Skyscraper Review

Skyscraper 

Release Date: 12th July 2018 - Australia 

Production Companies 

Legendary Entertainment

Flynn Picture Company

Seven Bucks Productions

Distribution 

Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Action

 
Rating: M

Runtime: 102 minutes 

Budget: $125,000,000

Box Office Gross: $304,868,961 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary 

Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer has the job of assessing the safety and security of The Pearl - one of the world’s tallest buildings.

While on assignment in China, Sawyer is invited to stay at The Pearl, a 240-floor luxurious skyscraper, along with his wife and children. He attends a meeting to give his findings on the safety of The Pearl, a fire starts on the 96th floor, trapping his family. When Sawyer goes to save them, he’s captured and the lives of his wife and kids are threatened. Sawyer must free himself, find out why this is happening and figure out how to rescue his loved ones. (Source - Metro Cinemas)

Cast

Dwayne Johnson - Will Sawyer

Neve Campbell - Sarah Sawyer

McKenna Roberts - Georgia
Sawyer

Noah Cottrell - Harry Sawyer

Chin Han - Zhao Long Ji

Noah Taylor - Mr. Pierce

Roland Møller - Kores Botha

Bryon Mann - Inspector Wu

Pablo Schreiber - Ben

Hannah Quinlivan - Xia

Kevin Rankin - Ray
Gretal Montgomery - Ray's Wife
Jett Klyne - Ray's Son
Kayden Magnuson - Ray's Daughter

Adrian Holmes - Ajana Okeke

Tzi Ma - Fire Chief Sheng
Elfina Luk - Sergeant Han

Crew

Writer/Director - Rawson Marshall Thurber

Executive Producers - Dany Garcia, Eric Hedayat, Wendy Jacobson and Eric McLeod

Producers - Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson and Mary Parent

Co-Producer/First Assistant Director - James Bitonti 

Co-Producer/Visual Effects Producer/Post-Production Supervisor - Petra Holtof

Production Designer - Jim Bissell
Supervising Art Director - Helen Jarvis

Costume Designers - Ann Foley
and Luca Mosca

Director of Photography - Robert Elswit
Second Unit Director - J.J. Perry

Fight/Stunt Coordinator - Allan Poppleton

Stunt Coordinator - Robert Alonzo
Co-Fight Coordinator/Stunt Actor/Stunts/
Utility Stunts - Brian Ho

Special Effects Supervisors - Dan Cervin and
Joel Whist
Visual Effects Supervisor - Jason M. Bergman
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -
Jose Burgos
Visual Effects Producers - Geoff Anderson
and Karin Johnson

Film Editors - Julian Clarke and
Michael L. Sale

Music - Steve Jablonsky

Review 

Throughout his career, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has played a number of heroes and now the former wrestler/well-known actor gets to be the new John McClane in this new fully action-packed movie, 'SKYSCRAPER', so-named due to its setting. However, viewers would find 'SKYSCRAPER' to be too familiar; resembling other movies like 'Die Hard' and 'The Towering Inferno'. 'SKYSCRAPER' appears to have copied off elements from these two films making the plot look very predictable and unoriginal by today’s standards. 'SKYSCRAPER' does contain scenes which are remotely intense and provide an adrenaline rush; defying all logic that it would be possible for the action to take place in a fictional skyscraper that would have been taller than the actual Burj Khalifa building in Saudi Arabia.

Despite 'SKYSCRAPER's predictable aspects, Johnson has never been as good in his wonderful performance. Even Bruce Willis himself would be pleased that Johnson - as Willis’ would-be successor - is doing the action-hero role very differently in the 'Die Hard' series, in his younger years. Neve Campbell is a remarkable actress in doing her part as a survivor and she did it in her very own way. 

Good but at-times ludicrous, 'SKYSCRAPER' may not be as exciting and thrilling as moviegoers have been anticipated. It offers pure escapism for everyone who is living in a dull life and has yet to experience the movie that is currently showing on the big screen. If you have not seen 'Die Hard' and 'The Towering Inferno', then this movie is for you. If you did watched these two films, you would surely find it that it is okay, but nothing new.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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