Badass women – and 7 other reasons you should see Dwayne Johnson’s new film ‘Skyscraper’
Hong Kong-set blockbuster, which puts family at its centre and pays homage to action film ‘Die Hard’, has ‘The Rock’ as its star. What else do you need? Duh!
Skyscraper is the summer blockbuster action film you didn’t know you had to watch.
The film, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Will Sawyer, a former FBI hostage rescue team leader-turned security assessor, explores the question: what would you do if your family was trapped above the fire line in the world’s tallest skyscraper?
At the same time, to complicate matters, there is a band of baddies who are eager to steal a very precious something from the skyscraper – and they’re not afraid of playing dirty.
While most, if not all, of us would call the police and wait for help, that’s not quite the Rock’s style. Instead, he’s happy to jump off a crane to enter a burning skyscraper in what can only be described as a suicide mission. Why aren’t we surprised?
Need more reasons to watch Skyscraper? Here are eight:
1. It has badass women
Sarah Sawyer, played by Neve Campbell – best known from the Scream film franchise – is a Mama Bear who isn’t afraid to get tough if it means protecting her children, Henry (played by Noah Cottrell) and Georgia, (played by McKenna Roberts).
Another badass female character is Xia, portrayed by Taiwanese actress Hannah Quinlivan, the right-hand henchman to Kores Botha, the villain of the film.