Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Skyscraper - Dwayne Johnson (2018) - Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

There was a bit of a kerfuffle last year when Dwayne Johnson and co-stars were in town to promote Skyscraper. The film is centered around the world's tallest building, standing on the TST waterfront, which is subsequently overrun by terrorists whilst Johnson's movie family are trapped inside. Although there is a significant amount of footage of Hong Kong used in the film it looks as though, in terms of the actors being on the ground filming, I can only spot a single scene.

Most of the HK footage involves the not-very-convincing CGI skyscraper being stuck into what appears to be drone footage taken from various angles. This is the third film to "CGI" a building onto the HK landscape. The first was Largo Winch (2008) which, in my opinion, did a much better job. The second was Push (2008) which had a problem deciding where their building should be for continuity purposes, and now this one. You can judge for yourself from the various shots of the harbour where the building has been crow-barred in.

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