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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So unrealistic and cringey. The whole time I was laughing from these situations that don't make any sense. Overall, a waste of time

This is bad. The Rock needs to say no to a role once in awhile.

"So what's the plan?"
"Got any duct tape?"

Skyscraper is just like Die Hard, but in a building.

Yeah, stupid, I know, but Skyscraper's not really highbrow entertainment. It's a fun, dumb action movie. If you think too hard while watching it, you'll lose all interest. But it is fun and there's enough completely insane stuff to keep me thinking, "No fucking way," at least every 5 to 10 minutes, so there's that. Not the best, but not the worst, by any means.

The major action beats in Skyscraper are ridiculous. Utterly goddamned ridiculous. However there’s no doubt in my mind that The Rock could actually do all of these things so therefore they all get a pass. The plot is nonsense, but The Rock makes it all good.

It's actually sort of impressive how The Rock manages to make the exact same movie three times a year.

Achtung! Eine kleine Warnung:
hier reicht es nicht aus, das Gehirn auszuschalten, nein, man sollte noch zusätzlich sternhagelvoll sein, um diese geballte Ladung Schwachsinn zu ertragen.

The Raid or Dredd but with half the action edited out in favor of people explaining how the building works or making vague threats.

I thought I was watching the climax, turns out there was still 42 minutes of movie remaining...