Character Relationship Map: Skyscraper

Characters

• Will Sawyer (played by Dwayne Johnson) — protagonist

  Marine veteran and former HRT leader who lost his leg. Works as a private security consultant for the skyscraper The Pearl. His family is trapped inside during a terrorist takeover. He single-handedly...

• Sarah Sawyer (played by Neve Campbell) — protagonist

  Will's wife who stays at the tower with their children. After surviving an explosion, she coordinates with police, subdues a terrorist operative named Xia, and eventually recovers the master control t...

• Zhao Long Ji (played by Chin Han) — supporting

  The owner of The Pearl skyscraper. He hires Will for security review but becomes the target of terrorists seeking incriminating records of past construction bribes. He assists Will during a rooftop ho...

• Kores Botha (played by Roland Møller) — supporting

  The mastermind terrorist who orchestrates the building takeover and sets a fire barrier to trap the upper floors. He demands the owner's incriminating files and uses a hostage for leverage. He is ulti...

• Ajani Okeke (played by Adrian Holmes) — supporting
• Mr. Pierce (played by Noah Taylor) — supporting

  The head insurance underwriter and secret accomplice of the terrorist leader. After urging evacuation, he murders the fleeing personnel to eliminate witnesses. He is intercepted and killed by Will bef...

• Sergeant Han (played by Elfina Luk) — minor
• Botha's Thug #3 (played by Sean Kohnke) — minor
• Ray's Son (played by Jett Klyne) — minor
• Ray's Daughter (played by Kayden Magnuson) — minor
• Ray's Wife (played by Gretal Montgomery) — minor
• Botha's Thug #4 (played by Shawn Stewart) — minor
• Georgia Sawyer (played by McKenna Roberts) — supporting

  One of Will's twin children trapped inside the building. She is separated from her family during the initial attacks, captured by the terrorist leader as leverage, and ultimately rescued by her father...

• Henry Sawyer (played by Noah Cottrell) — supporting

  One of Will's twin children trapped inside the tower. He safely escapes the upper floors with his mother using a modified free-fall elevator, surviving the fire barrier and reuniting with his family.

• Suit #1 (played by Byron Lawson) — minor
• Botha's Thug #2 (played by Ryan Handley) — minor
• Botha's Thug #1 (played by Jason William Day) — minor
• Inspector Wu (played by Byron Mann) — supporting

  A Hong Kong Police Force Inspector who initially mistakes Will for the bomber. He later coordinates the police response, leads an assault on the terrorist drop zone, and acknowledges Will's heroism af...

• Ben (played by Pablo Schreiber) — supporting

  Will's former HRT colleague who recommends him for the security job. He is secretly bribed by the terrorists, attacks Will to steal the master control tablet, and is subsequently killed by Will during...

• Ray (played by Kevin Rankin) — minor

Story Analysis

A father's desperate mission to save his family from a burning skyscraper

Plot Progression

1. The Impossible Assignment
2. Fire in the Sky
3. Climbing for Life
4. Final Confrontation