SKYSCRAPER – “The Rock + Die Hard + every 90’s action movie cliche”
RATING
DIRECTOR
Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re The Millers / Central Intelligence)
STARRING
- Dwayne Johnson as Will Sawyer, a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader
- Neve Campbell as Sarah Sawyer, Will's wife
- Chin Han as Zhao Min Zhi
- Byron Mann as Inspector Wu
SYNOPSIS
Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford now assesses security for skyscrapers. He's on assignment in China when he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he's been framed for it.
REVIEW SUMMARY
"Skyscraper is the ultimate 'as if' movie – outlandish and unbelievable to the max. And that's why it works. It’s basically the Rock starring in Die Hard mixed with every 90’s action movie cliche. And while Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson is once again really good here (so incredibly easy to root for), his characters are all starting to feel toooo similar. You'll never once think his character here is in any real trouble either. But all in all, you can tell the filmmakers are having lots of fun with things and if you curb your expectations just right (and turn off your brain WAY off), you'll have fun too!"
BOX OFFICE TOP 5
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
$5.1 million