Skyline

2010
15
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

93K

YOUR RATING

Eric Balfour and Donald Faison in Skyline (2010)

A group of friends fight to survive as a mysterious light source causes people to vanish into the air.

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Alien Invasion Action Sci-Fi Thriller

Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face ... Read allStrange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.

Directors
- Colin Strause
- Greg Strause
Writers
- Joshua Cordes
- Liam O'Donnell
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

93K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Colin Strause
- Greg Strause
Writers
- Joshua Cordes
- Liam O'Donnell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Videos5

Trailer 1:35

Skyline

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Skyline: Jarrod And Terry Witness The Ships Abducting People

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Skyline: Jarrod And Terry Witness The Ships Abducting People

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Skyline: Ray Gets Abducted By The Light

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Skyline: The Group Tries To Escape By Car

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Skyline: Jarrod And Elaine Signal A Helicopter

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Trivia
Filming only cost $500,000, while the digital effects cost an additional $10 million.

Goofs
A TV is shown with an Emergency Broadcast System alert. The EBS was replaced by the Emergency Alert System in 1997.

Quotes
Oliver: All right. Let's say we make it out of the building... across the marina, down the docks, we even find your friend's boat and everything. Then what?
Jarrod: We get the hell away from here!
Oliver: Where to? Catalina? Down the coast?
Jarrod: Anywhere but here! Any place is better than staying here!
Oliver: How do you know? How do you know those things will not follow us? How do you know this isn't happening all over the world? We're safe here. We're here! We're alive!

Crazy credits
During the credits you see 'Alien Jarrod' fight the others to protect Elaine and their unborn child

Connections
Edited into 5 Second Movies: Skyline (2010)

Soundtracks
Where My Money At
Written by Royce Da 5'9'' (as Ryan Montgomery) and Nicholas Warwar
Performed by Royce Da 5'9'' (as Royce Da 5'9")
Courtesy of Make It Count Records and Gracie Productions

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Review

Featured review

Strause don't hit gold but Skyline is better than critics make out

Stop me if you heard this before. Aliens invade earth and a handful of survivors try to escape their impending deaths.

It's another War of the Worlds-esque invasion flick but what's nice about this is that it's played straight with no comedic one-liners and there's not a teenager in sight.

Directors Colin Strause and Greg Strause are no strangers to special effects after bringing to life the Predators and Aliens in AVPR (2007) and the rest of the team behind Skyline's extraterrestrials are clearly talented making the best out of a budget. It's visually wonderful, the special effects are fantastic. Nevertheless, Aliens (1986) designers and suit wearers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. creature designs appear to be an unoriginal mix of The Fly, Independence Day, Cloverfield and The Matrix.

The acting is above average and the leads including Eric Balour and Brittany Daniel carry the emotion well. David Zayas is notable as the Hotel manager but his screen time is limited. That said, the script lacks enough meaty dialogue to keep you enthralled and you find yourself waiting for more glimpses and shenanigans of the alien invaders.

Overall, it looks great but it fails to connect and grip you as much as it should. Even so it's a lot better than critics would lead you to believe and recommended to those who don't need a stereotype hero lead, Skyline 2 is more than welcome. The Brothers Strause will hit gold but Skyline just isn't it.