The inciting incident is that the boy, and I quote, “ate a weird candy.” This movie would not exist save for the fact that the boy, and I quote a character from
the film, “ate a weird candy.” 

The reason that the wife, daughter and son got trapped in the building and Dwayne Johnson had to jump through windows and wind turbines to save them is that the boy, and this is a quote from the movie, “ate a weird candy.”

the kind of movie that has the gall to show the Rock wielding a sword in the midst of a shootout on the rooftop of "the tallest building on Earth," but then take said sword away from him before he's able to slice & dice a couple bad guys. what the Rock really needs to do is star in a film called Skyscraper Sword Battles, in which every building in the world is a skyscraper and he must leap from skyscraper to skyscraper with his trusted blade, slicing & dicing bad guys. until he reaches the final skyscraper, where he has to slay an asshole dragon who kidnapped his family just because it was bored and wanted to see some Skyscraper Sword Battles.

Exactly as stupid as you'd expect but not nearly as elaborately absurd as you'd hope. Hits all the beats in the most perfunctory way possible. Adequate.

Between a Rock and a Die Hard place

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“This isn’t going to end the way you want it to”

To describe Skyscraper as simple as possible would be to say it’s Die Hard without the positives. It is, unfortunately, a coma-inducing CGI fest with so little charisma and flair that’s oppressed within a deliberating sense of false grandeur and lacklustre destructive extravaganza that neither entices nor impresses.

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Interesting, insofar as it’s becoming increasingly clear that Dwayne Johnson has a definitive “type” in his action movies. (i.e. “Hero Dad”) Otherwise, very forgettable. Full review at ScreenCrush.

Der aufwendigste, selbstbewussteste und vorausdeutendste Duct Tape-Werbespot aller Zeiten. Getreu dem Motto "If you can't fix it with The Rock, you're not using enough action with The Rock" wird sich nicht damit begnügt nur "Flammendes Inferno" auf modern zu trimmen. Von "Stirb langsam" über "Mission: Impossible 4" bis hin zu "San Andreas" wird noch alles mit reingequetscht, was jemals ein Hochhaus in Szene gesetzt hat. Foreshadowing-Hirn-aus-Unterhaltung par excellence. Kann man Spaß mit haben, muss man nicht.

Clean, dumb fun. Most of the premise is explored in the trailer. It took forever to end and could have benefited from tighter editing. 

There is a mirror scene that recalls Orson Welles’The Lady from Shanghai. It’s interesting to look at, but has been done before. 

The main characters cared about their family. That’s all we can expect and need from this film. The dad (The Rock) with his fake leg and the mom (Neve Campbell) with her poor iPhone skills made for planned plot points. Should have seen it coming, but let’s just act surprised and say, “Whoa!”

Note to self: Don't design an elevator that can drop just by easily axeing one wire on the outside.

Move over 2001 and Citizen Kane, we have a new champion here.

This is a good movie

Vi esta pelicula con mi familia y creo que ya no me aguantaban de tantas veces que decía algo como "claro que no" "eso es imposible" "nadie haría eso", etc... o sea entretenida, pero cero realista!

I thought of a clever snarky review: turn this off, but DON’T turn it on again. 

Watching this with my family as a change from binge-watching The West Wing was terrific fun. We love Dwayne J, and he does his best here to suffer, even though it will be all right in the end (obvs).

We yelled at the screen and ridiculed the silliness and pre-empted the plot points and it was terrific. 

Of course it’s horse manure. That much was obvious from the 3,000 foot tall building.

Action movies are superhero movies now, even when the main characters are supposedly normal. I laughed some. It peaked in the first half with the crane chase.

Watched this with my dad and we laughed SO much. The physics of this film...... completely impossible and nonsensical. We love it for them.

Estaban pasando esto mientras volvía a Mendoza, mirar la carretera nunca fué tan divertido

Epic gamer moment

A mildly entertaining pastiche of old-school cinema of yore that provides the requisite fun, explosions and cheese. But its arch balance of homage and cliche becomes murky over time, dulling its entertainment value.

Cheesy and implausible.

Todo bien con Dwayne Johnson, me cae simpático, pero que mal le hacen estás películas.
Ni siquiera para dejar el cerebro en la mesa de luz mientras la miras acostado.

Unrealistic and hole-riddled plot which is predictable at times, but plenty of action to compensate. Watchable... but probably only once!

Is it a bad movie that's actually good...kinda. Look it's a blatant rip-off of Die Hard that isn't nearly as good, but it's also still stupidly fun. The Rock basically just says fuck physics and gimme the duck tape, to do some CGI bullshit stunts at 3500 feet. Still probably not advisable to watch if you have a crippling fear of heights