'Skyscraper' is Incredibly Death Defying

Dwayne Johnson as Will Sawyer, Photo by: Universal Pictures

You can always depend on Dwayne Johnson when it comes to disaster blockbuster films. Just a few months ago, he's fighting with a rampaging giant albino gorilla and a flying wolf in Rampage, and then, of course, he survived the giant earthquake caused by San Andreas fault, and now he's trying to rescue his family in a burning skyscraper called "The Pearl", sporting a prosthetic leg. How cool is that?

This movie from writer-director Rawson Marshall-Thurber begins with Johnson as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who after an unfortunate incident as a soldier, becomes a security assessor for skyscrapers. Now in Hong Kong, his assignment is the highest modern skyscraper ever built called "The Pearl" making Empire State Building and Burj Khalifa a little less prominent. Things go wrong when his former colleague Ben played by Pornstache Pablo Schrieber betrays him which puts his family in danger.

First and foremost, the fictional "The Pearl" looks realistic and stunning as hell, adding beauty and distinction to the popular cityscape skyline of Hong Kong. As a travel and photography enthusiast, this really glued my eyes in its beauty. Second, Neve Campbell plays The Rock's wife and she's a badass in this, totally giving us 90s nostalgia. But the film really hit its stride when the building starts to burn and The Rock has to climb, jump, and trapeze through outlandish heights and floors within and into the building.

Skyscaper is unbelievably death defying. It's definitely not for the faint of heart. People with fear of heights are going to have a hard time surviving this, but the movie makes sure it's thrilling and enjoyable at the same time. As usual with these kind of films, there's a family at stake and it definitely adds heart and balance with its popcorn-grabbing action packed scenes.

Rated PG by the MTRCB, Skyscraper opens in Philippine cinemas July 11.