Den californiske halvø hviler på en brudzone, San Andreas-forkastningen, som efter lang tids inaktivitet vågner til dåd. Kontinentalpladernes sammenstød skaber et dommedagsagtigt jordskælv, der opsluger hele Los Angeles. I et hidsigt kapløb mod den altødelæggende naturkatastrofe flygter den tapre helikopterpilot Ray og hans ekskone, Emma, nordpå mod San Francisco for at finde og redde deres datter.
Rover, a street-smart dog owned by a Las Vegas showgirl is dumped off Hoover Dam by the showgirl's boyfriend. Rather than drowning, Rover winds up in your basic idyllic farm in a classic city-boy-in-country shtick.
Dyrene på den afrikanske savanne venter forgæves på vandet, som plejer at strømme gennem Okavango-deltaet på denne tid af året. Dyrene bliver mere og mere tørstige, så den modige surikat Billy og hans bedste ven, den godmodige løve Sokrates, begiver sig af sted for at finde vand. Smith, den skumle chef fra et nærliggende luksus-feriested, har fået bygget en enorm dæmning for at kunne styre vandet til feriestedet. Alle dyr, store som små, beslutter sig for at kæmpe for vandet og retfærdigheden i et forrygende action-eventyr for hele familien.
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
Join legendary punk icon Billy Idol as he makes history by playing the first ever live concert in front of the world famous Hoover Dam.
American Construction Epic 1931-1936.
A 36-minute overview of one of mankind's greatest achievements. In the early 1930's, America was in the depths of a tragic economic depression. Yet the people of that troubled era constructed Hoover Dam, still one of the great wonders of the world.