Skyscraper 20184/9/2023 Lack of originality? Sure, can't argue with that. It's just that - an old school action movie. With baddies, family in trouble and muscular guy to save the day. And now he did just that - his own version of Die Hard. There's something old school about the good ol' Rock and I always felt like he's keeping the old school spirit alive on the big screen. And guess what? That's exactly what this movie is.And I'm not even surprised that it was produced by Dwayne Johnson and has him playing the leading role. The strong family guy saving his family from the bad guys. Well, different heroes for different times, I guess, but still, I missed the old school way. It is trying to be its own film with the similarities of older action movies like Die Hard or The Towering Inferno. The action is fast paced and does not stop with the thrills until it finishes. Overall, Skyscraper is an awesome great film. When he does comedic films like Dodgeball, Were the Millers, or the lackluster Central Intelligence. Director/writer Rawson Marshall Thurber did great delivering an action packed, loud, and exciting film. Breathtaking in some scenes when Dwayne Johnson is on the ledge or close to falling. The visual effects are top notch awesome. Chin Han was good too as the pearl owner. Not sure if he ever plays the good guy in any other movie. It is nice to see her back on screen can not remember seeing her in any other movie besides the Scream movies. Playing a loving father and will stop at nothing to save his family. He does some death defying climbing besides the building and making some leaps that are a second away from falling. He climbs a crane with the chinese law enforcement chasing him. But gets back up and has one hell of a punch. He does take a beating from the bad guys. Dwayne Johnson plays a former amputee agent. For the action genre enthusiast, this is a film for you. Definitely, a blockbuster movie were you have to leave logic and brains outside the theatre. And some of those sequences has no laws of physics in play. There is plenty of exciting action sequences. The film waste no time in getting the action started. It is easy to see coming just cause they act shady to begin with. And there is a predictable twist with good guys being bad. Like a plot device were the bad guys are after something from the building's owner. Will is going to stop at nothing to get back into the building to save his family. Causing an explosion that will take over the building. When a group of bad guys infiltrate the building. 10 years later, Will works for a security assessment company for the tallest skyscraper on the planet known as "the pearl." His family is the first to live in the tallest structure. That leaves him being an amputee victim and meeting a military medic Sarah Neve Campbell who becomes his wife. Johnson after a hostage situation gone wrong.
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