Eric Balfour

Scottie Thompson

David Zayas

Donald Faison

Brittany Daniel

Crystal Reed

Neil Hopkins

J. Paul Boehmer

Tanya Newbould

Pam Levin

Phet Mahathongdy

Byron McIntyre

Robin Gammell

Jackie Marin

Tony Black

Eliza Till

James Huang

Erik Rondell

Johnny DeBeer

Lauren Marin

Matt Frels

Andreea Florescu

Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm

Gladys Khan

Mobin Khan

Elena Kolpachikova

Justin Reed

Vanessa Ross

Evan Shafran

Brett Ratner

Michael Watson

Greg Strause

Matthew Margeson

Nicholas Wayman-Harris

Liz Dean

Colin Strause

Liam O'Donnell

Kristian James Andresen

Tracey Landon

Ryan Kavanaugh

Brian Kavanaugh-Jones

Joshua Cordes

Paul Barry

Drew Dalton

Shyama Gero

Bobbie Mannix

Colin Hudock

Christopher Kulikowski

Pascal Vaguelsy

Brian Tyler

John Tamburro

Bryan Lawson

Leslie Woo

Andrew McArthur

Ed Chapman

Dave Conway

Al Cerullo

Ian Evans

Kevin Cahill

Reza Moosavi

Elliott Barker

Bill R. Dean

Joshua Grow

Houston Guy

Herbert Rawlinson

Michael Miller

Tom Ozanich

Sean Rowe

Stephen P. Robinson

Paul Hackner

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Miles Friedman

John Polyson

Max Leonard

David F. Van Slyke

Harry Cohen

Alec Gillis

Caitlin Thornton

Nicholas Avallone

Matt Siner

Gary Krause

Carlton Diggs

David Rawlinson

Greg Hedgepath

Andrew M. Collins

Zack Judson

Eric A. Kohler

Nicholas James

Charlie Campagna

John Ross

Joan Rowe

Barry Neely

John Sisti

Bobbi Banks

Douglas S. Holgate

Eric Ulbrich

Michael J Mallen

Steve Koster

Matthew Castalito

Noah Dille

Mohsen Eletreby

Tim Wallner

Aidan Stanford

John Trapman

Jordan VanDina

Steve Albovias

Alden Wallace

Jon Grinberg

Jeremy Braben

Eric Ulrich

Cameron Dershem

Ian S. Takahashi

Eric Dvorsky

Shaun Mayor

Jeremy F. Butler

Robby Hart

Emi Akimoto

Marcus Land

Paul Buhl

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The ending could maybe have been engaging if it made sense, but even putting the best possible spin on _Skyline_, it still repeatedly commits the cardinal sin of the entertainment industry: Being boring.

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

***Aliens attack Earth and seek to SUCK YOUR BRAINS OUT***

A couple (Eric Balfour & Scottie Thompson) visits some friends in Los Angeles when aliens attack the city and they hold up in a posh apartment complex. The other protagonists are played by Brittany Daniel, Donald Faison, Crystal Reed and David Zayas.

"Skyline" (2010) combines elements of other Alien invasion flicks like “Independence Day” (1996), “Battle: Los Angeles” (2011), “Cloverfield” (2008) and “War of the Worlds” (1953/2005) with an ending reminiscent of the same in “Night Skies” (2007). The people-snatching aspect recalls “The Forgotten” (2004).   

The director brothers are visual effects designers who were working on the blockbuster “Battle: Los Angeles” while making this indie, which only cost about $10 million. Sony Pictures sued, but the case was later dropped. It must’ve scared the directors because they haven’t returned to directing since (as of this writing) even though “Skyline” made $21 million domestically and $78 million worldwide, which led to the sequel “Beyond Skyline” (2017) by other filmmakers.

Being made by effects experts, it’s not surprising that the F/X in “Skyline” are top-of-the-line. Some of the aliens or crafts look like they were modeled after sea creatures, like octopi and jelly fish. There are also probing tentacles, as seen in “War of the Worlds.” Meanwhile the main vessels and some of the aliens are similar to those in “Independence Day.”

Unfortunately, there’s not enough human interest and the story is too one-dimensional to be overly gripping, for me anyway. Still, this is a grave, tense account of what a malevolent alien invasion might be like. It lacks the lighter side of “Independence Day” and other eye-rolling aspects (e.g. the pro-American angle), but “ID” had more human interest and a plot with a much larger scope. This one amounts to: Aliens attack earth and snatch victims, the end. Yet it’s well done for what it is. 

The film runs 1 hour, 32 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles with shots of New York City, London and Hong Kong at the end.

GRADE: B-

misubisu

The story does unfold slowly, but it was far from boring (in my opinion).
I'm not sure why they started off with backstory and explaining why the two main characters were at the apartment block. It didn't help the story.

I thought the story was well presented and from a Sci-Fi perspective was plausible.
The production values were very high with excellent special effects. The feel of the movie was very real and you felt what the characters would be feeling... so I guess this means the acting was believable.

At no time did I need to suspend my disbelief.
To me, that is the mark of a good Sci-Fi movie.

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Written by Gimly on Fri Mar 09 2018

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