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Film · 2018

Skyscraper

Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber · starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell and Hannah Quinlivan

  • 1 h 42 min
  • Action · Thriller
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 11 July 2018
  • 6.1 Users16 votes
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Synopsis

'Skyscraper' is an action thriller film directed and written by Rawson M. Thurber. The cast is formed Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Pablo Schreiber, Byron Mann, Hannah Quinlivan and Noah Taylor.

Will Ford is an American war veteran and the FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader who now works assessing security for skyscrapers. On assignment in Hong Kong he is accused of setting fire to the most tallest and safest skyscraper of the city. As he run from the ones who persecute him, he will have to find out who is responsable of the conflagration, clear his name and save his family, who is trapped inside the building above the fire line. Could our main character save them all?

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The essentials

Runtime
102 min1 hour and 42 minutes
Budget
$125mLegendary Pictures
Box office
$66.8m0.5 times its budget
How long is Skyscraper?
1 hour and 42 minutes (102 minutes).
When was Skyscraper released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 11 July 2018.
Who directed Skyscraper?
Rawson Marshall Thurber.
Who is in Skyscraper?
It stars Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Hannah Quinlivan and Pablo Schreiber.
Where can I watch Skyscraper?
In the UK it is available with a channel on Now and to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did Skyscraper make?
It took $66.8 million in US. It cost $125 million.
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Cast

Full cast (19)
Director
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Writers
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Producers
James Bitonti, Dany Garcia, Dwayne Johnson, Rawson Marshall Thurber

Videos and trailers

All 5 videos
'Skyscraper' Trailer 2 3:0823 May 2018

Photos and posters

All 25 photos

Reviews

All 6 reviews
6.1 16 votes
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What the critics say

  • VarietyPeter Debruge "Ridiculous is the name of the game in 'Skyscraper', an eye-rolling action movie delivered with a straight face". Read
  • The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore "'Skyscraper' is one of the most idiotic action movies to come down the pike in some time. It's also a lot of fun if you're willing to go with it". Read
  • IndiewireEric Kohn "Even The Rock can't rescue this discardable summer blockbuster." Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $125m
  • US $66.8m
  • UK £5.1m

Soundtrack

All 3 songs
  1. WallsJamie N. Commons Spotify
  2. Break in the CloudsFrightened Rabbit Spotify
  3. SkyscraperSteve Jablonsky

Trivia

  • Other filmmakers

    Brad Peyton and Roland Emmerich were considered to direct the movie.

  • Not a comedy

    This will be the first Rawson Marshall Thurber non-comedy.

  • Old pals

    The second collaboration between Dwayne Johnson and Rawson Marshall Thurber.

  • References

    One of the posters of the film parodies the poster of the classic 1980s action movie 'Die Hard'. In the classic action movie, Bruce Willis stars as a cocky New York cop whom finds himself trapped in a Los Angeles high-rise building that has been taken over by international thieves masquerading as terrorists whom are holding his estranged wife and other people hostage.

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