Find out why the new Flop of Dwayne Johnson receives a major reaction
In addition that the pages of reviews (and box office returns)
Dwayne The Rock JohnsonLast action-adventure movie,Skyscraper, Gets mixed reviews from critics and the general public. The film, which struck the theaters last Friday, follows the history of the former head of the FBI rescue team and the Veteran of the United States, Ford (Johnson), which is framed to put the fire to a skyscraper in China. Now, on the race, Ford must find the managers, clarify his name and save his family, who are trapped above the line of fire inside the building.
The film failed to capture the steam in the box office and has a rating of 50%.on rotten tomatoes. Although many critics admitted that the thrilling action flick to look at, the consensus appeared to be that the plot was too familiar and the formula for truly captivating audiences. Several reviews said it was amore boring version ofDie, withBoston Globe criticalTY BURR writing, "As a streaming option on a slow night or a long flight, the film has its uses. But you have already seen almost all that before, with more spirit and a better bad."
The most mixed magazines of the film are, however, from people with disabilities. Johnson's character has a prosthetic leg and many felt that this provided a very necessary visibility for people with disabilities of action films.
From the point of view of someone who has a prosthetic leg, I think the movie did a good job describing what the prosthesis is like a prosthesis, "Contributor of Jane Petersonwrote forThe powerfull, however, adding that "the film has not nailed all aspects".
Cinema Critic Kristen Lopezalso written That, "by not doing a lot of his disability, is a character that represents a clear improvement in representation. People with disabilities do not want their disability to define them and does not define his character. This adds to this."
However, many viewers think it would have been more progressive to hire a real disabled person to play the role.
Monday, Paralympic actressKaty Sullivan written an open letter in JohnsonDeadlineIn which she says that while he seemed "like a truly good guy," would she prefer to refuse roles like this in the future.
Sullivan quoted a 2017 study that found that during the last year's television season, less than 2% of the characters were written for the disabled and this tiny margin, 95% of the roles were given to the actors validated.
"Although I am delighted that a movie on [a superb former fighter and father (who is a united ampute-under the knee) was Greenlit in the first place, the problem is perpetuated the fact that we are not given to the Agency to tell our own stories, "she wrote, making an argument of the need to allow people with disabilities to play roles like the one given to Johnson inSkyscraper.
Johnson has not yet responded to Sullivan's letter, but he has tweed a lot about his support for people with disabilities, as well as re-tweet positive reviews written by disabled critics.
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