: to cause (something) to be unable to continue in the normal way : to interrupt the normal progress or activity of (something) 

Marcus Nelson only wanted to take his son, Ali, on a college visit to Stanford University. An earthquake quickly turns the well intentioned father-son trip into an afternoon of terror.

In A Hard Reset, the world before the earthquake does not exist anymore. The father, son, and the son's friend must use everything at their disposal to escape from the Stanford campus. Along with other survivors, they devise a plan to make it home safely. But any mistake can prove to be a fatal one.