Skyline (2010)

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   dombrewer

   Just terrible, from start to finish. Given the small budget and general low grade of the acting, editing, cinematography and especially the writing it watches like a low end made-for-TV rush job; but given the directors are SFX guys that probably explains why the effects looked good enough to get the film a cinema release. I can't believe some comments below thought the ending was good. They either ran out of money or seriously ran out of ideas. Either way, skip it, it's not even fun-bad. 11 years 11 months ago
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   Replayboii

   The aliens were awesome, but the story of the characters and the actors were really bad. They should have written a better story. Such a waste. 13 years 3 months ago
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   Siskoid

   Made with relative little means, outside the studio system, and looking like a special effects audition reel at times, Skyline has been described as Independence Day on a budget, but its closest analog is really Cloverfield - an alien invasion with giant monsters and protagonists who are NOT the heroes who will fight back, but doomed bystanders caught up in events, among then, 24's Eric Balfour, NCIS's Scottie Thompson, and Dexter's David Zayas. Though obviously derivative, it gets crazier and crazier and scores a lot of points with me for just how far it goes. Folks, it's WAY better than most reviews would have you believe, or that "by the directors of AvP: Requiem" would have you expect. The first half hour is pretty weak - definite issues of clarity as to who these people are and why we should care - but once the invasion happens, it's a non-stop survival roller-coaster. And the effects? A couple of dodgy moments, but for the most part quite good, on ANY budget. The techno-organic aliens are interesting and there's good integration between the effects and the live action. I don't know what people are complaining about. Its writer would go on to write and direct two sequels, so there's definitely something to it, in a Resident Evil kind of way (i.e. it's insane, turn brain to the off position and enjoy). 1 year 7 months ago

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