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Skyscraper (2018)

Director:
Rawson Marshall Thurber
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Action/Disaster
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Skyscraper
RUNNING TIME
102 minutes
RELEASED BY
Universal
Producer:
Beau Flynn
Dwayne Johnson
Hiram Garcia
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Screenwriter:
Rawson Marshall Thurber


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Will Sawyer Dwayne Johnson
Sarah Sawyer Neve Campbell
Zhao Long Ji Chin Han
Kores Botha Roland Møller ½
Mr. Pierce Noah Taylor
Inspectur Wu Byron Mann ½
Ben Gillespie Pablo Schreiber
Xia Hannah Quinlivan

 

Review

Mission: Impossible meets the The Towering Inferno in this disaster/action yarn in which Dwayne Johnson goes to ridiculous lengths to save his family from a burning super-skyscraper. As any Hollywood aficionado knows, American family values are stronger than the elements, not to speak of super-evil villains. The film boasts impressive production values and some entertaining action sequences, most notably whenever Johnson goes out on a ledge, but unfortunately, the entertainment value shrinks in accordance with the escalating silliness. Writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber has got no feel for anything interpersonal. He directs like a runaway train. And the ludicrous acting among some of the supporting players makes Johnson's whole-hearted lead performance look quite good.

Copyright © 14.02.2020 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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