One of the most high-profile movies ever filmed in Surrey opens across North America today (July 13).

Scenes for the action flick Skyscraper, starring Dwayne Johnson, were filmed at Surrey City Hall Plaza last fall.

James Monk, who works as the City of Surrey香蕉视频直播檚 film liaison, is keen to see how Surrey looks on the big screen.

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The Skyscraper crew filmed in Surrey for a total of four days 香蕉视频直播� on Oct. 14 and 15 and then again on Nov. 6 and 7.

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香蕉视频直播淭o get to that point took several weeks of work and necessary approvals from Transport Canada, as an example of one.

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Afterward, in a video posted on social media, Johnson gave his thanks to Mayor Linda Hepner and the City of Surrey after staff put a giant 香蕉视频直播渨e love DJ香蕉视频直播� sign in their city hall office.

City Plaza had a special visitor over the weekend. gives props to our Mayor, staff and film crew.

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In the Die Hard-like movie, Johnson plays a security consultant forced to rescue his family from a 240-storey building set on fire by terrorists in search of a computer flash drive hidden in an apartment.

An official trailer for the film was released in February.

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Pre-release reviews of Skyscraper are starting to trickle in, and at least two aren香蕉视频直播檛 very kind.

, reviewer Peter Debruge wrote this: 香蕉视频直播淩idiculous is the name of the game in Skyscraper, an eye-rolling action movie delivered with a straight face by Dodgeball: An Underdog Story director Rawson Marshall Thurber, who recognizes that no one wants to watch a realistic rescue story (香蕉视频直播楥at Saved From Tree,香蕉视频直播� say, or 香蕉视频直播楤ackdraft香蕉视频直播�) when they can have 香蕉视频直播楾he Rock香蕉视频直播檚 Wife and Kids Nearly Burned to a Crisp in Blazing Building.香蕉视频直播櫹憬妒悠抵辈��

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Meanwhile, Monk said the City of Surrey has issued 122 permits for filming so far this year, which he called 香蕉视频直播渁 staggering number.

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