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11 movies that destroyed Las Vegas

Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) looks out at an irradiated Las Vegas in "Blade Runner 2049." (Step ...

“Army of the Dead” isn’t the first movie to imagine a Las Vegas that’s been at least partially destroyed. Not even close. Here’s a look at several others:

— “Resident Evil: Extinction” (2007)

Las Vegas is reclaimed by the desert after a zombie pandemic.

— “The Stand” (1994) and “The Stand” (2020)

Following a different pandemic, the city is destroyed, in both versions, by a nuclear blast.

— “Blade Runner 2049” (2017)

Las Vegas is an orange-hued wasteland following the detonation of a dirty bomb.

— “San Andreas” (2015)

A colossal earthquake destroys the Hoover Dam, along with, presumably, everything in the path of the unleashed Lake Mead.

— “10.5: Apocalypse” (2006)

Hoover Dam collapses in this miniseries, too, because of massive seismic shifts, and the Strip just sort of slowly sinks into the desert.

— “2012” (2009)

A giant chasm opens in the middle of the Strip as megaresorts crumble into the abyss.

— “Godzilla” (2014)

After rescuing his mate from a Yucca Mountain prison, some big praying mantis-looking thing leaves the Strip in shambles.

— “Mars Attacks” (1996)

Flying saucers blow up the old Landmark casino in a sequence of events that inspired the 2019 Tim Burton exhibition at the Neon Museum.

— “Blast Vegas” (2013)

College students on spring break steal a cursed Egyptian artifact, summoning a sandstorm that levels the Strip.

— “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens” (2016)

A tornado blows through Shark World casino and its 25-story aquarium filled with sharks, sending the predators all over the Strip including, naturally, the Fountains at Bellagio.

Contact Christopher Lawrence at clawrence@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4567. Follow @life_onthecouch on Twitter.

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