Remember Die Hard, Sudden Death or Taken where one responsible family man takes on those who try to harm his family? Add The Towering Inferno into the mix and you get Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Skyscraper where the plot is similar but the execution is upgraded. Instead of an active cop, a disgraced firefighter or a former military man, we have a decorated former FBI agent who lost one of his legs in the line of duty. With 3D making the film look grand, Skyscraper takes you on a heroic journey of a man who would take it to the next level to save his family.
Will Sawyer (The Rock) and his family have been invited to Hong Kong where he inspects the world’s largest building ‘The Pearl’ and presents his assessment to the makers. Unknown to all, terrorists take over the building, set it on fire and when they are about to get to the boss, he locks himself in a secure location. Only one person knows how to open the secure door and they make Sawyer go for it by kidnapping his daughter. After saving his stuck-in-the-building wife (Neve Campbell) and son, Sawyer goes to rescue his daughter with the help of the Chinese architect. Is he able to save the building from burning down and rescue his friends or does he succumb like others, watch the film to find out more.
When the film has ‘The Rock’ in it, you can expect non-stop action and some quality stunts; despite being shown to be a handicapped ex-soldier, The Rock managed to show his muscle and show all those family men who want to be a hero in front of their kids, how it is done. The special effects were amazing and so were the CGI which made you believe that the building was on fire and that you could feel the heat. In many scenes, you sympathized with The Rock because it was like showing Arnold Schwarzenegger to be handicapped or Sylvester Stallone to be someone who isn’t fully fit. Neve Campbell as Mrs. Sawyer had her moments in the film when she fought with the villains or did her own stunts, stealing the show from ‘The Rock’ in a few scenes.
Nearly everyone who saw the film criticized it for being too similar to yesteryear classics from The Towering Inferno from where they borrowed the ‘building on fire’ idea; Die Hard where one man saved many including his wife who was stuck in a high-rise building; Sudden Death where one man had to do the unthinkable to save his family, and Taken where one man destroyed an army just because they had laid a hand on his daughter. There were elements from Commando as well where a seemingly helpless father uses his military training to make the bad guys realize that they made a mistake in pissing him off. Everybody knew the end and was waiting for it to happen with ‘how’ being the only question in their minds.
Had the film’s plot not been predictable and had there been a twist that would have boggled the audience’s mind, it would have done well. Since that’s wasn’t the case, Skyscraper came out as one of those films that are good for one time viewing but with a little more effort could have been much much better. Yes, the special effects that were shown for ‘The Pearl’ or the climax were good enough for an action thriller but the ride till the end was nearly known to all.
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Samsung doesn’t seem to think that it’s going to see a surge in smartphone sales this year. A new report out of South Korea claims that the company is playing it safe this year and maintaining its sales goal for 2018 at a similar level as 2017. Industry sources cited in the report claim that Samsung is aiming to sell 320 million smartphones in 2018.
The report claims that Samsung has informed its suppliers about its sales plan for 2018. The company is reportedly aiming to sell 320 million smartphones, 40 million feature phones, 20 million tablets and 5 million wearable devices this year.
The company may not have set a higher target than last year due to saturation in the market, particularly the high-end segment. Nevertheless, Samsung’s target is considerably more than that of its rivals Apple and Huawei. They sell around 200 million and 150 million smartphones annually every year.
The company may focus on improving profitability instead through premium handsets. The mobile division can certainly contribute more to the company’s bottom line and Samsung is expected to focus on that in 2018.
The new Galaxy A8 handsets are the first new devices that Samsung will sell this year. It will then release the flagship Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in a couple of months.
If all goes according to plan, Samsung is likely going to retain its position as the world’s top smartphone vendor this year as well.
Huh.. With the myriad complaints about their shonky after sales “care” I’d suggest their sales to be in the decline as dissatisfied customers drift away to other manufacturers..