Skyscraper
Dwayne Johnson re-teams with his Central Intelligence director for this hostage action-thriller, set in Hong Kong's tallest building. Co-starring Neve Campbell.
Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford (Johnson) now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in Hong Kong, Ford finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze with his wife and kids inside, and he's been framed for it. Ford must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family.
- Director:
- Rawson Marshall Thurber ('Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story', 'We're the Millers', 'Central Intelligence')
- Writer:
- Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Cast:
- Dwayne JohnsonNeve CampbellPablo SchreiberRoland MøllerKevin RankinAdrian HolmesChin HanByron Mann
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson trying to save his family from paramilitary criminals in an enormous building they've set on fire should make for an amazing movie. Alas, it's watered down in that way most modern blockbusters are, but it's still crazy enough to be nicely entertaining.
Flicks, Luke Buckmaster
flicksThe great American critic Andrew Sarris once reflected on what he described as “the hard lesson” of film history, proposing that posterity does not subscribe to the high/low art divide. “The throwaway pictures often become the enduring classics whereas the noble projects often survive only as sure-fire cures for insomnia,” he wrote, suggesting that play-to-the-back-rows movies like Skyscraper – about an amputee (Dwayne Johnson) who rescues his family from a towering inferno – prick the public consciousness more often than lofty projects that probe the human condition.
Skyscraper
I'm not the type of person that turns their brain off to enjoy something stupid and bad. I don't know if I'd call Skyscraper a "good" movie. It's derivative and watered down, an inferior remake of Die Hard, but I kinda enjoyed it as a guilty pleasure. I never felt bored. At times it's actually quite effective. The Rock hanging off a crane and climbing...
Why so serious, Rocky?
I don't think anyone goes to a movie by The Rock and expects to have their view of the view changed. They expect to sit down for a couple hours, turn their brain off and have a blast. The Rock will kick ass, make you laugh, and charm you. This movie does a decent enough job of doing elements of those things, while also providing enough spectacle one would...
Die Hop
Film Review: SKYSCRAPER Dumbing Up. Ok, so, um... As DIE HARD is my all-time favourite Christmas movie, it's nice to see it being remade - for kids... and those with single legs... and bald people... and, um... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's nice isn't he? Can't wait for him to be President... um... Hey, loved his song in MOANA, right? You're welcome! So,...
Vulture
pressSkyscraper is one of the stupidest movies I've seen since San Andreas, but I enjoyed it a great deal - more than San Andreas, certainly, as well as Rampage and Baywatch and most other Dwayne Johnson pictures.
Variety
pressThis is escapism, pure and simple, and though the structure is rickety, by enlisting Johnson, Thurber ensures that his "Skyscraper" is built on solid Rock.
The New York Times
pressMr. Johnson... doesn't have to do all that much here, but as one of the last authentic monuments to he-man masculinity, he easily holds you rapt.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe Rock rarely seems confident of being able to get out alive. But whatever happens, his sense of humour keeps reminding us that, behind the muscles, he's one of us.
Rolling Stone
pressThis is the sort of thing that requires classic Rock, not an experimental but-what-if-I-maybe-acted-like-this-was-Sophie's-Choice? Rock.
Los Angeles Times
pressIf all this digital artifice accomplishes anything, it effectively heightens the irreducible flesh-and-blood realism of the movie's star.
Hollywood Reporter
pressOne of the most idiotic action movies to come down the pike in some time. It's also a lot of fun if you're willing to go with it...
Empire Magazine
pressThe building may be taller than The Towering Inferno and the stakes may be higher than those faced by John McClane in Die Hard, but in comparison to both, Skyscraper is little more than a cinematic bungalow.
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson trying to save his family from paramilitary criminals in an enormous building they've set on fire should make for an amazing movie. Alas, it's watered down in that way most modern blockbusters are, but it's still crazy enough to be nicely entertaining.
Flicks, Luke Buckmaster
flicksThe great American critic Andrew Sarris once reflected on what he described as “the hard lesson” of film history, proposing that posterity does not subscribe to the high/low art divide. “The throwaway pictures often become the enduring classics whereas the noble projects often survive only as sure-fire cures for insomnia,” he wrote, suggesting that play-to-the-back-rows movies like Skyscraper – about an amputee (Dwayne Johnson) who rescues his family from a towering inferno – prick the public consciousness more often than lofty projects that probe the human condition.
Vulture
pressSkyscraper is one of the stupidest movies I've seen since San Andreas, but I enjoyed it a great deal - more than San Andreas, certainly, as well as Rampage and Baywatch and most other Dwayne Johnson pictures.
Variety
pressThis is escapism, pure and simple, and though the structure is rickety, by enlisting Johnson, Thurber ensures that his "Skyscraper" is built on solid Rock.
The New York Times
pressMr. Johnson... doesn't have to do all that much here, but as one of the last authentic monuments to he-man masculinity, he easily holds you rapt.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe Rock rarely seems confident of being able to get out alive. But whatever happens, his sense of humour keeps reminding us that, behind the muscles, he's one of us.
Rolling Stone
pressThis is the sort of thing that requires classic Rock, not an experimental but-what-if-I-maybe-acted-like-this-was-Sophie's-Choice? Rock.
Los Angeles Times
pressIf all this digital artifice accomplishes anything, it effectively heightens the irreducible flesh-and-blood realism of the movie's star.
Hollywood Reporter
pressOne of the most idiotic action movies to come down the pike in some time. It's also a lot of fun if you're willing to go with it...
Empire Magazine
pressThe building may be taller than The Towering Inferno and the stakes may be higher than those faced by John McClane in Die Hard, but in comparison to both, Skyscraper is little more than a cinematic bungalow.
Skyscraper
I'm not the type of person that turns their brain off to enjoy something stupid and bad. I don't know if I'd call Skyscraper a "good" movie. It's derivative and watered down, an inferior remake of Die Hard, but I kinda enjoyed it as a guilty pleasure. I never felt bored. At times it's actually quite effective. The Rock hanging off a crane and climbing...
Why so serious, Rocky?
I don't think anyone goes to a movie by The Rock and expects to have their view of the view changed. They expect to sit down for a couple hours, turn their brain off and have a blast. The Rock will kick ass, make you laugh, and charm you. This movie does a decent enough job of doing elements of those things, while also providing enough spectacle one would...
Die Hop
Film Review: SKYSCRAPER Dumbing Up. Ok, so, um... As DIE HARD is my all-time favourite Christmas movie, it's nice to see it being remade - for kids... and those with single legs... and bald people... and, um... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's nice isn't he? Can't wait for him to be President... um... Hey, loved his song in MOANA, right? You're...
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