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.

me: you know what, im kinda tired of seeing dwayne johnson in these pointless but fun action films, I wanna see him do that academy award winning shit!!!!

*dwayne ‘the rock’ johnson jumping off buildings and wearing tight ass clothing*

me, ten seconds later: here, take my coins!!!!

Universal. Cinema 
2.39:1
Color
Codex
12A

“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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15/100

Algunos efectos muy previsibles pero ha sido muy entretenida e intrigante

Another solid action flick from The Rock.  Great action.  Pretty good acting from Dwayne Johnson. Nice & entertaining to take my mind of things for a couple hours.  Is this the second or third movie where he ends up on top of a building as it’s crumbling or burning?

2 stars for the script but defenitly 1 additonal star just for The Rock.

Moana still remains the best film The Rock has ever been in. Change my mind.

I have to admit, I was kind of glad when it turned out that The Rock's plan wasn't originally to just jump clear from the crane to the building like it was advertised in the trailers. But of course, that Plan B still happened anyway.

Anyways, yeah. This movie is dumb.

I didn't think The Rock would pull a Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol with duct tape.

still barely see anybody give the proper hype to Neve Campbell for this role, she truly outsole The Rock and provided amazing emotional scenes. love this film and all the work put into it!

Pleasant viewing on the airplane. Entertaining, although very dumb and predictable