched Spaceships go on bombing missions, but more importantly, people's spiritual strength can transcend such disasters. In times of crisis, people show order, compassion, and caring for each other, which greatly highlights the dignity and honor of mankind.

5. "Tornado": The deepest love is paved with career

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In the 1960s, a horrific tornado storm hit the United States. Joe. The Hartings, Joe's father was swept away by a storm while trying to protect his family. This childhood experience prompted Joe to become a meteorologist specializing in tornadoes when he grew up.

In the 1990s, Joe's husband Bill. Harding brought his girlfriend Melissa to see Joe to sign the divorce certificate. Bill also used to be a weather expert chasing tornadoes. In Joe's storm chasing team, Joe told him that the tornado detector "Dorothy" he designed before had been successfully manufactured; Bill was very happy and finally decided to chase the storm again.

While chasing the wind, another team led by Jonas passed them. Jonas obtained sponsorship from large companies and owned advanced instruments and equipment. He also stole Bill and Joe's research results in an attempt to become famous. During Joe and Bill's confrontation with the tornado, the two "Dorothys" were scrapped due to incomplete design; but Melissa broke up with Bill because she couldn't bear this thrilling and turbulent life. She thought Joe was more suitable for him.

Another large tornado struck. Joe and Bill arrived and rescued Joe's mother in time; at the same time, the two were inspired by the wind chimes and improved the detector. A tornado struck again. Jonas did not listen to the advice and was swept away by the tornado. Bill made up his mind to take risks personally, and finally succeeded in releasing the last "Dorothy". Through thousands of small detectors, the storm chasing team finally received complete information about the center of the storm, and they finally succeeded. Bill and Joe also relied on wit and bravery to escape the attack of death. After the tornado, the same adventure rekindled their love in their hearts.

Psychic impact:

In fact, this film is strictly a disaster ethics film. It tells the story of a couple whose marriage is on the verge of bankruptcy, set against the backdrop of a storm. The story involves love, but it is not an imaginary love between handsome men and beauties like Titanic, but a love between a pair of ordinary men and women who are responsible and enterprising. Their love is not so perfect - they are on the verge of divorce or even the husband. Already has a new girlfriend - more like the smell of firewood, rice, oil and salt, with a deeper foundation and wider connections. There is a particularly thought-provoking part in the film: the male protagonist cannot resist the temptation of careerism and decides to marry the heroine's ex-wife. We went to Chasing the Wind together and sat in the same car. They started chatting and bickering. Whenever the heroine made a start - a seemingly friendly one, the hero started to refute in advance. This kind of plot design It makes people feel very real. Only real couples can have that kind of tacit understanding and spiritual communication. Friendship is also a booster for their love. Although they have decided to divorce, they are still a couple in the eyes of their friends. When they are having fun with their friends, the male protagonist's new beautiful girlfriend feels like an outsider. But what connects them more closely is their love and selfless devotion to their colleagues: they go deep into the center of the storm time and time again, rejoicing in the face of terrible disasters, and risking their lives in the face of huge dangers - to save, to turn the hurricane away No longer threatening more families - when their hard work and struggle finally succeeded, that was when their love rekindled: not to be exact, but to a new level.

Friendship, teamwork, and striving for common ideals and goals are also obvious themes of this film: this is a positive theme. In fact, it is not difficult to have a positive theme. What is important is how to present this theme in a real, touching and easy-to-accept way.

6. "The Perfect Storm": Salute, ordinary people fighting for survival

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There is a famous ship in the Port of Grusister It is Andrea Gale's fishing boat. The captain of the boat is named Billy Tyne (played by George Clooney). This veteran fishing has had little harvest recently and has no luck, so he decided to go to the waters of "Flemish Cap" Chuangchuang, although this sea area is relatively far away from the port and involves certain risks, it is particularly rich in fishery resources. Accompanying Billy Tyne are Bobby Shatford (Mark Wahlberg), Dale Murphy (John Cee-Reilly), Alfred Piari ( Ellen Payne), Bagos (John Hawkes), and Sully (William Fichtner). Each of these five people has a story. Bobby Shatford has just divorced his wife. He needs to pay legal fees to the lawyer who helped him file the lawsuit. At the same time, he also needs money to build a new life with his new girlfriend; Dale Murphy is a fishing expert. , he needs cash to support his increasingly estranged wife and daughter; Alfred Piari is a brave Jamaican who likes to chase women; Bagos is a friendly local who just wants to earn money. Qian married a wife and returned home; Sully was the last to join the voyage team, and his relationship with Murphy was somewhat tense.

The Andrea Gale fishing boat was sailing on the sea. Captain Billy Tyne realized that there might be a storm ahead. He originally planned to wait for two days to sail, but because the on-board ice machine was broken, it was full. The fish in the boat cannot wait, but he firmly believes that he and his companions can overcome the storm and return home with a full load. But unfortunately, Billy Tyne encountered an unprecedented storm this time. Hurricane Alice met two strong air currents, and the powerful storm formed by the combination was really powerful! Although Billy's childhood sweetheart and rival female captain Linda helped him make a distress call, the Air Force Search and Rescue Team had no time to save their tragic ending. The Air Force Search and Rescue Team itself also lost a member...

The protagonists in "The Perfect Storm" are just a group of fishermen busy making a living. They are not the kind of heroes often portrayed in American movies. They are not for any great cause, nor are they for salvation. Others, but the film can still deeply touch my heart. Perhaps, it can remind us more of ourselves and our lives. We don’t have many opportunities to become heroes who save the world, and we rarely become scientists. For the great We strive for our careers, but in our daily lives, we also need to struggle and fight, even if it is just to gain reputation, surpass our competitors, or live a better life, catch more fish, and make more money for the people we love.

7. "New Poseidon": Beautiful human nature can drown out ugliness and defeat disaster

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Thirty-four years ago, it was still emerging. "Poseidon" starring Gene Hackman caused a sensation at the time, no less than the "overwhelming" "Titanic". This classic shipwreck movie not only ranked second at the annual box office, but also earned Second only to "The Godfather", it was nominated for eight Oscars at the same time, and finally won two statuettes for Best Original Song and Best Visual Effects. The most commendable thing is that in the 1970s when special effects technology was not developed, "Poseidon" set a new example for the disaster film genre with its extremely realistic scene design. In today's Hollywood where remakes are common, looking for gold mines in the pile of old papers has become a common tactic. Warner Bros., who is adept at calculation, will make a big impact in the summer season with two classic films this year: one is a continuation of the evergreen series "Superman Returns" and another one is "The New Poseidon" that reproduces the classic shipwreck.

Warner’s choice to let this luxury oil tanker set sail again in May of this year was indeed a wise choice after reviewing the situation: superheroes have been rampant on the screen in recent years, and Hollywood’s once best disaster-themed movies, But it's almost the end. Fortunately, two years ago, "The Day After Tomorrow", a film that almost froze the earth, put the disaster genre back into people's eyes. Moreover, the extremely generous box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" that year also fully proves that as long as the concept is new enough and the visual effects are dazzling enough, disaster movies are still popular among movie fans. Therefore, under the overall depression situation, "New Poseidon Adventure", which returned to the sea after many years, chose to come out at this time, which can be said to be the best time.

In order to make the new version of "Poseidon" set off a "perfect storm" on the box office list filled with strong players, Warner specially invited the German shipwreck expert Wolfgang, known as "Poseidon" ?Peterson takes the helm of the new ship. As we all know, Wolfgang started his career in Hollywood by making shipwreck films. His two works, "From the Bottom of the Sea" and "The Perfect Storm" were huge wins, which also allowed him to successfully join the ranks of A-level directors. Now, "Poseidon" has shown its power for the third time. , in addition to fighting the huge waves again, it completely overturned the plot in the original work and carefully designed a more dramatic plot. People can't help but look forward to the new captain. For those who want to be nostalgic but unwilling to give up the modern vision, For fans of effective movies, "New Poseidon" is indeed the best choice to kill two birds with one stone in this summer's movie. The film was nominated for the Visual Effects Award at the 79th Academy Awards.

8. "Vertical Limit": The Dignity and Meaning of Life

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The towering K2 Peak at the western foot of the Himalayas is the only The world's second-highest mountain after Mount Everest, a European mountaineering team attempted to climb K2 as early as 1892. However, it was not until 1954 that an Italian expedition team successfully reached the summit and realized their wish to conquer K2. Peter (played by Chris O'Donnell) was originally an expert mountain climber. However, because his father accidentally died in a mountaineering accident, Peter made up his mind to give up mountain climbing, but Peter's sister Anne (played by Robin Turney) did not. Willing to give up, the brother and sister broke up unhappy. Anne organized an expedition team on her own to attack K2 Peak. Unexpectedly, the team encountered a sudden change in climate and was trapped on the cliff, facing a dilemma. In order to rescue Annie, Peter had to go into battle and challenge the limits of K2 again!

9. "Armageddon": A sense of responsibility makes ordinary people become heroes

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NASA discovered a huge meteorite heading towards the Earth direction and will hit the earth within 18 days. In order to prevent the meteorite from causing destruction to mankind, the space agency came up with a method to send people to land on the surface of the meteorite, drill holes into the center of the meteorite, and put The nuclear bomb detonated, causing it to be destroyed in space before hitting the earth. Bruce Willis played the foreman of the oil rig worker responsible for this important task, and Ben Affleck was not only his subordinate, but also He is also the boyfriend of Bruce Willis's daughter (played by Liv Tyler). In order to complete this training, the two of them received training from NASA at the same time, and overnight they became astronauts and savior heroes from a well digger.

10. "Heaven Falling": Life is so fragile and so beautiful

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Harry, a scientist studying volcanoes, lost his beloved wife at work. Four years later Later he was ordered to conduct seismic tests on Mount Dante. The result of his test was that the volcano had abnormal activity and showed signs of eruption. But his warning was blocked by his superiors. Rachel, the mayor of Dante's Peak Town, is a single mother who is preparing to organize a celebration because the town has just won an award for the best living environment in the United States. In this context, no one wants to believe that the volcano is about to erupt. But Harry adhered to his conscience as a scientist and insisted on his opinion. While evacuation efforts were underway, the volcano erupted.

Panicked people fled one after another, but Rachel had to go upstream to find her daughter. Harry bravely stepped forward and drove towards the mountains...