 Can you smell how pristine the rocks business shirt is? Hey guys, this is my review for skyscraper and first off I want to say to all of my friends who worked on this film It must have been an amazing experience not only to work with the rock would work on such a huge big-budget film in Vancouver and it's just helping build Vancouver more and more as a big place for making movies So good on you guys to everyone who got to work on that that must have been a great time But now onto the movie It dumb it's not super dumb It's not Jurassic World 2 dumb, but it's a little dumb The film is definitely a giant homage to die-hard and the towering inferno with a few intricacies of its own But enough smoking check-offs guns that you're going to have to find a storage cabinet to hold all the guns in this The film is about Dwayne the Rock Johnson's character who's a securities consultant for this big-ass giant mythical futuristic looking building called a pearl and He and his family are the first residents inside this building but on the day that they're about to think about opening it up for the residential areas of course terrorist people come in and take over the building, but also at the same time start burning the building and The terrorists are not that great they're Blandi McBlandi terrorists and it's unfortunate because Clearly they want the main villain to be a Hans Gruberland character There's a lot of similarities in his actions and some of his dialogue moments, but the dude is terrible I don't know why they thought this guy would be a great villain because he looks menacing ish, I guess but in all honesty He's one of the weakest parts of the movie the best part of the movie for sure is Dwayne the Rock Johnson he brings a bit of a humanity to this character in terms of his Motivation his actions with his family as well as certain moments through the climax, but the Problem is while they're trying to make this guy seem to be you know a family man and whatnot Yeah, sure. He's a former special forces guy But he's supposed to be hindered because he's an amputee the motherfucker climbs that tower crane on the outside That's almost over a hundred feet of Climbing and when he gets to the top he does it without any equipment by the way He does it completely freehand his shirt isn't torn his pants are fine And he's not completely drenched in fucking sweat. It was right at this point. I was like, okay I know what kind of movie I'm going to get that Campbell is not Sidelined she does have a few action moments here and there which does help vary up the film But she is basically the wife, but who can do a move here and there Admittedly the film is an entertaining piece. There are some great sec pieces There's one thing that I actually thought that was really interesting was his adherence to using a gun and how that is a Constant thing throughout the movie the rock himself. It does really push this film He is definitely your driving point as he does have some good funny lines in this film But his motivation is definitely true. You see that this is probably his best performance of a character since Be cool He does a great job of really putting his character on the line through the action sequences through the emotional moments And he definitely will be the draw for you guys But in terms of just rewatch ability Because the fact that it is diehard and the towering furnace put together it has Just as much resemblance to this movies is just saying the titles really the motivations for the terrorists is Very very bland and the terrorists literally you only know two of them Instead of the whole group kind of that whole diehard-esque theme was while John McClain was one man He was trying to figure out who these guys were. Yeah There's the whole family aspect that he's trying to do but in diehard dr. McClain was trying to find Holly Gennaro his wife he was trying to save her all the while taking down the terrorists for the terrorists focus and Skyscraper his family is his focus which right at least so I guess but in terms of how these villains function They're idiots. They're complete idiots However the towering inferno bit is honestly a much better homage in my opinion than the diehard because the constant Tension of this fire building throughout is always prevalent They keep a good eye on that and they're always making sure that you know this fire is Burning the shit out of this building yet. It doesn't seem to be marking Dwayne the Rock Johnson shirt at all like near the end of the movie He's covered in soot yet. His shirt is still that color. It's Costumes fucked up there. Some people may enjoy it mind you this theater was completely empty and this was a Tuesday night I think there was eight people in the theater beside me and my boss and a friend But in terms of the rocks movie collection, this definitely channels a few of his other films of the rundown walking tall Definitely hobs in terms of superpowers, but I guess this is a fun time if you're into something like this It's not as stupid as San Andreas was But it's not as fun as rampage was rampage was dumb fun, but it was fun This is just dumb amusement. I guess you would say but that's just me I'm not entirely a big fan of this film, but I know some people who will be so in the end I'm gonna give Dwayne the Rock Johnson skyscraper a three out of stuff. Yeah, it's got some pretty good moments And there's a lot of parts where he's like Anyways guys, that's all for me I hope you enjoyed this review if you did leave a like and if you're interested in more maybe subscribe Otherwise, I'll see you guys next time