Of course it is easy to say that Skyscraper is a contemporary mash-up of The Towering Inferno and Die Hard - which it is - but this traditional disaster movie plays it surprisingly straight and with an enjoyably relentless pace. The top-notch special effects are seamless and spectacular, creating a couple of genuine moments of tension and the inevitable stomach-churning vertigo-inducing camera moves, and whilst there is very little here that we have not seen before, it is delivered with purpose and momentum which maintain interest. This is probably Dwayne Johnson's better performance out of his recent run, and Neve Campbell is effective support as his wife who actually gets a couple of action sequences of her own. As disposable big screen entertainment goes, this is well-made and acceptable but instantly forgettable.
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