'Skyscraper' is a 21st Century updating of 1974s box office hit 'The Towering Inferno' although its plot does depart from the earlier disaster epic. The setting has moved from San Francisco to Hong Kong and this skyscraper is a cover for all manner of gangster hijinks.
The opening scenes reveal a hi-tech building with features that just for one brief moment gave me hope that this was going to be an unexpectedly superior disaster feature. That hope was quickly scuttled as the film descended into ludicrous activity.
Dwayne Johnson maintains a surprising level of dignity despite his character's ever more cartoonish acts of heroism.
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The movie the Towering Inferno is a vorbotten subject in The Highrise, yet I have a perverse need to watch it again or a good remake. It seems like I should stick with the original.
ReplyDeleteStick with the original Andrew; this vague copy doesn't have Fred Astaire.
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