SKYSCRAPER

SKYSCRAPER:   This latest outing for "The Rock" (doesn't he do a movie every other week?) is just what you'd expect:  thrills, explosions, deeds of derring do, and a few jokes thrown in for good measure.   And it all works, in spades!  Along with the aforementioned "Rock," Dwayne Johnson has the company of Neve Campbell playing his wife and I must say I was very impressed with her performance.  Real kick-ass.  He's an ex-F.B.I agent who now assesses security for skyscrapers.  On the job in China he finds the worlds tallest skyscraper on fire and he is being blamed.  As if that wasn't bad enough, it seems his family is in the building  above the fire which is spreading.   So that is the plot (in a fortune cookie) and the jolts never stop. (If you have a thing about heights, this may not be the film for you.)  CGI continually amazes me and this is one of the best so far this year.  You will marvel at how some of this footage was attained.  Breathtaking, to say the least.   It's all pure unadulterated escapism and I loved it.

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