skyscraper (2018)
Dwayne Johnson stars in the action thriller Skyscraper as Will Sawyer, a former FBI agent who must rescue his family from a high-tech skyscraper, which has been taken over by terrorists. The 2018 movie draws inspiration from similar movies such as The Towering Inferno and Die Hard.
Skyscraper
- Director
- Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Release Date
- July 13, 2018
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Matt O'Leary , McKenna Roberts , Neve Campbell , Roland Møller , Noah Taylor , Pablo Schreiber , Byron Mann , Dwayne Johnson , Kevin Rankin
- Writers
- Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Runtime
- 103minutes
- Budget
- $125 million
Summary
Dwayne Johnson stars in the action thriller Skyscraper as Will Sawyer, a former FBI agent who must rescue his family from a high-tech skyscraper, which has been taken over by terrorists. The 2018 movie draws inspiration from similar movies such as The Towering Inferno and Die Hard.
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