Bad guys foiled by the guy played by Dwayne Johnson?
Now that’s a comfortable enough fit for The Rock.
Yet still, an eyebrow might be raised at what director and writer Rawson Marshall Thurber put the harried guy by the name of Will Sawyer through in Skyscraper. Maybe both eyebrows.
Sawyer, a former FBI guy, strongly goes through life as a security consultant whose clients include those who’ve built a very tall building. He more than makes do on his prosthetic leg, we’ve got to believe from his confident way.
Then one day the bad guys decide to set this 240-story building on fire because they need to steal something. Diversions, right?
Anyway, Sawyer’s wife and kids happen to be inside when the fire’s burn.
He goes into action. Wait! The wily criminals put obstacle after obstacle in front of him.
Luckily, he’s smart enough to match wits with their intricate plan.
His wife, played very calmly by Neve Campbell, hones in on his brainwaves and displays confidence in his physical state, too.
And therefore action movie fans will get to see The Rock climbing, swinging, hanging on by his fingernails …
It’s all quite frenetic.
Don’t try this at home, kids, in any way, shape or form.
Central New Yorkers can view Skyscraper as part of the Liverpool Public Library’s Mixed Bag Movies series at 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 3 at NOPL-North Syracuse.
I would watch him. I mean, it, the movie. I would watch the movie.
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I knew what you meant, MBC.
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might be a good one to watch when i need an escape from reality )
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Escapist it is, Beth.
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Haha! I might have to see this one to see how it compares to Walking Tall.
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Good one, PK. He sure always thinks he’s the sheriff.
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