Skyscraper
2018
**½
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Noah Taylor, Byron Mann, Pablo Schreiber, Hannah Quinlivan
After a botched hostage rescue mission left him crippled, Will Sawyer quit the team and set up his own security consultancy firm. While he is in Hong Kong to approve the safety systems of The Pearl, the world’s tallest skyscraper, a group of criminals set the 96th floor on fire, with Will's family above it. Rawson Marshall Thurber, best know for his comedies, has written and directed an entertaining but extremely derivative action movie in which Die Hard meets Towering Inferno. The script is as formulaic as they come, but the action set pieces are gripping and Dwayne Johnson gives another likeable performance in the lead.
