![]() ![]() Will, with his family along for the business trip - becoming the first-ever residents of The Pearl - runs into trouble when terrorists show up to take over the building. ![]() His latest job is assessing the 240-floor Hong Kong skyscraper, The Pearl - touted as the largest building in the world. What they came up with is a thrilling edge-of-your-seat summer movie that follows former FBI agent Will Sawyer (Johnson) who, after a horrific blast that took his leg, has rebuilt his life as a family man and skyscraper security assessor. (L-R) Rawson Marshall Thurber and Dwayne Johnson at the premiere of "Skyscraper." “And he just sat up in his chair and said, ‘I’m in,’ and we developed it together.” Oh, and one other thing: “I told him, ‘You’re missing your left leg,’” Thurber recalled to Business Insider about his first talk with Johnson regarding the character. Mixing “The Towering Inferno” with “Die Hard,” Thurber envisioned Johnson playing a man who is so determined to save his family that he will do insane things to save them, like jump off a crane hundreds of stories in the air, hold up a bridge on his own, and scale the outside of the building with just duct tape stuck to his hands. This time, Thurber was looking for something different from his star. “Skyscraper” marks the second time Dwayne Johnson and Thurber have worked together, but this is a very different project than “Central Intelligence,” an action comedy where The Rock and Kevin Hart throw out jokes while dodging bullets. And looking at the screen in the editing suite, Thurber knew just the guy to play him. ![]() The idea for “Skyscraper” came to director Rawson Marshall Thurber while editing his 2016 hit, “Central Intelligence.” The premise was simple: a guy has to get through a burning building full of terrorists to save his family. Skyscraper opens on Friday July 13th 2018.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Because everyone will go to see this, and it’ll make money.Īm I more looking forward to seeing what The Rock does in his Jungle Cruise movie? Yes, yes I am. No, I’m not going to say who it is, because you’ll figure that out for yourself when you see it. I would more than likely give this film at least full higher point if they didn’t kill off the most interesting character. Score: 2.5 out of 5, viewed in standard non 3D. The youngsters who play the Sawyer twins Georgia ( McKenna Roberts) and Henry ( Noah Cottrell) are also very well cast, and perform admirably in the midst of crazy action and flames.įor the most part though, the film is predictable. Every scene with the pair is believable and engaging. Perhaps the most surprising thing was the wonderful chemistry between Neve Campbell and The Rock as married couple Sarah and Will Sawyer. That’s not to say there isn’t some good here, because there is. There really is a lot of Die Hard in the film, but somewhat lacking the charming Christmas spirit which keeps John McClane in our hearts during the holidays. #DieHard #ToweringInferno #SKYSCRAPER JULY 13th?Ī post shared by therock on at 1:00pm PDT My respect & luv to the GOAT’s – Willis, McQueen & Newman. I had these ultra cool vintage posters made paying homage to the two classic movies that inspired me and generations, and became the inspiration for our film SKYSCRAPER. ![]()
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