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Anyone who’s read any of my Moviepie reviews over the years knows: I love Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and I love a good, big, dumb action movie. So, you’d think that me loving Skyscraper – an unapologetically big, dumb action movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – would be a given.

Yet, I did not love it.

In fact, for much of the loud, explosive, fiery, logic- and reality-defying proceedings, I was bored.

It's Die Hard meets The Towering Inferno, and Dwayne Johnson single-handedly (and one-leggedly) saves the day (again).

Any celebrations of the talents of the phenomenally talented Houston are overshadowed by the grim retelling of what led to her downward spiral.

This light-hearted road movie is salty enough to keep the saccharine at bay.

Though the film requires some serious suspension of disbelief, its fundamental message of love transcending physical form offers food for thought.

Instead of feeling like a movie of the week, it begins to feel like a prolonged reenactment from Rescue 911 (minus William Shatner’s expert narration, of course).