This is definitely an amalgamation of elements from the movies he mentioned that he enjoyed, while also having the sheen and special effects of a modern blockbuster.
Skyscraper is a movie about a family man who is framed and has to fight mustache-twirling terrorists in a high-rise.
Something about a movie in the mold of those classic action movies that also pays homage to them appealed to Dwayne Johnson, and for fans of those classics, it isn’t hard to see why.
Although not all actors have the luxury of such choices, you always get the sense that Dwayne Johnson does a movie because there is something he likes about it and connects with it.