What’s It About
Global icon Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s SKYSCRAPER as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in China 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 is trapped inside the building…above the fire line.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
Another over-the-top action flick for Dwayne Johnson. Is it any good? That depends on who you ask. Let me start with the crowd that will hate it. The haters would say, it’s a stupid movie about a guy with unimaginable skills trying to save his family from a burning building. The crowd that loved it would say, it’s an action-packed version of Die Hard mixed with the intensity of Towering Inferno and a touch of every family ever made. Well, they’re both kind of right. It is a movie about a guy with military training and FBI negotiating skills, and he is trying to save his family from a burning building. It is reminiscent of Die Hard by having one man after a group of terrorists, but that’s not the whole story here. As for reminding anyone of The Towering Inferno, the fire in Skyscraper was intentional and only had Will Sawyer’s (Dwayne Johnson) family in it. They destroyed a lobby in The Matrix and a hospital in The Dark Knight, but you can’t say Skyscraper copied them, so stop with the comparisons. Skyscraper is 102 minutes of fun and action. There were a lot of edge of your seat scenes mixed with some WTF stuff sprinkled in. I know a movie called Skyscraper may seem like it’s a boring, uneventful film but if you’ve seen any of Mr. Johnson’s movies, you know most of them are fun, family films with lots of heart. He didn’t get to where he’s at by making stupid decisions. Besides, his fans know he has the charisma to carry a movie, no matter how absurd you think the concept is. So grab the kids and go see this fun action movie.
OUR RATING – A SKY-HIGH 7
Media
- Genre – Action
- Street date
- Digital – September 25th 2018
- DVD/Blu-Ray – October 9th 2018
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.39:1
- Sound
- English: Dolby Atmos
- English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
- French: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
- Spanish: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
- Subtitles – English SDH, Spanish, French
Extras
- Audio Commentary with Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Deleted Scenes w/ Optional Director Commentary (HD 12:10) Most of this stuff isn’t earth shattering but you’re gonna want to watch the last deleted scene called “Try Hard.”
- Extended Scenes w Optional Director Commentary (HD 10:18)
- Dwayne Johnson: Embodying A Hero (HD 4:04)
- Inspiration (HD 4:12)
- Opposing Forces (HD 2:35)
- Friends No More (HD 4:21)
- Kids In Action (HD 2:40)
- Pineapple Pitch (HD 1:38)