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Dwayne Johnson fights for his family in first trailer for 'Skyscraper'

By Wade Sheridan   |   Feb. 5, 2018 at 7:02 AM
Dwayne Johnson stars in the first trailer for "Skyscraper." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Dwayne Johnson (L) and Lauren Hashian arrive on the red carpet for the 89th annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2017. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Dwayne Johnson scales the world's tallest building in order to save his family in the first trailer for upcoming action thriller, Skyscraper.

The clip, released on The Tonight Show Sunday night following the Super Bowl, stars Johnson as a retired military veteran with a prosthetic leg who is on assignment as a security adviser inside a 200-plus story building that is housing his wife and two kids inside.

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A group of terrorists then suddenly attack and take over the building along with taking Johnson's family hostage.

With his family's life on the line, Johnson is seen jumping off of a crane in order to begin moving through the massive structure.

"You've built the tallest, most advanced building in the world," Johnson says to the building's owners before the action starts. "But you've brought with it every single safety and security challenge that I can think of. Not only have you brought them all indoors, but you've trapped them 240 floors in the air."

Skyscraper, which also stars Neve Campbell, is set to arrive in theaters on July 13.