![]() And it is genuinely welcome even if it would have been nicer if the movie had tried harder on every other count. That’s part of the contract, as is my noting that it’s welcome how race quietly figures into the story without becoming a problem that needs solving. Thurber ups the ante with cinematic allusions (“ The Lady From Shanghai”) that feel like reviewer bait, and wouldn’t you know, I took it. (To see him flex more than muscles, check out the unfairly maligned fantasy film “ Southland Tales” or his work on the HBO show “Ballers.”)īlockbusters like “Skyscraper” are near-indestructible entertainment delivery systems partly because they inoculate themselves against criticism with winking self-awareness - hence Will’s “stupid” line and the succession of increasingly outrageous physics-and-logic-defying stunts. Far above the streets below, a gorgeous and talented chopper pilot takes on a maniac and his henchmen in a high-rise overlooking Los Angeles. The Legendary and Universal movie, budgeted at 129 million, casts Johnson as a wounded veteran-turned-building. He 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. Dwayne Johnson is back for more big-screen adventures in this week’s Skyscraper. Its about 500 feet from here until the fire line. opening a panel on the wall Will Sawyer : But I need you to pull this handle in order to engage the braking system. Johnson, a performer whose colossal physicality is strikingly complemented by a delicate expressivity too rarely seen in contemporary blockbusters. The magnets are gonna kick back on once you pass the fire line. Mostly, though, “Skyscraper” is about the movie’s other, far more towering figure: Mr. Campbell, who seems ready to transition to a new career phase playing hard-hitting maternal types with Mona Lisa smiles. There are intermittent pleasures, including Ms. A chick in black with an anguished haircut mows down a roomful of anonymous computer guys. It's about 500 feet from here until the fire line. Will is wounded in a brutal fight and must perform self-surgery. The magnets are gonna kick back on once you pass the fire line. Heavily armed thugs set fire to one floor. Soon after he interviews for a high-end job in the world’s tallest building - an ugly metallic behemoth that looks like a twisty trunk of an African elephant grasping a baseball - violence happens. Movie posters tend to exaggerate or downright lie, but I promise that the image on the Skyscraper poster of Dwayne Johnson hanging by one hand from a fiery tower with the city spread out 220. Johnson’s character, Will, a security analyst, visiting Hong Kong on business with his surgeon wife, Sarah (Neve Campbell), and their twins. There is of course a story, or at least a whisker-thin excuse for one, that finds Mr. ![]() Box-office domination was guaranteed as soon as the seven-figure deal was signed. Thurber had his elevator pitch: “The Towering Inferno” meets “Die Hard” but in China. Johnson - they worked together on “ Central Intelligence,” as mocking a title as Hollywood has produced - and Mr. On assignment in Hong Kong he finds the tallest, safest building in the. Universal Pictures Leave a comment Share this item on Facebook Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Twitter Send this page to someone. war veteran Will Sawyer now assesses security for skyscrapers. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stars in Skyscraper. ![]() Story: FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. Sullivan said those movies left her and presumably other members. And why not? All he had to do was pad it with some recycling, bank on his relationship with Mr. Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber. Katy Sullivan, a Paralympian and actor, says Dwayne Johnson's role in 'Skyscraper' should have gone to a real-life amputee. I want you to hold onto your mom.At one point in the insistently, nay, proudly ridiculous thriller “Skyscraper” the hero played by Dwayne Johnson assures the audience what it’s known from the start: “This is stupid.” It’s hard not to wonder if the writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber built the entire movie around this redundant truism. All right? Now I need you to be brave right now. In order to be brave, we got to be a little scared. I want you to count to five and pull the handle. The magnets are gonna kick back on once you pass the fire line.īut I need you to pull this handle in order to engage the braking system. When I cut this cable, you're gonna fall. When there's a fire, they're held in place by a fail-safe brake. All right, these elevators operate on electromagnetic induction. (2018) A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family are trapped inside by criminals.
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