Skyscraper Review

Let's face it, the only reason anyone has any interest in Skyscraper is because it stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Otherwise we'd all take one look at this Die Hard meets Towering Inferno homage and laugh it straight to "looking for something to fall asleep to on Netflix at 1 AM."

But The Rock tends to make good, fun movies out of all kinds of stuff. Hell he made a Jumanji sequel that was one of the most surprisingly enjoyable movies of last year. Of course the last movie I saw him in was Rampage, and as I said in the review for that, he really let me down on that one. Since then I've also seen his version of Baywatch on TV and just...dear God why.

So naturally my normal enthusiasm for a Rock action movie was blunted quite a bit going into Skyscraper. My hope was that somehow he and his team would manage to do something fresh and original with this concept. Alas, there was absolutely nothing fresh or original to be found here. Let me tell you about all the ways Skyscraper falls down:

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