Skyline
This sci-fi thriller is from the Strause brothers, the directors of AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem and visual effect specialists who've worked on Avatar, Iron Man 2 and 300.
Bizarre blue lights descend on Los Angeles, drawing people outside of their homes and work like moths to a flame. This is an extraterrestrial force threatening to swallow the entire human population...
- Director:
- Colin StrauseGreg Strause ('AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem')
- Writer:
- Joshua CordesLiam O'Donnell
- Cast:
- Eric BalfourScottie ThompsonDavid ZayasDonald FaisonBrittany DanielCrystal Reed
Reviews & comments
Refreshing and Spectacular
Wow! Well I liked the film. It's a smaller fare focusing on a group of friends trying to stay alive during an alien invasion instead of the usual arm up and fight back features. Refreshingly different and the visual effects are spectacular, but they would be since the directors own the effects company on the film.
Variety
pressAn underwhelming and derivative sci-fi thriller that's only marginally more impressive than a run-of-the-mill SyFy Channel telepic.
The New York Times
pressSome obvious comparables for Skyline are "Independence Day" and Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," but there is nothing here that even approaches the comic-book verve of the first or the churning dread of the second.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBeyond the dazzling "first contact" sequences seen in the trailers, Skyline is a spasmodic and incoherent shambles hampered by an astoundingly stupid screenplay.
Empire Magazine
pressTechnically ambitious, dramatically basic. Still, it's a major step up from an AvP sequel and delivers all the Saturday night whizz-bang and Sunday morning brain-ripping you could want.
Variety
pressAn underwhelming and derivative sci-fi thriller that's only marginally more impressive than a run-of-the-mill SyFy Channel telepic.
The New York Times
pressSome obvious comparables for Skyline are "Independence Day" and Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," but there is nothing here that even approaches the comic-book verve of the first or the churning dread of the second.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBeyond the dazzling "first contact" sequences seen in the trailers, Skyline is a spasmodic and incoherent shambles hampered by an astoundingly stupid screenplay.
Empire Magazine
pressTechnically ambitious, dramatically basic. Still, it's a major step up from an AvP sequel and delivers all the Saturday night whizz-bang and Sunday morning brain-ripping you could want.
Refreshing and Spectacular
Wow! Well I liked the film. It's a smaller fare focusing on a group of friends trying to stay alive during an alien invasion instead of the usual arm up and fight back features. Refreshingly different and the visual effects are spectacular, but they would be since the directors own the effects company on the film.
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