7/2/2023 0 Comments Skyscraper 2018 netflix![]() ![]() A shining, self-contained city, stretching 200-plus stories into the clouds, it’s the brainchild of billionaire Zhao Long Ji ( Chin Han). His latest job has taken him, his wife, Sarah ( Neve Campbell), and their twins (McKenna Grace and Noah Cottrell) to Hong Kong, where he must analyze the safety of The Pearl before it opens. Having lost his left leg below the knee in that explosive incident, Will now serves as a security consultant. Johnson’s Will Sawyer is a highly trained Marine and FBI agent who’s in charge of a hostage negotiation that goes horribly wrong (another instance of placing characters in the midst of jarring, over-the-top violence). It’s the connective tissue between the daring stunts that’s flimsy.īut first: a flashback to 10 years ago. You’re here to have fun, and “Skyscraper” does indeed provide that in its many dizzying and death-defying action sequences. Having them burst into people’s offices and obliterate them entirely-while the camera steers away from the bloodshed, per MPAA guidelines-feels gratuitous. Many, many people die needlessly in this PG-13 spectacle in the name of thrills, maybe? Character development? The international cadre of criminals who take over a Hong Kong high-rise – the tallest structure in the world, three times the size of the Empire State Building – are clearly, singularly bad. ![]() ![]() But writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber has attempted the problematic combination of making you feel good about bravery and resilience while also making you feel nothing about the countless bodies that get blown to bits in a hail of automatic gunfire. ![]()
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