Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
1/4
Toothless DIE HARD rip-off w/o any creativity.
Indyfreak - wrote on 05/22/2019
Dwayne Johnson is one of the most likable and reliable action stars working today in Hollywood. However strange or silly his movies became, you were willing to suspend your disbelief because he's just that charismatic. It's a useful tool to hide the otherwise craven cynicism of film studios.
Unfortunately SKYSCRAPER is the first Dwayne Johnson movie in a long time that felt so completely unoriginal that not even Johnson could cover it up. Not only is it one of the most brazen rip-offs I saw in years but it's remarkably boring and unimaginative. You think the Chinese location shooting and the bizarre architecture would set it apart from earlier DIE-HARD ripoffs but it doesn't. It's only meant to serve literally as a background detail.
Instead of money, this time the villains are after …
Rating of
2/4
Skyscraper - Review
Matthew Brady - wrote on 07/27/2018
“This is stupid.”
Well at least it knows.
‘Skyscraper’ is a disposable action flick starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Just looking at the advertisements you can already tell it’s gonna be those type of movies where you have to accept it to enjoy it. If you watched the trailer where Dwayne jumps off a crane into another building to rescue his family who are trapped inside, before cutting to the release date. It’s absurd, although looks fun. Might follow the same path of ‘Fast & the Furious’ type of ridiculous, yet fun. However, what really took me by surprise is how the movie doesn't quite embrace it’s stupidity, and instead goes for a more serious tone. So during those ridiculous moments, when I meant to switch off my brain and enjoy, but I couldn't buy into …
