#Raymond Martino

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Skyscraper (1996)

I might feel bad for the late Anna Nicole Smith - for everyone in Skyscraper - if they weren’t so terrible in the film. This inept Die Hard clone can't develop credible villains or heroes, deliver thrilling action scenes or make you forget that you’ve seen this story done time and time again. The only thing it does “well” is cram in scenes of Anna Nicole Smith taking off her clothes. The film's over-the-top softcore sensibilities are so jaw-droppingly bad it becomes a riot.

Helicopter pilot Carrie Wink (Smith) has the unfortunate luck of transporting ruthless South African criminal mastermind Fairfax (Charles M. Huber) to the Zitex building. Inside the 86-floor high-tech skyscraper is the last electronic device he needs for his master plan. His goons take over the security desk and take everyone inside hostage. While Carrie’s police officer husband, Gordon (Richard Steinmetz), pieces together what’s going on, it’s up to the lone heroine to save the day.

If you had any doubts about it, director Raymond Martino wastes no time confirming that indeed, Anna Nicole Smith was cast so she could show off her 36DD bust. As our star showers herself clean, she takes extra care to always point her chest towards the glass door. The scene is so long and gratuitous that you’re shocked when it’s followed by a prolonged sex scene with her husband. Most R-rated movies with nudity in them would require you to stop and rewind a couple of times for you to get your business over and done with. Not Skyscraper. It gets downright awkward, and the picture’s just getting started. You think this is as much of Smith in her birthday suit as we’re going to get. After all, once the plot gets started, she’s inside the titular skyscraper. It’s not like she would pause her rescue mission to take ANOTHER shower. The way the film gets her naked again is much more creative. She thinks back to the time she learned to shoot a gun (a convenient way to prove to the audience that she will be able to handle the situation). It was a romantic evening out in the country… that culminated in a lot of lovemaking on a picnic blanket. It’s embarrassing but not as uncomfortable as the third instance of nipples getting exposed: an attempted rape scene that is only there so Carrie can fumble around in a nearby drawer, grab a letter opener and stab her aggressor in the dick. Genital mutilation is the real reason for that scene because if all writers William Applegate Jr. and John Larrabee wanted was to show Smith topless again, they would’ve had her “seduce” the terrorist. Except falling prey to her “charms” wouldn’t deserve the punishment of castration so they had to get “creative”. It’s as classy as an all-nude strip club.

But enough of that. What about the rest of the movie? Well, it’s Die Hard, but bad. There’s an attempt to make Fairfax seem like a criminal mastermind who thinks of everything but since the writers are idiots, the best way they could convey this was to make him quote Shakespeare over and over. His minions are completely interchangeable. At best, you might "recognize" individuals as "the guy who always wears sunglasses" or as "the one whose plunging neckline rivals our voluptuous heroine". They’re not the least bit threatening because frankly, their plan sucks. In Die Hard, the Nakatomi Plaza was nearly deserted because it was Christmas Eve and the place was still under construction. This story takes place in broad daylight on a Saturday evening. There are so many people in the building the criminals are still trying to round up hostages an hour into the movie. Even when they manage to confront Carrie, they couldn’t shoot the broad side of a bar (to be fair, neither could she).

None of the performers could be called good and if I had to single out someone as the worst, I’d be tempted to say it’s Smith. Instead, I’m going to pick on a little kid. What’s the actor’s name? I don’t know but he’s as convincing as a $3 bill. The boy roams the building's corridors like a 2-year-old and the actor must be at least 12. However old he may be, he’s too grown-up to be as stupid as he is. When his mother is gunned down, you begin thinking about how many years of therapy he’s going to go through… but don’t worry, this movie’s got that awkward question covered in a bit of shoddy last-minute writing.

Uncomfortable attempted rape scene aside, Skyscraper offers many unintentional laughs. Everyone in front of or behind the camera is so incompetent you’ll have a gas taking potshots at nearly every aspect of this film. Even making up fake titles for it is fun. If you’re wondering, my choice would be “Die HarDD”. With Anna Nicole Smith showing off her breasts as much as she does here, it feels all too appropriate. (November 26, 2021)

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TO THE LIMIT (1995) Dir. Raymond Martino

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Skyscraper (1996)

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Anna Nicole Smith in Raymond’s Martino Skyscraper (1996)

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Skyscraper (1996)

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6/18/22

DA VINCI’S WAR, directed by Raymond Martino, 1993.

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SKYSCRAPER- 1996 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The ultimate so bad its good film experience.

The premise of this film can be summed up best by a quote from Total Film:

"DIE HARD WITH BAZOOMERS!"

Whos bazoomers you ask?

Anna Nicole Smith plays Carrie, a busty helicopter pilot who ends up locked in a skyscraper with a group of terrorists who have taken hostages and are trying to assemble some kind of superweapon....

The terrorists are in for a rough ride however as Carrie is both a weapons expert and martial arts wizard. She also has a huge set of jugs.

Some of the action scenes in this although flimsy and silly are extremely entertaining. Everything is so over the top.

Anything that gets shot explodes.

When anyone is shot they go flying through a window and fall to there deaths.

The terrorists say that they stand for the American way but all seem to be from different countries. Some of the accents are so bad its unbelievable. The level of acting in general is attrocious but in a good way.

Its part action movie and part soft core porn. A hilarious moment midway through the movie when Carrie is trapped and surrounded and she has a flashback of her being taught how to shoot guns and then immediately being banged right after.

Skyscraper definetly goes in my hall of fame of enjoyably bad movies.

Directed by Raymond Martino.

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Skyscraper (Raymond Martino, 1996)

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Skyscraper (Raymond Martino 1996)

anna nicole smith stars as a charter helicopter pilot who lands on top of a skyscraper and into a die hard rip off. legitimately good stunts and braindead fun makes for fine viewing. a pm entertainment production, very much earning the ‘entertainment’ in their company name.

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A Movie A Day #344: Skyscraper (1996, directed by Raymond Martino)

If you want to see a movie about somone trapped in a skyscraper and battling terrorists, the obvious solution is to watch Die Hard.  After all, it’s always a good time to watch Die Hard. If for some reason you cannot watch Die Hard, then I recommend trying Die Hard 2. If Die Hard 2 is not available, I guess you could watch something like Skyscraper. Skyscraper is a by-the-numbers remake of Die…