Skyscraper

Name: Skyscraper
Released: 2018-7-13
Cast: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Noah Taylor

Skyscraper

PG-13
1h 42m
2018

47%

age 12+

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Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) now assesses security for skyscrapers. He's on assignment in China when he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he's been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family, who are trapped inside the building, above the fire line.

Director:

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Producer:

Writer:

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Cast:

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Noah Taylor, Byron Mann, Pablo Schreiber, Hannah Quinlivan

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

47%

Critics Consensus: Well-cast yet derivative, Skyscraper isn't exactly a towering action thriller feat, but it's solidly constructed enough to stand among the genre's more mildly diverting features.

Reviews

The AU Review

Peter Gray

Pushes the whole "Dwayne Johnson is strong" thing to the limit, but who the hell cares when there'...

It's the Die Hard summer blockbuster you'd expect, but not drawn out for the sake of more explosio...

Too competent to be a funny trainwreck, too cynically constructed to be emotionally involving, Sky...

[Dwayne] Johnson's acting in "Skyscraper" isn't going to win any Oscars. But it's still a pleasant...

Skyscraper might be a bit hairy for someone with a fear of heights. Otherwise, it's a predictable...

July 29, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 12+

Common Sense Says

A few strong suspense scenes can't save uneven action movie.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Skyscraper is an intense action-disaster movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson that plays like a cross between The Towering Inferno and Die Hard. Violence/suspense is definitely the main concern: Expect lots of guns and shooting, knives, explosions, some bloody cuts and wounds, and character deaths (mostly quick and bloodless). The main character removes a shard of impaled metal from his body and dresses the wound himself. Children are in peril throughout most of the story. Language includes a use of "f--k" and a few uses of "s--t," but sex and substance use aren't issues. There are a few expertly crafted scenes of heart-stopping suspense, but they're surrounded by plenty of ridiculous, shallow, ineffective material. Still, viewers who don't mind waiting for the good parts may be entertained.