Skyscraper

2018

PG-13

1h 42m

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6.3/10

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Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.

Directors

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Writers

Rawson Marshall Thurber(screenplay by)

Thomas Brungardt(script editor by)

Stars

Dwayne Johnson

Neve Campbell

Ng Chin Han

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Top cast

Will Sawyer

Sarah Sawyer

Zhao Long Ji

Kores Botha

Mr. Pierce

Inspector Wu

Ben

Georgia Sawyer

Henry Sawyer

Xia

Ajani Okeke

Sergeant Han

Ray

Ray's Wife

Ray's Son

Ray's Daughter

Suit #1

Botha's Thug #1

Directors

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Writers

Rawson Marshall Thurber(screenplay by)

Thomas Brungardt(script editor by)

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It's an ultimate frame of mind movie. It is what it is, it's Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the hero of the tale who has to achieve the impossible when the world's tallest building catches fire. His family is trapped in said building inferno and there's bad guys running around creating trouble. So sit down and get ready for fantastically high energy action scenes and hold your breath peril sequences. You have to be in the right frame of mind for this type of entertainment, to understand it's a blockbusting popcorn piece made to take you out of the real world, it does not have cranial splendours or social commentary. It's great to have Neve Campbell back kicking butt, rising above just being a female token waiting to be saved by her heroic husband. And of course if you can't smile at the makers having Johnson being handicapped with an artificial leg - and still turning into Usain Bolt for various scenes - then this isn't the film for you. Some way short of the classy verve of The Towering Inferno or the brutal brilliance of Die Hard, this does its job handsomely enough for the like minded souls after some escapist carnage. 6/10

John Chard28 Apr, 2019