Query: 2010's adventure films set in the Southwestern United States but not in California
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Vacation (2015 film)
Tomorrowland (film)
Time Trap (film)
Monte Carlo (2011 film)
The Last Descent
Earth to Echo
Independence Day: Resurgence
Raptor Ranch
Evidence from documents: Vacation (2015 film): '''''Vacation''''' is a 2015 American road comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (in their directorial debuts). It stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Beverly D'Angelo, Chris Hemsworth, and Chevy Chase. It is the fifth theatrical installment of the ''Vacation'' film series, serving as a standalone sequel to ''Vegas Vacation'' (1997). It is also the second not to carry the ''National Lampoon'' name after ''Vegas Vacation'', and was released by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. on July 29, 2015. It grossed $104 million on a $31 million budget and received generally negative reviews.
Rusty Griswold is now an adult working as a pilot for a low budget regional airline called Econo-Air, living in Suburban Chicago and shares a stale relationship with his wife Debbie and their two sons, their shy and awkward 14-year-old James, and their sadistic 12-year-old Kevin. The gloating from his friends Jack and Nancy Peterson about a family trip they had in Paris doesn't help his situation.
Tomorrowland (film): '''''Tomorrowland''''' (also known as '''''Project T''''' in some regions and subtitled '''''A World Beyond''''' in some other regions) is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Brad Bird, with a screenplay by Bird and Damon Lindelof, based on a story by Bird, Lindelof, and Jeff Jensen.
Time Trap (film): 2010's adventure films: ''''Time Trap''''' is a 2017 science fiction action adventure film, directed by Ben Foster and Mark Dennis.
set in the Southwestern United States: Starring Brianne Howey, Cassidy Gifford, Olivia Draguicevich, Reiley McClendon, and Andrew Wilson, it tells the story of a group of students in a remote area of Texas searching for their missing professor.
Monte Carlo (2011 film): 2010's adventure films: '''''Monte Carlo''''' is a 2011 American adventure-romantic comedy film based on ''Headhunters'' by Jules Bass.
set in the Southwestern United States but not in California: Grace Bennett is a New York University-bound, Texas high-school student who works as a waitress in a restaurant with her high school dropout, best friend Emma Perkins to earn money for a post-graduation trip to Paris, France.
The Last Descent: '''''The Last Descent''''' is a 2016 American biographical survival drama film co-written and directed by Isaac Halasima, and is his first feature-length film. It is based on the 2009 rescue attempt of John Edward Jones in Nutty Putty Cave, west of Utah Lake. The film was produced by Deep Blue Films, Cocollala Pictures, and Dark Rider Productions and distributed by Excel Entertainment Group. It stars Chadwick Hopson, Alexis Johnson, Landon Henneman, Jyllian Petrie and Jacob Omer.
Earth to Echo: '''''Earth to Echo''''' is a 2014 American science fiction adventure film directed by Dave Green, and produced by Ryan Kavanaugh and Andrew Panay. The film was originally developed by the production companies Relativity Media and Panay Films, and its distribution rights were later sold to Relativity Media, which theatrically released the film in the United States on July 2, 2014.
Independence Day: Resurgence: 2010's adventure films: '''''Independence Day: Resurgence''''' is a 2016 American science fiction action film
set in the Southwestern United States but not in California: After establishing Area 51 as its headquarters, the ESD set up bases on the Moon, Mars, and Rhea, and orbital defense satellites above Earth, as fortifications against future invasions.
Raptor Ranch: '''''Raptor Ranch''''' (also known as '''''The Dinosaur Experiment''''') is a 2012 science fiction action adventure horror comedy film written and directed by Dan Bishop. Produced by Stephan Galfas, Mosh Moe Grunberg and Shlomo May-Zur, it stars Jana Mashonee, and Lorenzo Lamas.
A modern-day Texas community is overrun by vicious prehistoric raptors and a group of people try to survive the raptor onslaught at a cattle ranch.