Movie information
Movie: "Sky Rescue"
Director: Rosen Marshall Thurber
Screenwriter: Rosen Marshall Thurber
Country: United States
Distributor: Universal Pictures
More titles: Skyscrapers
Starring:
Dwayne Johnson (as Will)
Neve Campbell (as Sarah)
Huang Jinghan (as Zhao Mingzhi, the owner of the Pearl Tower)
North American release: 2018.7.13
Released in China: 2018.7.20
Rating: 6.5 points
Chinese box office: 669 million RMB
Highlights
I have to say that Dwayne Johnson is very good at choosing scripts. Although the scripts he receives are all commercial films that follow a routine, the routine is complete and some small details are handled reasonably.
"Sky Rescue" opens with the character of Will (Dwayne Johnson), the captain of the FBI rescue team, who rescued the hostage kidnapping case. Unexpectedly, the kidnapper was not found wearing an explosive vest, and the explosion caused a tragedy , Will was seriously injured and amputated. Later, he fell in love with the naval surgeon who took care of him, started a family, and had two lovely children, a boy and a girl.
More than a decade later, Will never touched a gun again. He opened his own security company to evaluate the security system. With the help of former teammates, the Will family moved to the 200-story Pearl Tower, the world's tallest building in Hong Kong, and interviewed for a job in building security. The interview was successful, and Will became the only person who could manage the building's security system, with a tablet with a facial recognition system. Standing on the top of the building, like entering a fantasy, Will feasts his eyes.
So far, Will has been a person with strong ability to deal with crises, caring for his family, thriving career, still maintaining a sense of justice for the society, and hating evil. It's a perfect character. Rather than being psychologically warped by mistakes and trauma from more than a decade ago, Will is more positive and inclusive. But the scene of the criminal kidnapping the child before the explosion was always in his heart. This is probably one of the reasons why he loves his children even more.
But the crisis came immediately. His teammates betrayed him, and Will missed and killed his teammates while grabbing the tablet. Meanwhile, the criminals set fire to the 96th floor of the Pearl Tower, forcing all residents to evacuate, leaving only Sarah and her two children trapped at home.
Hong Kong gangsters scrambled for the tablet and had a gun battle with the police who came. The police showed up and suffered more than half of the casualties. The gangster activates the tablet to escape. Will rushed to the Pearl Tower and wanted to guide his family to evacuate safely, but the gang hacked the security system and turned off the fire extinguishing system. The fire expanded and the family was trapped. At the same time, the police suspect Will as a suspect and arrest him.
Will escaped, climbed to the top of the tower crane, stretched out the boom, and shattered the glass of the building with the hook. At this time, the police SWAT chased after the elevator, and the police helicopter intercepted it in mid-air. Will takes a short start, jumps, and enters the floor. Helicopter evacuation.
Will, who understands the security system, found his wife and son, and used the principle that the elevator can be restarted to safely deliver his wife and son to the ground, so he went to find his lost daughter. In the end, the robbers caught Will and his daughter and asked him to get Zhao Mingzhi's information in exchange for his daughter.
It turned out that the robbers were robbing Zhao Mingming of the information, and the information was related to the gang's money laundering route account. Zhao Mingming locked himself in the room, and Will had to use the restart function of the entire building again. When restarting, the security would reopen the door of Zhao Mingzhi's room. So, Will hung outside the building and restarted in a thrilling way. Enter the room and reach an agreement with Zhao Mingming to jointly deal with the kidnappers.
On the top floor, using the mirror function of the 25,000 high-definition display screen, Will and Zhao Mingming subdued the other kidnappers. At the last moment, the kidnappers held their daughter with a grenade. Will once again faced the situation more than ten years ago. This time, Wei Er stabilized his mind, decisively shot, killed the gangster, and saved his daughter.
At the same time, his wife Sarah led the Hong Kong police to capture the Hong Kong gangster who was responding to the kidnappers. Family reunion.
Movie pros and cons
"Sky Rescue" is basically what the advantages should be presented.
Fast paced. The initial setup was simple and successful. Will had the strength and experience of the Marine Corps and the FBI to be so powerful. His wife, Sarah, is also a surgeon in the Marine Corps, so she can fight calmly and has strong analytical skills.
The fire in the film, grabbing the tablet, the gangster, Zhao Mingming, Will, the operation of the three parties around the security system and blocking each other, the rhythm of rescue, etc. are all very lively. The whole film has been in a tense ups and downs, giving the audience a little The sense of breathing, wonderful one after another.
The details are reasonable. Will's prosthesis was given by the military, so it was strong and durable, and it could be used as a hook, as a jack, and as a weapon. It is also scientific and reasonable for the wife to let the children wrap their bodies in wet towels and cover their mouths to escape.
The details are also reflected in the echoes. Kai's wife's phone breaks, and Will tells her it can be restarted. This reboot runs through the entire film. Including the restart of the elevator escape, the restart of the building's power system, and at the end of the whole film, the scene of the robber holding the child with a grenade also echoes before and after, and defeating the robber is a hint of the successful restart of Will's life.
Will shattered the floor glass with a hook, and also paved the way for his flying leap later. There are also details such as Will's method of tying the rope, healing and disinfection, etc., which are all related to identity, character, the current environment, and the plot. This is the complete design.
There are advantages and disadvantages. The shortcomings are mostly ignored for the sake of the plot.
For example, why is there such a high tower crane on the street next to the Pearl Tower in Hong Kong? When the two police officers were about to arrest Will, the policeman who took out the handcuffs walked up, just blocking the partner who was holding the gun behind him, and Will escaped. The floor of the building collapsed and there were fires everywhere. The wives and daughters were running for their lives. The robbers could still receive a clear picture of their escape from the sensor. The quality of the machine is really good. etc.
The biggest disadvantage is that the Hong Kong police have been hacked from beginning to end.
The first time the police appeared was at 29 minutes. At this time, the Hong Kong gang robbed the tablet to kill Will, and the police appeared. In the shootout, half of the police were killed.
Then the police did not call the fire department to put out the fire, nor did they send the police to chase the Hong Kong gangster. The two police officers watched the big screen in the command car. On the big screen, Will was climbing a tower crane.
The female police officer said he was most likely an accomplice. The male police officer said, "Okay, let's bring him here." So, a team of SWAT officers took the lift to chase Will, who was climbing the tower crane, first cut the lift door, a team of people squeezed in, went up to the top, and then cut the door, eh? The door handle was chained a few times by Will, and the SWAT officers couldn't open the door.
When Will was about to take off to complete the most awesome scene in the film, the police helicopter shone down on him in mid-air, shot two shots, lit the lights, and watched Will jump into the building, the pilot said, no, the plane in decline. Then the plane left and never showed up again.
Here, the special police did not know how to stretch their hands through such a large gap in the door to remove the chain, and they did not climb up separately at first, it seems that they are all used to taking the elevator. The guy in the helicopter, didn't order to shoot? Moreover, the helicopter suddenly swayed down to evacuate, which was too nonsense.
Since then, the three have been discussing whether Will is an accomplice or not until his wife Sarah is rescued into the command car. Then Sarah gave the answer about who the robber was, how to escape, and where he probably landed.
The female police officer said cooperatively that Sarah was also an accomplice and should be locked up, which is not credible. Then assimilated by Sarah's words, a group of police went to the landing point to catch the robbers, and had a second shootout with the Hong Kong gangster waiting there. The police didn't pay attention to cooperation and formation at all. Anyway, they just rushed forward, rushing while fighting. The female gang leader calmly walked behind the policemen, about to attack, and was subdued by Sarah.
You see, the police did nothing from start to finish. All are to set off Will's ability and Lhasa's wisdom. The police have nothing to contribute other than the death of many people. We have seen countless Hong Kong police and bandit movies, and we understand the duties and abilities of the police, but they are useless in "Sky Rescue".
I'm curious how this film got approved and imported. In the past few years, we in the mainland are proud to introduce foreign films to boost the box office, but it is sad that no one pays attention to such obviously dark places.
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