Skyline
Release Date: 11th November 2010 - Australia
Production Companies
Hydraulx
Transmission Pictures
Rat Entertainment (in association with)
Relativity Media
Rogue Pictures
Distribution
Hopstotch FilmsGenre: Sci-Fi
Rating: M
Runtime: 93 minutes
Budget: $20,000,000
Box Office Gross: $78,693,371
(Worldwide)
Plot Summary
Jarrod and Elaine's trip to
L.A. was supposed to be
a fun weekend away to
visit Jarrod's best friend,
Terry. But when they areawakened by mysterious
blue lights raining down
over the city skyline, their
weekend away quickly
turns into a nightmare.
As day breaks, the full
extent of the catastrophe
becomes clear. Tankers,
drones and hydra-like
machines are invading the
city. The human race faces
annihilation as thousandsof terrified people are
sucked up into the alien
ships. Inescapable and
seemingly indestructible,
it will take every survival
instinct they have to elude
capture. (Source - iTunes)
Cast
Eric Balfour - Jarrod
Scottie Thompson - Elaine
Brittany Daniel - Candice
Donald Faison - Terry
CrewProducers/Directors/Visual
Effects Supervisors - Colin
& Greg Strause
Writer/Second Unit Director/
Camera Operator/Animation Supervisor - Joshua Cordes
Writer/Producer - Liam O'Donnell
Executive Producers - Brett Ratner, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Brian Tyler
Producer - Kristian James Andersen
Co-Producer - Paul Barry
Production Designer - Drew Dalton
Writer/Producer - Liam O'Donnell
Executive Producers - Brett Ratner, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Brian Tyler
Producer - Kristian James Andersen
Co-Producer - Paul Barry
Production Designer - Drew Dalton
Costume Designer - Bonnie Mannix
Creature Designers - Alec Gillis and
Tom Woodruff, Jr.
Director of Photography - Michael Watson
Creature Designers - Alec Gillis and
Tom Woodruff, Jr.
Director of Photography - Michael Watson
Stunt Coordinator - Mark Norby
Film Editor - Nicholas Wayman-Harris
Music - Matthew Margeson
Review
An unnecessary movie that nobody in their right mind would purchase or bother watching for the weekend. This attempt at an action-packed terrorising sci-fi thriller 'SKYLINE' disappoints all the sci-fi viewers. The film attempts to create a stimulating and exciting alien invasion theme, but the finished product turns out to be a cheesy and mediocre flop. I find it to be a very boring and shallow flick, I regard myself as a true sci-fi film lover so when it comes to me watching a new sci-fi film, I usually have high expectations and I am sorry to say, this film did not even come close to my expectations. Especially seeing the ending that felt unresolved and left you wondering who had won the battle anyway? The characters were completely bland and so of cheap design that it was impossible to immerse into the fictitious alien invasion. The actors don't know how to be human and if performing is not the only obstacle, I don't know what is. There are no more problems to discuss in this cold film except in a certain way. Next, I'll talk about the good parts of the film, because they did exist.
The aliens are similar to those in 'War of the Worlds' except that they have an organic brain but the rest I think is inside of their machinery. I love the visual effects, the aliens and starship were truly designed to comes across as monstrous or wildly exotic.
Film Editor - Nicholas Wayman-Harris
Music - Matthew Margeson
Review
An unnecessary movie that nobody in their right mind would purchase or bother watching for the weekend. This attempt at an action-packed terrorising sci-fi thriller 'SKYLINE' disappoints all the sci-fi viewers. The film attempts to create a stimulating and exciting alien invasion theme, but the finished product turns out to be a cheesy and mediocre flop. I find it to be a very boring and shallow flick, I regard myself as a true sci-fi film lover so when it comes to me watching a new sci-fi film, I usually have high expectations and I am sorry to say, this film did not even come close to my expectations. Especially seeing the ending that felt unresolved and left you wondering who had won the battle anyway? The characters were completely bland and so of cheap design that it was impossible to immerse into the fictitious alien invasion. The actors don't know how to be human and if performing is not the only obstacle, I don't know what is. There are no more problems to discuss in this cold film except in a certain way. Next, I'll talk about the good parts of the film, because they did exist.
The aliens are similar to those in 'War of the Worlds' except that they have an organic brain but the rest I think is inside of their machinery. I love the visual effects, the aliens and starship were truly designed to comes across as monstrous or wildly exotic.
'SKYLINE' is conspicuously lacking a soul in its visualised depiction and to think, two brothers who were known effects maestros seem to know nothing about directing. It's otherwise known as 'Skyfall' and I'm not referring to the film in the Bond series (click here). 'SKYLINE' is a mess PERIOD!
Star rating: (3/10) Disappointing
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