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Imagine that you put Barb Wire in a skyscraper, after the Die Hard model, add incredibly stupid dialog, and some free swinging 48" (or however big Anna Nicole Smith's mammaries are) appendages. Then you have more or less this movie.
If you are a man, the only thing that will hold your attention are the scenes where Anna Nicole Smith shows off her transplants.
You might want to watch the film if you are masochistic or have nothing better to do (like watching paint dry?).
The plot is: Tall high rise is taken over by terrorists, this building have a brand new state of the art electronic security system, that allows you to monitor and control the building from 1 central location.
The bad guys claim to be a international terrorist group in order to avoid detection of their real motive. However there is a fly in the ointment in that there are - in this case - two good guys loose in the building trying to spoke their plans.
The action consists of crawling through air vents, setting fires in order to call the fire department, picking off the terrorists one by one, ending in a fight where the leader gets thrown off the roof, to crash to his death 86 floors below. Other terrorists are also thrown out the windows to land on police cars......
Sound familiar ??????
The primary good guy is Anna Nicole Smith, proudly showing off her mammary development (transplant???) at various times, probably to keep the attention of the the few guys watching the movie.
Please do yourself a favor - don't see this movie if you have any choice.
If you are a man, the only thing that will hold your attention are the scenes where Anna Nicole Smith shows off her transplants.
You might want to watch the film if you are masochistic or have nothing better to do (like watching paint dry?).
The plot is: Tall high rise is taken over by terrorists, this building have a brand new state of the art electronic security system, that allows you to monitor and control the building from 1 central location.
The bad guys claim to be a international terrorist group in order to avoid detection of their real motive. However there is a fly in the ointment in that there are - in this case - two good guys loose in the building trying to spoke their plans.
The action consists of crawling through air vents, setting fires in order to call the fire department, picking off the terrorists one by one, ending in a fight where the leader gets thrown off the roof, to crash to his death 86 floors below. Other terrorists are also thrown out the windows to land on police cars......
Sound familiar ??????
The primary good guy is Anna Nicole Smith, proudly showing off her mammary development (transplant???) at various times, probably to keep the attention of the the few guys watching the movie.
Please do yourself a favor - don't see this movie if you have any choice.
You have a cleavage-filled picture of Anna Nicole Smith wearing inch-long red nails and holding a gun. What do you expect? Skyscraper is a pathetic attempt to turn Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith into some sort of action hero in the tradition of the historic Die Hard, and the end result is ridiculous. Take Die Hard, reduce the budget by about 97%, replace the director with someone who hails Andy Sidaris films as the greatest things in the world, and switch Bruce Willis for a big-breasted blonde with no acting ability whatsoever. If you do all that, you get Skyscraper. What a joke.
This is not an action movie, it is a vehicle to further Smith's career, although with such a piece of garbage I can't imagine that her career was furthered rather than hindered. It was so funny watching her complain to her husband in the movie about wanting to have a baby. The sets were pretty funny, too. Remember the control panel in the building that the bad guys were communicating with the police on? That's why the budget from Die Hard could be cut by 97%. Cardboard and spray paint are not expensive, and I can't imagine that the film's producers actually paid these people for such pathetic acting. Skyscraper is a waste of everything that was put into it. Needless to say, it would be best not to waste your time on such crap.
This is not an action movie, it is a vehicle to further Smith's career, although with such a piece of garbage I can't imagine that her career was furthered rather than hindered. It was so funny watching her complain to her husband in the movie about wanting to have a baby. The sets were pretty funny, too. Remember the control panel in the building that the bad guys were communicating with the police on? That's why the budget from Die Hard could be cut by 97%. Cardboard and spray paint are not expensive, and I can't imagine that the film's producers actually paid these people for such pathetic acting. Skyscraper is a waste of everything that was put into it. Needless to say, it would be best not to waste your time on such crap.
- Anonymous_Maxine
- 8 sept. 2000
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Skyscraper is by no means a good film, it is truly a terrible action/thriller but let's be honest Anna Nicole Smith is what makes this movie entertaining as it is.
Skyscraper is Die Hard with Anna Nicole Smith in the Bruce Willis role. In an effort to differentiate the two movies, they made her a helicopter pilot. Normally this would make the plot highly unbelievable (she takes on a gang of terrorists). But by the time the plot kicks in, you will already have given up on any hope that this is anything more than soft core porn.
The sad thing is, Anna Nicole's acting skills aren't even up to that level. Actually, they don't exist. She reads every line in exactly the same monotone, whether whining to her husband that she wants a baby or pleading with the terrorists not to shoot a hostage. On the plus side, there is lots of nudity that gives new meaning to the word 'gratuitous'. Early on Anna Nicole gets home from a hard day's work and relaxes with a slow-motion shower. She seems to really enjoy it, giving special attention to her big-as-your-head breasts. Actually, that's the high point of her performance. But I don't think even Meryl Streep could have done much with this material.
You've got your multi-ethnic team of what another reviewer called "Chippendales terrorists", each one a stereotype of some kind (my favourite was the French one, who would sprinkle his dialogue with exotic French words like "mes amis"). You've got your "brilliant" terrorist leader whose brilliance is supposed to be conveyed by his pretentious habit of meaninglessly quoting Shakespeare and by his lofty world-accent line delivery. I could go on about the brain-dead comic relief, the cheesy take-over-the-world plot, and dialogue that's beyond wooden - it's more like petrified wood - but I don't want to ruin the experience for you. That's right - I think you should see this film. I haven't laughed this hard since Showgirls.
The sad thing is, Anna Nicole's acting skills aren't even up to that level. Actually, they don't exist. She reads every line in exactly the same monotone, whether whining to her husband that she wants a baby or pleading with the terrorists not to shoot a hostage. On the plus side, there is lots of nudity that gives new meaning to the word 'gratuitous'. Early on Anna Nicole gets home from a hard day's work and relaxes with a slow-motion shower. She seems to really enjoy it, giving special attention to her big-as-your-head breasts. Actually, that's the high point of her performance. But I don't think even Meryl Streep could have done much with this material.
You've got your multi-ethnic team of what another reviewer called "Chippendales terrorists", each one a stereotype of some kind (my favourite was the French one, who would sprinkle his dialogue with exotic French words like "mes amis"). You've got your "brilliant" terrorist leader whose brilliance is supposed to be conveyed by his pretentious habit of meaninglessly quoting Shakespeare and by his lofty world-accent line delivery. I could go on about the brain-dead comic relief, the cheesy take-over-the-world plot, and dialogue that's beyond wooden - it's more like petrified wood - but I don't want to ruin the experience for you. That's right - I think you should see this film. I haven't laughed this hard since Showgirls.
- claudemercure
- 21 avr. 2005
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I found it truly distressing to watch this film. Plot wise, it was basically a rip off of Die Hard (i.e. group of 'terrorists' take over hi-tec building and are foiled by an individual) and appeared to exist only as a vehicle for Anna Nicole Smith's breasts.
The European 'terrorist' contingent looked like a bunch of failed male models - musclebound freaks with girly hair. The dialogue appeared to be a rather poorly realised afterthought and Ms. Smith's acting was painful to watch. Her facial expressions and whining voice were several steps down from Roger Moore's school of 'eyebrow-response' acting. Even in the attempted rape scene there was no dramatic tension, leaving the viewer with an almost schizophrenic sense of detachment. All in all a complete waste of time. Nice jugs though.
The European 'terrorist' contingent looked like a bunch of failed male models - musclebound freaks with girly hair. The dialogue appeared to be a rather poorly realised afterthought and Ms. Smith's acting was painful to watch. Her facial expressions and whining voice were several steps down from Roger Moore's school of 'eyebrow-response' acting. Even in the attempted rape scene there was no dramatic tension, leaving the viewer with an almost schizophrenic sense of detachment. All in all a complete waste of time. Nice jugs though.
Anna Nicole Smith gives a performance that comparatively makes Jayne Mansfield an Oscar winner. A disgusting rip off of Die Hard, including crawling through air ducts. While the plot wasn't remotely intended to take the viewer on an emotional roller coaster ride, Ms. Smith's only emotion seems to consist of whining. It is obvious she just read many lines from cue cards. The most telling sign of the enthusiasm of this cast was exhibited by the hostages, who when released, just sort of meander out of the building. More energy and enthusiasm is shown by most people when being seated in a dentist's chair.
The whole cast would have been better off if an earthquake collapsed the building on them. The attempted rescue would have been more intriguing.
The nude scenes were apparently just to exhibit her unnatural endowment. I found viewing her mammaries more humorous than erotic. Anna Nicole Smith strikes me as a rather pitiable creature of silicon.
I rented the movie for 50 cents locally. What a waste.
The whole cast would have been better off if an earthquake collapsed the building on them. The attempted rescue would have been more intriguing.
The nude scenes were apparently just to exhibit her unnatural endowment. I found viewing her mammaries more humorous than erotic. Anna Nicole Smith strikes me as a rather pitiable creature of silicon.
I rented the movie for 50 cents locally. What a waste.
Imagine Die Hard (1988) starring full-figured Texan centrefold Anna Nicole Smith instead of Bruce Willis but filmed on a fraction of the budget. It's a concept that captures the imagination, but is it worth seeing?
The second collaboration between Smith and director Raymond Martino, following To The Limit (1995), a thriller co-starring Joey Travolta (brother of John), Skyscraper is one of a string of bland but bombastic action movies produced in Los Angeles by the now defunct PM Entertainment.
Smith plays Carrie, a pilot for private helicopter travel operator Heliscort, used by businessmen to get through the city from one meeting to another in the quickest way possible. Our first glimpse of Smith comes during the opening aeriel sequence in which we see her inappropriately long red nails as she guides the helicopter.
There is then a brief interlude for a little exposition in which we learn a) her husband is a cop, and b) she wants a child and he does not. Obviously, both these attempts at characterisation come into play as the narrative unfolds.
Carrie is unwittingly involved in a villain's activities, transporting him from one death scene to another, just as Jamie Foxx would do later in Collateral (2004). Her husband is, coincidentally, investigating the deaths and when his partner is killed it becomes personal.
When she becomes aware of her unwitting role in the day's events, Carrie fights back. Doing all she can to keep a valuable briefcase out of the villain's hands, protect a small child and rescue the hostages.
Following in the footprints of soft porn action filmmakers such as Andy Sidaris, Skyscraper is a more competent action film than one might expect. Against the odds, this is a production of some quality. A satisfying action film that just happens to have a sexploitation gimmick as its unique selling point.
An early shower scene becomes a typical softcore scene and another sex scene follows later. When the action plot is in full swing, Smith pauses to reflect on better days and a ludicrous exploitation of the flashback device. As the situation becomes more serious, Smith loses some of her clothing in an attempted rape scene that sat uncomfortably with the light tone of the film. Aside from all this PM's action formula is pretty much the same as in films starring the likes of Sam Jones, Gary Daniels and Jeff Wincott etc.
Smith handles the action material as well as can be expected. She has a brief gun-fight and gives the villain a pounding with a couple of slight martial arts moves. Her character is not an elitely trained soldier or a cop, as in most films of this type so we don't expect a great deal from her.
As this is a rehash of Die Hard it seems only appropriate that she get to do a take on Bruce Willis' famous fire-hose-jump sequence; her character swings around for a few minutes before busting through the window.
This minimal amount of Smith-led action is simply not enough for a PM audience to be satisfied, so we have the actions of the villains, as well as the cop husband, to fill out the standard PM action quotient. There is a small amount of martial arts – including a detachable sequence involving two bit players, of the kind you would only get in a B-movie.
One of PM's trademarks is the rocket launcher, and so these are used a half dozen times, another is the man-falling-from-building stunt. There are three of these. With a couple of man-on-fire sequences round out the mix.
There's plenty here to keep genre fans amused.
The second collaboration between Smith and director Raymond Martino, following To The Limit (1995), a thriller co-starring Joey Travolta (brother of John), Skyscraper is one of a string of bland but bombastic action movies produced in Los Angeles by the now defunct PM Entertainment.
Smith plays Carrie, a pilot for private helicopter travel operator Heliscort, used by businessmen to get through the city from one meeting to another in the quickest way possible. Our first glimpse of Smith comes during the opening aeriel sequence in which we see her inappropriately long red nails as she guides the helicopter.
There is then a brief interlude for a little exposition in which we learn a) her husband is a cop, and b) she wants a child and he does not. Obviously, both these attempts at characterisation come into play as the narrative unfolds.
Carrie is unwittingly involved in a villain's activities, transporting him from one death scene to another, just as Jamie Foxx would do later in Collateral (2004). Her husband is, coincidentally, investigating the deaths and when his partner is killed it becomes personal.
When she becomes aware of her unwitting role in the day's events, Carrie fights back. Doing all she can to keep a valuable briefcase out of the villain's hands, protect a small child and rescue the hostages.
Following in the footprints of soft porn action filmmakers such as Andy Sidaris, Skyscraper is a more competent action film than one might expect. Against the odds, this is a production of some quality. A satisfying action film that just happens to have a sexploitation gimmick as its unique selling point.
An early shower scene becomes a typical softcore scene and another sex scene follows later. When the action plot is in full swing, Smith pauses to reflect on better days and a ludicrous exploitation of the flashback device. As the situation becomes more serious, Smith loses some of her clothing in an attempted rape scene that sat uncomfortably with the light tone of the film. Aside from all this PM's action formula is pretty much the same as in films starring the likes of Sam Jones, Gary Daniels and Jeff Wincott etc.
Smith handles the action material as well as can be expected. She has a brief gun-fight and gives the villain a pounding with a couple of slight martial arts moves. Her character is not an elitely trained soldier or a cop, as in most films of this type so we don't expect a great deal from her.
As this is a rehash of Die Hard it seems only appropriate that she get to do a take on Bruce Willis' famous fire-hose-jump sequence; her character swings around for a few minutes before busting through the window.
This minimal amount of Smith-led action is simply not enough for a PM audience to be satisfied, so we have the actions of the villains, as well as the cop husband, to fill out the standard PM action quotient. There is a small amount of martial arts – including a detachable sequence involving two bit players, of the kind you would only get in a B-movie.
One of PM's trademarks is the rocket launcher, and so these are used a half dozen times, another is the man-falling-from-building stunt. There are three of these. With a couple of man-on-fire sequences round out the mix.
There's plenty here to keep genre fans amused.
This is but another really bad rip off of "Die Hard". This one might be the lowest of them though. Our star is Anna Nicole Smith playing an action heroine, in one of the worst performances on screen. Every one of her lines sounds like she's shouting, it's so pathetic. There's no tension whatsoever in this, one reason being the suspenseful music is played on a synthesizer and sounds truly awful. Nothing about this is good, including the sex scene. Randomly Anna Nicole Smith has a flashback sex scene on what appears to be a farm where her huge freakish breasts hang out. Not my cup of tea, but it might be so bad it's amusing.
My rating: 1/2 out of ****. R for sex and violence.
My rating: 1/2 out of ****. R for sex and violence.
At first glance, you might think this movie would be pretty cool to watch, it's not, in fact it is pretty damned awful, I can't believe that I paid $3.95 to see it on a certain satellite network (I won't name names, but it's one of the PRIME satellite networks, & it uses a STAR for a logo). If you ever see this movie in your local TV listings, skip it with a vengeance & find something else cool to watch.
1) To be in the cast, you had to have an asymmetrical face.
2) The computer props were originally used in "Desk Set."
3) When the crotch in the guy's jeans split wide open, it was barely noticeable. Really.
4) Anna Nichole's son had no idea he was being used as an homage to "The Shining".
5) Nobody else involved knew that either.
6) International Male sales exploded when this movie was released.
7) Somebody LOVED high school French class.
FYI - Comcast info gave this movie 2 stars. I would love to find out what exactly warranted that extra star. And if anybody has any information on the behind the scenes story of this meisterwerke, please let me know.
2) The computer props were originally used in "Desk Set."
3) When the crotch in the guy's jeans split wide open, it was barely noticeable. Really.
4) Anna Nichole's son had no idea he was being used as an homage to "The Shining".
5) Nobody else involved knew that either.
6) International Male sales exploded when this movie was released.
7) Somebody LOVED high school French class.
FYI - Comcast info gave this movie 2 stars. I would love to find out what exactly warranted that extra star. And if anybody has any information on the behind the scenes story of this meisterwerke, please let me know.
- js1artglam
- 13 juin 2006
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I laughed, I laughed. Skyscraper is without doubt, the lamest movie I have ever seen. It was on one of my movie channels last night and I had to watch the whole thing to ensure it was indeed worthy of knocking Commando from the perch as the worst movie ever. Ana Nicole Smith, while topless in 2 scenes, basically read her lines (which may have been quite an accomplishment for her) with the emotional range of a dead squirrel. Setting aside Ana, the farcical gun play and other "acting" is simply terrible. Oh yea, and the story is a total plagiary of Die Hard. Worse movie ever. Worse movie ever. Worse movie ever. For a good laugh, enjoy.
If you turn the number sideways, you'll see why I gave this movie an 8. Check the gratuitous shower scene about 10 minutes into the movie if you don't get me.
Friends, this movie is HOWLINGLY BAD. You'll laugh until tears flow from your eyes, not believing the sights and sounds assaulting your being from the screen. From Anna's non-existent acting, to the bad scenery-chewing performance of the actor playing the lead terrorist (just what country is he supposed to be from, Badaccentia?), this is prime Badfilm. There are a ton of explosions on offer, which are nicely photographed, but are so (I'll risk using the word again) gratuitous that the plot (most obvious Die Hard rip-off ever) can't be taken seriously for more than a nanosecond.
Everything about this film screams: "Don't take me seriously!"
On that level, the discriminating fan of bad action films will enjoy this heartily. Anyone familiar with the work of Andy Sidaris will be in familiar territory here.
I feel that this movie is best enjoyed under the influence of several adult beverages. I would suggest a double feature for a night of viewing, this film and David Heavener's KILL CRAZY(see my review of that film as well). Now that's some red-blooded American entertainment. Lots of stuff gets blowed up real good! Get the pony keg and the nachos, dude!
Friends, this movie is HOWLINGLY BAD. You'll laugh until tears flow from your eyes, not believing the sights and sounds assaulting your being from the screen. From Anna's non-existent acting, to the bad scenery-chewing performance of the actor playing the lead terrorist (just what country is he supposed to be from, Badaccentia?), this is prime Badfilm. There are a ton of explosions on offer, which are nicely photographed, but are so (I'll risk using the word again) gratuitous that the plot (most obvious Die Hard rip-off ever) can't be taken seriously for more than a nanosecond.
Everything about this film screams: "Don't take me seriously!"
On that level, the discriminating fan of bad action films will enjoy this heartily. Anyone familiar with the work of Andy Sidaris will be in familiar territory here.
I feel that this movie is best enjoyed under the influence of several adult beverages. I would suggest a double feature for a night of viewing, this film and David Heavener's KILL CRAZY(see my review of that film as well). Now that's some red-blooded American entertainment. Lots of stuff gets blowed up real good! Get the pony keg and the nachos, dude!
- Scott_Mercer
- 5 janv. 2006
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I am actually a fan of bad low budget movies as they can bring some special entertainment than not well made movie ever can. This is one of those movies, and so I rate it accordingly to the C (or D? )movie genre.
It takes the big hit of that time, Die Hard, and makes a hilarious, action filled version of it. It is here to please both men and women. Men will appreciate the view of some humongous boobs and women get a main action hero to be female and a bunch of male terrorists who look like they could be pron stars themselves only not too much gets revealed, we just enjoy watching them running in their leather pants and tank tops revealing their muscles.
The soft core pornography scenes are both erotic and funny. The first one with the shower was pretty good, the other one which is Carrie's daydreaming about banging her husband is extremely hilarious. I mean, when one is trapped with terrorists in a skyscraper what can be a better thing to do than dreaming about banging your husband in some hay, right?.
Anna Nicole Smith was a beautiful woman. But in this one she looks kind of weird. I mean what is it that she kept on doing with her mouth? Was it just a bit dysfunctional after some plastic operation or was it her special acting technique? I have no idea, I just wished she would stop.
Acting in this movie was not of very high class. I am not even talking about Anna Nicole Smith who was the worst. Her "emotions" or better yet the total lack of them was hilarious. The rest of the cast is you see was with few exceptions not even really active in acting. Most of them have only a few credits on their IMDb lists. So this movie's acting looked very amateurish, which by the way didn't bother me too much. It looked like a bunch of people had some hell of a fun while doing it. And it seems they were not really trying to go for better acting, maybe they even tried to make it worse. Nobody was trying to hide that Anna Nicole was obviously reading most of her lines without giving them much thought, it seems if she wanted to at least act a bit, she would. I have watched actual porn where actors acted better between sex scenes. This seems like it was for our entertainment.
The plot has so many holes and unexplainable things to it that I won't even bother. The dialogue is hilarious, because of how badly it is written.
What they did well with, I must say were the action scenes, if we take into the account it being a low budget film. No I am not talking about the funny looking fighting scene when Anna Nicole does some weird sort of kung fu or whatever it is, or when the stud terrorists run shooting from their guns holding them in a way that makes it impossible. But the scene with the truck and explosions is wonderful. I must say they also add a lot of excitement to the movie.
So I rate the movie above average but not much further because it made its job to give me great entertainment as a bad movie, but yet I have seen so many others that were even more crazy and ridiculous that this one will not be sticking in my memory so much.
It takes the big hit of that time, Die Hard, and makes a hilarious, action filled version of it. It is here to please both men and women. Men will appreciate the view of some humongous boobs and women get a main action hero to be female and a bunch of male terrorists who look like they could be pron stars themselves only not too much gets revealed, we just enjoy watching them running in their leather pants and tank tops revealing their muscles.
The soft core pornography scenes are both erotic and funny. The first one with the shower was pretty good, the other one which is Carrie's daydreaming about banging her husband is extremely hilarious. I mean, when one is trapped with terrorists in a skyscraper what can be a better thing to do than dreaming about banging your husband in some hay, right?.
Anna Nicole Smith was a beautiful woman. But in this one she looks kind of weird. I mean what is it that she kept on doing with her mouth? Was it just a bit dysfunctional after some plastic operation or was it her special acting technique? I have no idea, I just wished she would stop.
Acting in this movie was not of very high class. I am not even talking about Anna Nicole Smith who was the worst. Her "emotions" or better yet the total lack of them was hilarious. The rest of the cast is you see was with few exceptions not even really active in acting. Most of them have only a few credits on their IMDb lists. So this movie's acting looked very amateurish, which by the way didn't bother me too much. It looked like a bunch of people had some hell of a fun while doing it. And it seems they were not really trying to go for better acting, maybe they even tried to make it worse. Nobody was trying to hide that Anna Nicole was obviously reading most of her lines without giving them much thought, it seems if she wanted to at least act a bit, she would. I have watched actual porn where actors acted better between sex scenes. This seems like it was for our entertainment.
The plot has so many holes and unexplainable things to it that I won't even bother. The dialogue is hilarious, because of how badly it is written.
What they did well with, I must say were the action scenes, if we take into the account it being a low budget film. No I am not talking about the funny looking fighting scene when Anna Nicole does some weird sort of kung fu or whatever it is, or when the stud terrorists run shooting from their guns holding them in a way that makes it impossible. But the scene with the truck and explosions is wonderful. I must say they also add a lot of excitement to the movie.
So I rate the movie above average but not much further because it made its job to give me great entertainment as a bad movie, but yet I have seen so many others that were even more crazy and ridiculous that this one will not be sticking in my memory so much.
- ComedyFan2010
- 28 avr. 2015
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- tarbosh22000
- 21 mars 2015
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The Subject explains my point, and is the reason I caught a >look at it. She can't act, and the plot is equally as stale. It could do the trick for ya if you are wanting something pathetic for your next frat party, but even then it stands to be even to weak for that!
...is something around a "5 out of 10". If you take Anna Nicole Smith out, it is a decent action film, with nice explosions, respect-worthy stunts (people falling from great heights or being burned alive), and a few surprisingly solid martial arts fights with Branko Cikatik. And yet until today more than half of the 700-something people who have voted on "Skyscraper" gave it a "1" - obviously because of ANS (and quite a few people gave it a "10" - again, obviously because of ANS). Yes, her acting is on a high-school play level, and her grotesquely over-sized breasts are a matter of taste, but you can't say that she doesn't make an effort. But if you're thinking of getting this movie just to see her nude, don't - the two sex scenes run a total of 5 minutes in a 90-minute movie and feel like they were added in post-production (and in what might be an attempt to keep the ladies happy as well, the film includes a fair number of hunky males in it - seriously, these terrorists might have a more profitable career as fitness models). Overall, this is about on a par with ANS's other film, "To The Limit"; take that as you will. (**)
- FlashCallahan
- 7 avr. 2022
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Back before she became a grotesque charactature of himself, Anna Nichole Smith was hot in a trailer park trash, heavily siliconed, slutty kind of way. Skyscraper was the second of two films that attempted to exploit that dubious quality to maximum potential. Sure there's a minuscule threadbare 'plot' involving terrorists. But that's just the flimsiest excuse to string together some SOFT soft-core scenes (whic are way to few ad far between) that lets Anna expose her two 'real' and only talents (yes the irony of using that word while talking of those tits is not lost on me) However if you watch this movie, I'm pretty sure you know what to expect: Horrible acting, awful fight scenes, lame humor, and Anna's breasts. And nothing I can say will likely dissuade you from seeing it. Just know that the film is pretty damn dire and the other movie of hers "To The Limit" is the 'superor' film (i use the term quite loosely of course)
My Grade: F
Where i saw it: Starz Edge
My Grade: F
Where i saw it: Starz Edge
- movieman_kev
- 21 sept. 2006
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"Skyscraper" is not a good movie but when I come across it I end up watching it. Sure, it's a complete rip-off of "Die Hard" but it's impossible for me to take my eyes off Anna Nicole Smith. The poor girl can't act. She tries but she can't do it. She can, however, take her clothes off. That she does very well. "Skyscraper" is one for the books. I wish I could say that I'm never going to waste my time watching this movie again but I know that's not true.
- Leofwine_draca
- 30 août 2017
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So i bought the movie for like 50 cents and only to watch it due to the curiosity of Anna Nicole's acting. I love her, simply because she is incredibly outrageous.
So instead of watching the COMPLETE movie, i skimmed through it and watching maybe a half hours worth, and those 30 minutes were basically Anna Nicole naked, *beep* her husband, or almost getting raped by someone.
I was rather disappointed that this movie was horrible, I've followed some rather infamous actresses doing their share of horrible B movies but they did what they needed to do and acted pretty damn well considering horrible scripts and direction, but i feel from the start of this movie, it was a failure. I expected her to "act", not act like she does in every day life. I feel like cheated, it seems more like a completely fake and bogus reality show than a movie.
and the fact that basically all the bad guys looked like ChippenDales Dancers and couldn't act for *beep* not that anyone could in the movie but oh well. This movie was basically eye candy, porn and cheap gun shooting and explosives.
I guess I'm just mad at the fact that they only put Anna in this movie due to her enormous boobs and the fact that she wouldn't mind being naked in EVERY single scene in the movie. And that it was 100% more of a softcore porn than and Action Movie.
I hope "To The Limit" and at least 10% interesting unlike this crap.
So instead of watching the COMPLETE movie, i skimmed through it and watching maybe a half hours worth, and those 30 minutes were basically Anna Nicole naked, *beep* her husband, or almost getting raped by someone.
I was rather disappointed that this movie was horrible, I've followed some rather infamous actresses doing their share of horrible B movies but they did what they needed to do and acted pretty damn well considering horrible scripts and direction, but i feel from the start of this movie, it was a failure. I expected her to "act", not act like she does in every day life. I feel like cheated, it seems more like a completely fake and bogus reality show than a movie.
and the fact that basically all the bad guys looked like ChippenDales Dancers and couldn't act for *beep* not that anyone could in the movie but oh well. This movie was basically eye candy, porn and cheap gun shooting and explosives.
I guess I'm just mad at the fact that they only put Anna in this movie due to her enormous boobs and the fact that she wouldn't mind being naked in EVERY single scene in the movie. And that it was 100% more of a softcore porn than and Action Movie.
I hope "To The Limit" and at least 10% interesting unlike this crap.
- its-okay-to-stare
- 28 nov. 2007
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Right, well I actually have seen the 1996 action thriller "Skyscraper" once before, so I sort of did know what I was in for here, as I sat down in 2023 to watch it once more. However, I only vaguely remembered the movie, and thus I opted to watch it a second time.
And after having sat through 96 minutes of watching what writers William Applegate Jr. And Joseph John Barmettler had managed to muster up for the script and storyline, it is abundantly clear why I didn't really remember much from the movie. As for this being an overwhelmingly interesting or entertaining movie, yeah, not so much. It is watchable enough for what it is actually, if you can sit through the amazingly rigid, wooden and emotionless acting performances.
Of the entire cast ensemble in "Skyscraper", then I was only familiar with Anna Nicole Smith. And it wasn't exactly because of her acting skills that I was familiar with her. And boy was she stripped, pardon the pun, of anything resembling an ounce of acting talent. But it wasn't actually just Anna Nicole Smith that was stripped of acting skill, it seemed to be the general concensus for the cast ensemble. Perhaps a requirement to participate in the movie?
"Skyscraper" is a very cringeworth movie to sit through, as you watch Anna Nicole Smith stumble through her dialogue and the action sequences like the was a wooden puppet. And it got even worse with the excessive nude romantic scenes that she did a couple of times in the movie. But of course, I am sure that there is an audience out there for something such as that.
The best thing about "Skyscraper", aside from when it ended, was the shooting scene between Anna Nicole Smith and one of the goon. Those guns had amazingly many rounds of ammunition in them, especially her six-shooter revolver. And the way she was running around whilst holding the guy in front of her with both arms fully extended was just laughable.
You are by no means in for an evening of Shakespearian theater when you sit down to watch director Raymond Martino's 1996 action thriller "Skyscraper".
My rating of "Skyscraper" lands on a three out of ten stars.
And after having sat through 96 minutes of watching what writers William Applegate Jr. And Joseph John Barmettler had managed to muster up for the script and storyline, it is abundantly clear why I didn't really remember much from the movie. As for this being an overwhelmingly interesting or entertaining movie, yeah, not so much. It is watchable enough for what it is actually, if you can sit through the amazingly rigid, wooden and emotionless acting performances.
Of the entire cast ensemble in "Skyscraper", then I was only familiar with Anna Nicole Smith. And it wasn't exactly because of her acting skills that I was familiar with her. And boy was she stripped, pardon the pun, of anything resembling an ounce of acting talent. But it wasn't actually just Anna Nicole Smith that was stripped of acting skill, it seemed to be the general concensus for the cast ensemble. Perhaps a requirement to participate in the movie?
"Skyscraper" is a very cringeworth movie to sit through, as you watch Anna Nicole Smith stumble through her dialogue and the action sequences like the was a wooden puppet. And it got even worse with the excessive nude romantic scenes that she did a couple of times in the movie. But of course, I am sure that there is an audience out there for something such as that.
The best thing about "Skyscraper", aside from when it ended, was the shooting scene between Anna Nicole Smith and one of the goon. Those guns had amazingly many rounds of ammunition in them, especially her six-shooter revolver. And the way she was running around whilst holding the guy in front of her with both arms fully extended was just laughable.
You are by no means in for an evening of Shakespearian theater when you sit down to watch director Raymond Martino's 1996 action thriller "Skyscraper".
My rating of "Skyscraper" lands on a three out of ten stars.
- paul_m_haakonsen
- 19 juin 2023
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This movie was one of the most profound movies ever! Anna was trained at Oxford and it is evident by her capabilities in her role.
She is an all natural woman who has to save the day from evil terrorists and at the same time pleasure her self in rather odd ways.
The anal rape scene was very artfully done and the use of natural light accentuated her beautiful body.
Anyway, the action was none stop (both the sex and the fighting)and I think that ever child, man, woman, animal and child should experience the breathtaking view from the top of the skyscraper.
RIP ANS! You fablous woman
She is an all natural woman who has to save the day from evil terrorists and at the same time pleasure her self in rather odd ways.
The anal rape scene was very artfully done and the use of natural light accentuated her beautiful body.
Anyway, the action was none stop (both the sex and the fighting)and I think that ever child, man, woman, animal and child should experience the breathtaking view from the top of the skyscraper.
RIP ANS! You fablous woman
- natporthunter
- 9 avr. 2007
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That movie was surprisingly fun and interesting. Ann was hot and deadly. If you like her the movie is a must watch
- djjimmisgr
- 15 janv. 2021
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I am quite ashamed to say I have this on video along with Anna's other film "To The Limit" these were bought cheap in a bunch with other supposedly erotic thrillers.
This is a cheap Die hard Rip Off which is obvious from the first 15 minutes. Some of the action scenes near the beginning (though extremely over the top) were quite entertaining, after all a lot of the action in Con Air was very over the top too.
However once we see Anna Nicole attempting to discuss whether she should have a baby with her Cop boyfriend or negotiating with the terrorists it becomes very obvious that going into acting was an extremely bad idea. Anna actually almost makes Pamela Anderson seem a decent actress (that is how bad Anna Nicole is in this movie). The longer the film goes on the more you want it to end. The sex scenes and Shower scenes are reasonably sexy and did turn me on a little, but massive breasts (larger than your head) are not exactly my thing.
I did find the lead Terrorist (Charles Huber) quite amusing with his over the top delivery, wild eyed looks, and Shakespearean phrases. Anna Nicole did not however come across as a tough lady but rather whiny and irritating at times, the actor who played her boyfriend and was a Cop was a better actor but only on the level of a cheap TV actor.
My Advice only watch this if you are into very badly acted action films, or if Anna Nicole Smith is your type of dream girl.
This is a cheap Die hard Rip Off which is obvious from the first 15 minutes. Some of the action scenes near the beginning (though extremely over the top) were quite entertaining, after all a lot of the action in Con Air was very over the top too.
However once we see Anna Nicole attempting to discuss whether she should have a baby with her Cop boyfriend or negotiating with the terrorists it becomes very obvious that going into acting was an extremely bad idea. Anna actually almost makes Pamela Anderson seem a decent actress (that is how bad Anna Nicole is in this movie). The longer the film goes on the more you want it to end. The sex scenes and Shower scenes are reasonably sexy and did turn me on a little, but massive breasts (larger than your head) are not exactly my thing.
I did find the lead Terrorist (Charles Huber) quite amusing with his over the top delivery, wild eyed looks, and Shakespearean phrases. Anna Nicole did not however come across as a tough lady but rather whiny and irritating at times, the actor who played her boyfriend and was a Cop was a better actor but only on the level of a cheap TV actor.
My Advice only watch this if you are into very badly acted action films, or if Anna Nicole Smith is your type of dream girl.