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    'Skyscraper' Director Made A 'Love Letter' To The Classic Action Blockbusters

    Rawson Marshall Thurber describes his movie's place on the summer calendar, its comic relief and getting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to jump onto the world's tallest building while it's on fire.
    by Linda Wertheimer Jul 07, 2018 2 minutes
    Dwayne Johnson plays a U.S. military veteran framed for setting the world's tallest building on fire — while his family is trapped in it — in the new movie <em>Skyscraper</em>.

    A new movie is coming from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson — former pro wrestler, current action movie superstar. It's called Skyscraper.

    It brings together lots of threads. The world's tallest building! On fire! With thousands of people inside! Including the hero's beautiful family! Johnson is of course the hero, a one-legged war veteran who must save the day.

    There are lots of scary

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