Skyline : Movie Review


There’s this ridiculousness to Skyline at times, that some, well, maybe many won’t get. But we start on the basis of an alien invasion, so until CNN or Stephen Hawkins proves that this stuff can or will happen, let’s not scoff at the film’s ridiculousness just yet. Skyline is perfectly fine for what it is: a brainless, sci-fi, campy movie, that sometimes feels like a CG love letter to the stuff Roger Corman once produced in the 1970s. Ham-fisted heroes. Corny dialogue. Cool monsters. It’s a modern day low budget ode to the drive-in low budget movies. So again, some, if not most, will absolutely hate Skyline, while a few others will love its campy charm.

The Brothers Strause, mostly known for their visual effects work and AvP: Requiem deliver on what they know best, which is a solid, entertaining action movie with spaceships and cool looking aliens. The film’s inception is interesting, and maybe could be a summer movie game changer. Made for $500k, with $9 million devoted to the digital FX, the film is a grand scale low budget take on the stuff Steven Spielberg no longer makes. For the time and budget, Skyline will raise an eyebrow or two, but for those who don’t care about the technical behind-the-scenes stuff, the film grabs the old Night of the Living Dead scenario of people caught in something and house themselves safe. Some what to leave, others what to stay. Been there, done that.

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Author : Jon Peters