Skyscraper (2018)

	Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber	COUNTRY USA GENRE Action/Disaster NORWEGIAN TITLE Skyscraper RUNNING TIME 102 minutes
	Produced by: Beau Flynn Dwayne Johnson Hiram Garcia Rawson Marshall Thurber
	Written by: 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 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 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.