The building has become cemented in the minds of moviegoers as Nakatomi Plaza. Sunday, July 15 marks the 30th anniversary of the film's release, again bringing Fox Plaza to the forefront of city's imagination. Thirty years ago, this building, Fox Plaza became one of the most recognized filming locations in the history of motion pictures, when it was converted into "Nakatomi Plaza" in the iconic film Die Hard. But don’t worry, "John McClane" is loose somewhere, terrorizing the terrorists. No help is on the way and no one in the immediate area suspects anything out of the ordinary. It’s the middle of July 2018, but it might as well be the fictional Christmas of 1988, and there might as well be pandemonium breaking loose on the upper floors of the 34-story building, where East German terrorists have invaded a company Christmas party. The surrounding office buildings are closed, and the gates of the nearby Fox Studios parking garage are rolled down. Now that would truly be thrilling.A Rubik’s Cube-like office building in the style of Late Modern architecture towers over Century City on an overcast Sunday morning. ![]() Now imagine if she were the one tasked with saving the day, and her family, and the entire building. She fights fairly effectively (she did all her stunts herself) and contributes to the outcome of this film in quite substantial ways. (She also speaks several Asian languages, which comes in handy throughout the film.) If your only reason is to see her return to a major role, this is worth your time. For the first time Campbell is an assistant hero to Johnoson as her character, Sarah is never a damsel in distress, but rather a combat-trained surgeon capable of kicking her own allotment of butt while also caring for her kids. Neve Campbell is the pleasant surprise in this film and in interviews she stated the script is what drew her too it. And as the flames rise higher and higher from what began as a thin, orange line on the 96th floor, the danger and the insanity climb with them. ![]() (They shouldn’t even have bothered explaining it, the item in question is so disproportionately insignificant compared to the mayhem it causes.) But when they torch the joint, they don’t realize that Will’s wife and kids are still inside one of the residential units. A team of villains, led by the menacing Kores Botha (Roland Moller), has broken in with highly flammable chemicals in order to steal the most McGuffiny of McGuffins. ![]() “Skyscraper” kicks into gear pretty quickly and remains relentless. His family lives in the higher floors (floor 110 I believe) and they are caught in the high rise skyscraper when the criminals start the fire, It is up to Johnson to save them, and let the guns, bullets, and fire start flying.ĭirector Rawson Marshall Thurber isn’t terribly interested in steadily building tension. This time the film is a cross between Die Hard and Inferno, as a high rise apartment building that Johnson is consulting too is set on fire by a nefarious group of bandits who want to get the owner of the building who has dirt on their bosses, so he needs to be eliminated.Ĭall in Johnson's Will Sawyer is a security consultant who lost his leg as a solider. This is a typical action film from Dwayne Johnson but with atypical actress Neve Campbell, who has not been a major player in a theater film in quite some time.
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