Leofwine_draca SKYSCRAPER is the cheesiest, most laughable DIE HARD rip-off imaginable, and that comes from somebody who last week watched DEMOLITION HIGH, the Corey Haim-starring DIE HARD in a school movie. This one's set in a tower block taken over by terrorists, where the unlikely Anna Nicole Smith plays a helicopter pilot (!) who takes the fight to the bad guys, one at a time. Smith turns out to be a remarkably wooden actress who nevertheless strips down for no less than three sex scenes to show off her scarred, surgically-enhanced assets. The rest is a mish-mash of bad dialogue, worse acting, and silly stunt sequences copied from DIE HARD (including a rerun of the Bruce Willis/fire hose bit). The director is obsessed with people falling from the building. Some of the fight scenes are quite fun, as it turns out, but overall the quality of this one is very, very bad.

Tom I have just watched this and I thought it was just brilliant...truly,one of the best, if not the best, action film I have ever seen.I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone with an appreciation for this type of film. And if that doesn't describe you, what are you doing here? The main plot points were typical of the action film with several unique elements.I thought it was well acted, and the main character is just adorable. The villains are great. 10/10

Woodyanders Spunky and resourceful helicopter pilot Carrie Wisk (a hilariously miscast Anna Nicole Smith) combats a group of nasty no-count terrorists who have taken over a high-tech skyscraper.Directed with jaw-dropping ham-fisted ineptitude by Raymond Martino, with loads of incompetently staged action set pieces, lots of stuff blowing up real good, priceless tin-eared dialogue ("Time to die, you blonde bitch!), a shamelessly derivative script that rips off whole bits and pieces from "Die Hard," and violence that goes outrageously overboard on occasion, this incredibly abominable cinematic abortion rates highly as an absolute schlocky hoot and a half. With her chunky build, constant pout, squeaky baby girl voice, petulant child persona, and on and off atrociously overdone Texas accent, Smith registers as one of the single most laughably unconvincing action heroines to ever waddle her way across the screen. Fortunately, Anna Nicole bares her considerable ripe'n'robust all in both an utterly gratuitous, yet still welcome shower scene and two pretty sleazy soft-core couplings. Charles M. Huber provides a delectably thick'n'juicy slice of prime eye-rolling ham as sneering Shakespeare-quoting head villain Fairfax. Jonathan Fuller as slimy French electronics wizard Jacques, Deron McBee as vicious Fabio clone Leidermeier, Calvin Levels as cornrows-coiffed flunky Nakim, and Vincent De Palma as scummy would-be rapist Johnny Hill all further add to the gut-busting kitschy merriment. A total cruddy riot.

Scott_Mercer 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!