Skyscrapper-Kids’ Movie Review

William (Will) Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson), a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran, changes his career and now assesses security for skyscrapers.  He gets the contract to evaluate the world’s tallest building which is being constructed in Hong Kong.  With his family in an upper level hotel of the skyscraper, Will gets a tour of the 300 story steel, glass, and titanium building to determine if the building is safe and secure. The thing Will doesn’t know is that a terrorist group is plotting to set the building on fire.  So now Will not only needs to secure the new and amazing skyscraper, but he must rescue his family who are trapped inside.

Rating: 2 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: October 9 , 2018
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: None
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids Like It? No

Talking Points:

Sexual Content: None

Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

• Characters shoot one another with guns, there is a lot of fighting with punching and kicking.
• Stabbing with scissors.
• Explosions.
• Children  in peril throughout the film.
• We see bloody open wounds. One character removes a shard of metal from his body.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

• We hear “f–k,” “h-ll,” “d-mn,” and “sh-t.”

Drug and Alcohol Content: None

Will Kids Like It? No

Overall this an action packed suspenseful drama. This is not the typical family friendly Dwayne Johnson film. Parents need to be aware of  excessive and disturbing violence throughout the movie.

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