Leaden, formulaic.

| Mar 11, 2020

Skyscraper might be a bit hairy for someone with a fear of heights. Otherwise, it's a predictable single-hero disaster event film.

| Jul 29, 2019

I really enjoyed it. It's complete nonsense, it's complete derivative.

| Aug 27, 2018

The Rock's appeal is the empathy he demonstrates for one of his size. Even in the silliest of roles, he's completely sincere.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 26, 2018

I am as well disposed to the average Rock-delivery system as the next fellow, but there are limits to the laziness even his greatest fans will allow.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2018

Twists and turns are fine and all, but when your film doesn't really have a presence to be feared...this is the epitome of Hollywood watered-down action.

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 20, 2018

...clunky script, pedestrian dialogue and plotline overreach. I'm a fan of Johnson's, but this movie doesn't quite rise to his talents.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 20, 2018

With a panache worthy of Oscar Wilde, Johnson delivers lines such as: "This is stupid!"

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 18, 2018

Along with Johnson's rippling physique and heroic fingertips, the film's chief asset is the creatively conceived title object-the very tall building.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 16, 2018

Dwayne Johnson is in Peak Dad mode in Skyscraper, a movie that is sometimes thrilling, mostly boring, and possibly underwritten by the duct-tape lobby.

| Jul 16, 2018

It's gloriously silly escapism and I enjoyed it immensely.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2018

The pleasures here come from watching an extraordinary physical specimen go through a lo-tech workout routine thousands of feet above the ground as he tries to rescue his family from a burning superskyscraper.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 13, 2018

As a streaming option on a slow night or a long flight, the movie has its uses. But you've seen almost all of this before, with more wit and a better villain.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 13, 2018

Skyscraper itself defies gravity - and plain sense, and humour, and self-awareness, and most things even a dumb, hot-buttered blockbuster would have even a little of.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 13, 2018

All "Skyscraper" has going for it is a tall building.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 13, 2018

Nice visuals, lots of action, and a script as generic as the title.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 13, 2018

So, stupid was a given. A more pertinent question might be: is it fun? And the answer is yes, although it's sometimes not quite as much fun as it should be.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 13, 2018

The movie is great, outlandish fun because the star makes it so; he's a soft soul in an action-hard body.

| Jul 12, 2018

Just another film that squanders the movie-star charisma of Johnson, who should consider lending his box-office clout to more worthy projects.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 12, 2018

"Skyscraper" is not one of Dwayne Johnson's best. It's slow getting off the ground, and never completely achieves flight, at least not in the sense of transport.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 12, 2018