Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 12, 2010
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grandpajoe6191Sep 10, 2011
The worst movie of the year. I have nothing positive to comment on this movie except for the CGI. the cast is horrible with stone cold acting, running around the penthouse for an hour devoured by aliens. The story is uninspired with aThe worst movie of the year. I have nothing positive to comment on this movie except for the CGI. the cast is horrible with stone cold acting, running around the penthouse for an hour devoured by aliens. The story is uninspired with a preposterous ending. This is a movie that has lost its way to the direct-to-home video pile. Expand
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PierFeb 25, 2011
The effects were surprisingly good for such a low budget film... But apart from that don't expect much from this film. It feels as if you were watching a bad tv show most of the time. Bad script, bad production, bad actors...
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iamtrent424Dec 18, 2010
this movie wasn't that horrible ; it was horrible but it wasn't that horrible. While i was watching this movie i wanting i was expected more. I hope they don't make a part two. One of the worst movie of the year. I would suggest anybody tothis movie wasn't that horrible ; it was horrible but it wasn't that horrible. While i was watching this movie i wanting i was expected more. I hope they don't make a part two. One of the worst movie of the year. I would suggest anybody to go see this movie. They did an okay job directing this movie. This movie had an awful screenplay. It only going get worst. Please don't make a sequel to this movie. I give this movie an extra point because they did a fine job directing this movie shooting this movie in the director apt complex. nice job with the special effect. Expand
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consumerDec 15, 2010
As far as the suspense goes, it leads you to nowhere. Too many War of the Worlds references are included too. It has also the weirdest, silliest ending which is more, well, weird and silly than you imagine.
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kammi666Dec 10, 2010
Take District 9 and Cloverfield, minus the character development, acting, plot, and drama, and you get this. It was pretty terribad- but I like a cheesy movie here and there. The problem with this is that it takes itself too seriously. When ITake District 9 and Cloverfield, minus the character development, acting, plot, and drama, and you get this. It was pretty terribad- but I like a cheesy movie here and there. The problem with this is that it takes itself too seriously. When I think of how this came to be I imagine someone made some cool looking monsters, and said, 'hey, lets use these for...something.."
The whole 'infection' didnt need to be there, unles sit was their way of showing the lead guy 'fighting back' to keep his senses. If thats what they were aiming for they failed. And why is JD in this movie?
So, points for cool looking monsters, points for aliens in the movie, points for JD....thats 3.
And omg was the ending lame (must protect female- HULK SMASH!) Like, if there were some character development it'd make sense, but there wasnt...The lead male started out lookin like a tool, and never changed till the very end.
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FiestaBobDec 18, 2010
This movie took about two hours of my life that I can never get back. Though the first scene of the movie is intriguing the movie quickly derails into a morass of hiding in a penthouse, being squashed by aliens, being sucked up into the skyThis movie took about two hours of my life that I can never get back. Though the first scene of the movie is intriguing the movie quickly derails into a morass of hiding in a penthouse, being squashed by aliens, being sucked up into the sky by aliens, and a final scene that leaves the movie watcher wanting to throw a rotten tomato at the screen in disgust. The acting was marginal at best (the script gave them nothing to work with) and the CGI seemed absurd. All in all I would call this the worst movie I saw in all of 2010. STAY AWAY! Expand
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cmaden12Jan 1, 2011
Honestly one of the worst films I have ever seen. The plot is boring and the actors are atrocious. The film relied on special effects to much. The ending was so frustrating because it should off finished 10 minutes before it did and it didn'tHonestly one of the worst films I have ever seen. The plot is boring and the actors are atrocious. The film relied on special effects to much. The ending was so frustrating because it should off finished 10 minutes before it did and it didn't fit in at all with the rest of the film. They set it up for a sequel which will probably be as horrific as this one. Please save your money and don't see this. Expand
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Libra85Apr 21, 2011
Just saw this movie on dvd and i thought it would be better than that. In reallity, its crap. The effects of the movie looked really nice but the overall scenes were dull and poorly done. It was hard for me to care abbout the charactersJust saw this movie on dvd and i thought it would be better than that. In reallity, its crap. The effects of the movie looked really nice but the overall scenes were dull and poorly done. It was hard for me to care abbout the characters in any way and their stories were cliched from every B movie on the market. Giant ships and monsters were cool to look at but brought no life to the film. Then that "surprise ending" was awful. Im all for films that just want to entertain, but this one doesn't. Expand
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MrRiggsJan 9, 2011
Skyline...when you first watch the trailer you think, well hey this might be a good sci-fi movie..right? WRONG, bad actors, cheesy, horrible effects, idea is nothing new, feels like a knockoff of War of the Worlds or something. Didnt keep meSkyline...when you first watch the trailer you think, well hey this might be a good sci-fi movie..right? WRONG, bad actors, cheesy, horrible effects, idea is nothing new, feels like a knockoff of War of the Worlds or something. Didnt keep me guessing whats next, didnt hold my full attention it was just another sci-fi movie that people will forget exists in a year or less. Expand
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bikemanJul 17, 2011
Given that this had zero positive critic review I don't know why I watched this. Now I wished I hadn't. It was terrible. First, you have to sit through about 20 minutes of incredibly corny dialogue. The rest of the movie was just as badGiven that this had zero positive critic review I don't know why I watched this. Now I wished I hadn't. It was terrible. First, you have to sit through about 20 minutes of incredibly corny dialogue. The rest of the movie was just as bad with bad acting and a terrible screenplay. It even had that cliched guy yelling "nooooooooo" in slow motion. How do movies like this get made? Worse yet, it had a stupid ending that implied that a sequel is coming Noooooooo. Expand
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MrC3030Feb 2, 2011
I only have one question? How did this film ever get made!!! This movie was trying way to hard to be cool and just didn't get the job done. Skyline, you get an F for FAIL!!!!!

Acting: Bad
Storyline: Dumb
Characters: Token
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CitizenCharlieApr 5, 2011
This is a perfect example of when a film's visual effects far outpace the screenplay. The DVD container emphasizes in large font that the visual effects are from the same guys who worked on Avatar, Iron Man 2, and 300! What the containerThis is a perfect example of when a film's visual effects far outpace the screenplay. The DVD container emphasizes in large font that the visual effects are from the same guys who worked on Avatar, Iron Man 2, and 300! What the container does not say is that the screenwriters from those films did not work on Skyline. Aliens descend from the sky and everything which occurs afterwards, the audience sees from the perspective of a particular group of people trapped in a Los Angeles penthouse. Why this group? Aliens are everywhere and we have to see the events through the eyes of people we cannot stand? The characters are one-dimensional and very obnoxious for most of the time. Why did they waste what must have been an enormous visual effects budget on a story which appears to still be in draft form? Did the producers feel the story in Avatar or District 9 was too complicated? Stay away from this movie!

P.S. The Air Force goes up against the aliens at points and I hope they were using some top secret drones; otherwise, those were B-2s pulling 9 G's and outmaneuvering enemy fighters. Also, an F-22 crashes and 'bounces' right over the main characters. *smacks forehead*
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ManicHispanicJul 7, 2011
Some of the worst acting ive ever seen Jared "JRock" is the biggest tool alive. This was probably the worst movie ive ever seen! Extremely predictable and makes no sense. Im mad i wasred 480 Microsoft points on this turd of a movie! TheSome of the worst acting ive ever seen Jared "JRock" is the biggest tool alive. This was probably the worst movie ive ever seen! Extremely predictable and makes no sense. Im mad i wasred 480 Microsoft points on this turd of a movie! The acting is so unnatural like a bad SciFi channel movie. Dont waste your time!! Expand
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cyanlianasMar 24, 2011
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Passable special effects for the movie's budget is the only thing going for this failure at storytelling. Characters have little to do with what's going on around them and stand around like props waiting to be struck from the set by CGI tentacles. I found myself vaguely interested by the invasion strategy: using light to lure victims into arms reach, but eventually decided it was a little redundant since the aliens are perfectly capable of getting to you and there's not much of a human defense against them. My next bug-a-boo in movies of this genre is a poorly crafted rationale for the protagonist's ability to fight back. I'm lead to assume Jarrod (Eric Balfour) is so somehow special by sheer virtue of his good looks and...neat tattoos because he got super-powers instead of being brainwashed by the alien lure AND was able to transfer his consciousness into one of the alien husks after being 'harvested.' At it's best Skyline is a portfolio for FX on a shoestring budget, at worst, a 94 minute time sink. Expand
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Jcrank42210Mar 30, 2011
Skyline is the absolute worst movie I have seen in theaters. This piece of crap has a horrible plot, corny diologue and Horrific acting. I would not recommend this horrible movie to anyone, just aweful.
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SciFiFan89Apr 10, 2011
How could people like this crap? I never heard of this movie until just a few days ago. A friend of mine told me about it and he thought it was terrible, but I checked it out anyway because I am a huge SciFi fan. After watching this, I wantedHow could people like this crap? I never heard of this movie until just a few days ago. A friend of mine told me about it and he thought it was terrible, but I checked it out anyway because I am a huge SciFi fan. After watching this, I wanted to shoot myself! What a piece of s**t! Every aspect of the movie was so freaking stupid. Hell, I'd rather watch Battlefield Earth than watch this mess again. Jesus, what a waste of my time! Expand
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Watermelon789Jun 2, 2011
This movie is so over the garbage, the actors really dint even felt that they were acting,looking like dorks that never did a movie. The sci fi aliens looked more like the 80's clay monsters, the end of the movie really made me laugh, plainThis movie is so over the garbage, the actors really dint even felt that they were acting,looking like dorks that never did a movie. The sci fi aliens looked more like the 80's clay monsters, the end of the movie really made me laugh, plain horrible . Expand
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EbolinuxMay 13, 2011
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. HORABLE!! Absolutely horrible endingâ Expand
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RetroBlakeJul 8, 2011
Pretty retarded,bad story line and the alien crap and copied War of Worlds.The alien ships had bad design and the "burning light" crap was a horrible concept of the also horrible movie.
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AVCITYJul 13, 2011
Boring. Amateurish. And miles away from being frightening except maybe how frightening the acting was. It shows that all the budget went to the spaceships and nothing else. There's really not much more to say except that it was a waste ofBoring. Amateurish. And miles away from being frightening except maybe how frightening the acting was. It shows that all the budget went to the spaceships and nothing else. There's really not much more to say except that it was a waste of time really. Expand
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paulyhJul 18, 2011
Very disappointing, after seeing the trailers i thought this could be great, i should have listened to the critics though! Great CGI effects, bad script, bad acting, bad ending.
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OdinraJul 18, 2011
Finally a movie that sucks more than Battlefield: Earth. This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen and I mean ever. There was nothing good about this movie, the plot was horrid, the camera work was poo, and the acting was horrid asFinally a movie that sucks more than Battlefield: Earth. This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen and I mean ever. There was nothing good about this movie, the plot was horrid, the camera work was poo, and the acting was horrid as well. I kept watching, hoping it was going to get better, but it didn't. Expand
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EpicLadySpongeMay 12, 2016
Now here's a movie that could've easily got me scared because 'swallow' is in there, but instead, I was left off disappointed hoping something fascinating can happen and it turns out it didn't happen at all.
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mrcriticNov 12, 2010
A big disappointment, yet I think some are taking this too harsh. I agree with fbcking stating the first trailer had no relevance to the film. This is a cliched sci fi film with a terrible plot, and terrible acting to put the cherry on top.
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Critic77Nov 25, 2010
I cannot figure out how this movie made it to the big screen. Could have fooled me if you told me this was a high school project. Terrible movie, weak 1st grade plot, cheesy awful dialogue and acting, and fake artificial special effects II cannot figure out how this movie made it to the big screen. Could have fooled me if you told me this was a high school project. Terrible movie, weak 1st grade plot, cheesy awful dialogue and acting, and fake artificial special effects I could have done better with any movie making app on my computer. I regret not walking out of the theater within the first 20 minutes like I was about to but stayed out of sheer curiosity to see how bad it could be and laugh at how bad it was. I pray that God guides all the people involved with putting this atrocity in front of audiences to retire from the entertainment business and maybe try the fast-food industry. Expand
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OscarPicks2010Dec 23, 2010
Skyline borrowed heavily from Cloverfield but added some twisted elements of its own that is plausable if executed right. Unfortunately, directors Collin/Greg Strause's (Aliens vs Predator) misunderstanding of the plot lead to an excruciatingSkyline borrowed heavily from Cloverfield but added some twisted elements of its own that is plausable if executed right. Unfortunately, directors Collin/Greg Strause's (Aliens vs Predator) misunderstanding of the plot lead to an excruciating hour and a half of watching blue lights and funny looking aliens. Adding to the bad side of the movie came the dialogue. Laughable yet not funny at all, first time writer Joshua Cordes did an amazing job of trying to earn himself a Razzie award for Worst Screenplay. I can't say anything about the cast because apocalypse movies' cast is always the unknowns and are usually bad. But given all the negatives, I think the visual and CGI effects are a bit wonderful. With everything else aside, this is one of the better effects of the year. With admirable visual effects and CGI, Skyline still failed to deliver a good storyline and solid dialogue. Expand
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BartNov 17, 2010
Worst movie I have seen in ten years.The only reason I didn't walk out was that my wife fell asleep 20 minutes into it and I didn't want to wake her up. I won't spoil the ending for anyone foolish enough to go see this piece of crud, but itWorst movie I have seen in ten years.The only reason I didn't walk out was that my wife fell asleep 20 minutes into it and I didn't want to wake her up. I won't spoil the ending for anyone foolish enough to go see this piece of crud, but it was one of the worst endings to a film I have ever seen, if not the worst. It was like someone came along and surgiclly removed anything that could have been considered plot, and replaced it with pointless filler. Also, the acting and directing were on a junior high school level. Expand
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KimLpersonalNov 14, 2010
Stank .. don't even waste your time watching it for "free" when it gets released to broadcast in 6 months... I want my money back! Hmm I got to come up with 150 characters for this review! What can you say! Its a greedy nasty CorporateStank .. don't even waste your time watching it for "free" when it gets released to broadcast in 6 months... I want my money back! Hmm I got to come up with 150 characters for this review! What can you say! Its a greedy nasty Corporate Hollywood rip off! Did not even come close to the promise of the trailer! Should have read a few reviews before I wasted my money! Expand
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AXGinLANov 13, 2010
No need for a spoiler warnings because you've seen it all before in much, MUCH better movies. Incoherent and illogical don't begin to describe the "plot." The special effects that supposedly make this dreck watchable were cutting edge inNo need for a spoiler warnings because you've seen it all before in much, MUCH better movies. Incoherent and illogical don't begin to describe the "plot." The special effects that supposedly make this dreck watchable were cutting edge in 1985 -- seriously. Expand
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TotalBiscuitNov 13, 2010
Without a doubt the worst movie I've seen this year. It's difficult to get an alien apocalypse movie wrong honestly, you just need some cool aliens, combat scenes and explosions, plus a little bit of drama wouldn't go amiss either. This movieWithout a doubt the worst movie I've seen this year. It's difficult to get an alien apocalypse movie wrong honestly, you just need some cool aliens, combat scenes and explosions, plus a little bit of drama wouldn't go amiss either. This movie is avoid of everything but the first point and the lack of budget is obvious, with limited variety in the alien types and special effects. The actors are universally poor, as is the sorry excuse for a script. The entire first 30 minutes of the movie are completely redundant and each character might as well be a cardboard cutout with one defining characteristic each. It is impossible to feel anything for these people when the acting is two dimensional and the script doesn't deliver a single line of good dialogue the entire time. The characters don't go anywhere, which is appropriate considering the movie doesn't either. This horrendous thing would not be out of place in the line-up of SyFy Original Movies, though it would do said line-up a disservice (consider that for a moment). This movie makes Independence Day look like the greatest science fiction work ever created. Don't lookup. Expand
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fedorp4pNov 13, 2010
Nothing special here, there isnt anything in this movie I havent already seen in alien invasion movies. The acting is below average and some of the characters can get a bit annoying at times. Judging from the reactions throughout the theatreNothing special here, there isnt anything in this movie I havent already seen in alien invasion movies. The acting is below average and some of the characters can get a bit annoying at times. Judging from the reactions throughout the theatre most of the other audience members felt the same way. You can go see this movie if you want to but dont complain when you realized you just wasted 10 bucks on garbage. Expand
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RobertRyansonNov 15, 2010
Let's see. Let's take a hit like Independence Day, mix it with some really bad scifi from "movies" like District 9 and War of The Worlds (Tom Cruise edition), throw in just a twist from Paranormal Activity and we'll give it a myseterious nameLet's see. Let's take a hit like Independence Day, mix it with some really bad scifi from "movies" like District 9 and War of The Worlds (Tom Cruise edition), throw in just a twist from Paranormal Activity and we'll give it a myseterious name with a great trailer. Don't fall for it. Biggest waste of money I've spent on a movie in recent memory. Expand
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ShiiraNov 18, 2010
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In the Sparks song "Cool Places"(an ode to Los Angeles), which featured Jane Wiedlin on vocals, Ron Mael and the ex-Go-Go's bassist sang about going to these cool places and never wanting to "cool down, cool down, cool, cool, cool." After all, Los Angeles is a town unlike any other. It's not Ontario, that's for sure. Concerning these places, the refrain "I wanna go" becomes a sentiment that moviegoers can relate with. "Skyline" is not Bruce McDonald's "Pontypool", the great 2009 Canadian indie whose action, brain-eating action, was also confined to one set. That zombie film had characters, especially Grant Mazzy, the disc jockey played by Stephen McHattie. "Skyline" has zombies all right, but they're not the aliens with an appetite for grey matter; they're the actors, all of whom deliver performances that rival porno ones. We root for these boring people to escape the confinements of Terry's high-rise apartment, because the cabin fever is mutual. We stare longingly at the theater exits. We could have stayed home and watched this sort of bargain basement sci-fi on basic cable. "Skyline" is not a wide release-caliber film. Jamal(Eric Balfour), new to L.A., along with his girlfriend Elaine(Scottie Thompson), starts the ball rolling when he proposes the idea of going to a relatively cool place: the marina, where the boats are, where he believes the aliens aren't. The aliens hate water, he theorizes, so they mobilize: five people, two cars, but before "Skyline" has a chance to get into gear, the car of adulterers(Terry and Denise, played by Donald Faizon and Crystal Reed) is demolished by an alien, just as it emerges from the parking garage. No road trip; no cool places, even relatively cool ones like the marina, because "Skyline" doesn't have the budget for a full-fledged escape from Los Angeles. Whereas "Pontypool" evoked the 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" by insinuating the action via audio, "Skyline" projects its invasion on a flat-screen television, as a result of the link-up between the telescope and the monitor. Both films re-imagine a scenario in which the Mercury Theater's rendering of the alien invasion, narrated by Orson Welles, was real. Appropriately enough, "Pontypool" had a captivating voice to convey the attack, while "Skyline" lets the action speak for itself, fodder for the screen, as the US military's fight with the enemy gets translated into visuals, turning the speaking-challenged actors into an auxiliary audience. Ultimately, Jamal does end up in a cool place(climate-wise), the alien spacecraft, along with his pregnant girlfriend, once these discriminating extra-terrestrials get their fill of brains, metropolitan brains(L.A. and New York) exclusively, according to the time-log: no Bible Belt brains, no Dustbowl brains, no Appalachian Mountain brains are not good eatin' by these otherworldly creatures' lofty standards. "Skyline" ends with a "minimum of chit-chat", as Jamal, whose consciousness now survives in an alien body, makes human contact with Elaine through touch, like some dystopian version of "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial". Just when things finally, FINALLY, gets remotely interesting(staving off a zero rating), "Skyline" ends, strangely enough, on a high note. Expand
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SAMF2000Nov 18, 2010
This movie gets one point for the special effects. The rest of the movie sucks. The whole movie nearly takes place inside the apt building where mysterious lights land and end up being an alien race on a brain eating agenda .. the movie neverThis movie gets one point for the special effects. The rest of the movie sucks. The whole movie nearly takes place inside the apt building where mysterious lights land and end up being an alien race on a brain eating agenda .. the movie never changes scenes except for the end and a point where the people try to escape....there is no story actually but a moral of you should not pay movie ticket price for this crap Expand
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FlamesuitreadyNov 17, 2010
Without doubt one of the worst films I have ever seen. WHO decided this should be made? Film is full of effects, no actual story and all set in a bloody apartment building, and the ending is actually beyond the ridiculous.

TERRIBLE AVOID.
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manbearpigMar 23, 2011
They should have picked up the unmanned vehicle clash scene and they messed it up. I didn't hate it because of the actors (who can't act if their lives were on the line), I hated it because they did the military intervention so terribly.They should have picked up the unmanned vehicle clash scene and they messed it up. I didn't hate it because of the actors (who can't act if their lives were on the line), I hated it because they did the military intervention so terribly. Whoever says it was like starcraft is STUPID. Waste of money and a definite waste of time it was. Battle: Los Angeles is the movie to see. At least they got it right. Expand
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SabrinnaMay 12, 2011
Unwatchable BS. No storyline. No plot. Cheesy, schmultzy just plain bad. Can't help but feel sorry for he actors. DO NOT WATCH! As Boring As Staring At a White Wall. Can't call this rubbish Sci-fi. It's too insulting to the genre.
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PuffinparoxysmNov 20, 2010
This is the worst movie in history. Other than the last airbender. Between bad actors and even worse filming. This movie will go down in history as how to perform cinematic suicide.
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wnh7Nov 17, 2010
THIS MOVIE IS THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN....HANDS DOWN. I HAVE SEEN BETTER ON THE SY-FY CHANNEL. I WOULD BE ASHAMED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FILM AS AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND MORE SPECIFICALLY WRITER. SPECIAL EFFECTS DON'T MAKE A MOVIETHIS MOVIE IS THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN....HANDS DOWN. I HAVE SEEN BETTER ON THE SY-FY CHANNEL. I WOULD BE ASHAMED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FILM AS AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND MORE SPECIFICALLY WRITER. SPECIAL EFFECTS DON'T MAKE A MOVIE - A STORY LINE WOULD BE HELPFUL - THIS ONE SUCKED. Expand
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greorygNov 20, 2010
This is most definitely the worst movie I have ever seen. No depth of characters, little background, most of the movie is set in an apartment with scared people quivering for their life.
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RumblebeeloveNov 24, 2010
Where do I begin? This film is sloppy. Shoddy camera work, uneeded glares, and a plot so full of holes that is resembles Swiss cheese that has be attacked by a cat. Our characters are barely there, both in an acting sense and inWhere do I begin? This film is sloppy. Shoddy camera work, uneeded glares, and a plot so full of holes that is resembles Swiss cheese that has be attacked by a cat. Our characters are barely there, both in an acting sense and in characterization, you could have put some cardboard cut outs in their place for most of the movie. This movie wants to be a summer blockbuster, but just can stand up to the big boys. The effects are passible on some accounts, but when a movie that focuses on its effects is this weak it is time to find another occupation. It is good to look at for a minute, but don't look to hard-you'll see the cracks... Expand
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DebsGizNov 13, 2010
This movie was, by far, one of the biggest pieces of crap that has ever been released. There was absolutely no plot. There was no storyline to follow, and the ending was, without a doubt, the worse. My husband and I have no clue what weThis movie was, by far, one of the biggest pieces of crap that has ever been released. There was absolutely no plot. There was no storyline to follow, and the ending was, without a doubt, the worse. My husband and I have no clue what we just saw, or why this movie was even made, Horrible. I was seriously tempted to ask for a Manager and request a refund. Actually, they should have paid us to sit there and watch this piece of dung. Expand
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rangitamoeNov 13, 2010
No plot, no character development, poor acting. Even the special effects were nothing groundbreaking. Seriously, save your money. Worst movie I have seen in 2010.
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JonathanRNNov 13, 2010
The tag-line for this film should be... Got ten dollars and 2 hours of your life to waste? Then come on in. Man I don't know what they were smoking when they made this movie but I hope it ended their screen writing career.
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jrcowherNov 15, 2010
I'm a huge sci-fi fan, but this movie left me with a feeling of emptiness. No storyline progression at all. A+ for special effects, but even the massive special FX budget couldn't make up for the horrible casting/acting. The end of the movieI'm a huge sci-fi fan, but this movie left me with a feeling of emptiness. No storyline progression at all. A+ for special effects, but even the massive special FX budget couldn't make up for the horrible casting/acting. The end of the movie had me laughing. Such a waste of money - on all sides. Expand
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PennellUSANov 15, 2010
I cannot fathom the fact that the advertisements basically describe a different movie than I seen in the theaters. How is that legal? I was so excited for the movie that it makes me sick that I waisted the money for a movie night on thisI cannot fathom the fact that the advertisements basically describe a different movie than I seen in the theaters. How is that legal? I was so excited for the movie that it makes me sick that I waisted the money for a movie night on this piece of crap. So here goes, I will never invest in another "Brothers Strauss" movie again. I also think that Universal needs to be addressed. Since when did they find it right to invest in crap. Not since "M Night Shamalala's The Happening" has a movie disapointed so much. I will never invest in his crap again either. Good luck Brothers Strauss in your endeavors, At least you wont fool me or anyone else I know again. This movie should of been call "Crapline". Expand
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fbickingNov 12, 2010
Almost the whole first trailer was absent from the movie. They never addressed NASA sending out a communication like in the trailer and the press reporting on it. That trailer had me very excited and I got a different movie in the theater.Almost the whole first trailer was absent from the movie. They never addressed NASA sending out a communication like in the trailer and the press reporting on it. That trailer had me very excited and I got a different movie in the theater. What a waste of money and time. Expand
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QuietNov 14, 2010
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Watching most of the movie, I was thinking they got many things right. Much better than cloverfield, which left me sick. I kept expecting the second half of the movie to pay off. It didn't. [spoilers now] Nuking the ship - it killed them! (I was thinking this is the first alien that ever died to a nuke.) but it was just a tease. The ending... for a big budget movie, I would have sworn the studio forced them to add that worthless ending. As it is, it took a low key movie that I might have rated a 5, and lowered it to a 2. Expand
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DarkCriticNov 12, 2010
When I watch this trailer,it was so awesome that I would like to see this movie and before when I saw this movie,it's so retarded that this movie is a joke that couldn't been done with the special effects and the plot is so unexplainable.When I watch this trailer,it was so awesome that I would like to see this movie and before when I saw this movie,it's so retarded that this movie is a joke that couldn't been done with the special effects and the plot is so unexplainable. Skyline is a retarded movie that they have lots of cliches and ripping off into War of the Worlds and Independence Day that it mixed together for a crappy b-movie. The effects are so much blue that even they offer special effects that it belong to James Cameron. The characters are complete joke that is so lame that each character has saying a lot of cliches and a bad dialogue. The story is so untold that they couldn't explain what aliens are come from and why they need the brain to control them? At the end is very dumb that it look like a video game of Gears of War and the action scenes that again rips off into Transformers and it sucks the movie so bad it's completely RIPS OFF!!! Please don't watch this movie and it's bad that you saw this cool trailer like The Last Airbender is,you'll be screwed to get your money back. Expand
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salehigalNov 14, 2010
I went to Skyline with very low expectations, and it didn't even meet that low standard. I expected a predictable storyline and so-so acting, and the movie delivered there. However, I also expected top-notch special effects, but it justI went to Skyline with very low expectations, and it didn't even meet that low standard. I expected a predictable storyline and so-so acting, and the movie delivered there. However, I also expected top-notch special effects, but it just never delivered. Also, violating basic laws of physics in a movie is rarely a good idea.

The movie gets a "3" instead of a "1" because it was laughably bad, not just plain bad (e.g. "Signs").
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donnelbrNov 15, 2010
I'm not going to spend too much time on this review because this film has already taken too much time from my life. Needless to say, this is one of the worst films I've ever seen. It is a clear case of a studio "taking the piss". The story isI'm not going to spend too much time on this review because this film has already taken too much time from my life. Needless to say, this is one of the worst films I've ever seen. It is a clear case of a studio "taking the piss". The story is weak/non-existent, the screenplay purile - like "Machete" (though I don't think it's intended), the directing and acting is third rate, and the action boring (my wife fell asleep). Even some of the special effects are reminiscent of 1950s sci-fi. Be prepared to see miniature B2 bombers flopping around the screen like butterflies in the wind. They spent $500k filming this and the rest of a low budget on special effects (some of which were adequate). In any case, I'll be boycotting Universal Pictures for a few months, as well as the producers/directors (Colin and Greg Strause) and writers (Joshua Cordes and Liam O'Donnell) permanently. I don't know why Scottie Thompson would let herself be associated with this mess. Expand
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PurpleUrpNov 15, 2011
I felt bored and distraught after about 30 minutes in. A decent synopsis Skyline had, but might just be better if it was made into a first person shooter video game.
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Chrislake94Oct 20, 2011
Yes it is a '0' and not worth rating at all. The worst plot with the some terrible action. It's like skipping through Independence Day but this Film is 100x worse (I like Independence Day, one of favourite movies which I would not skipYes it is a '0' and not worth rating at all. The worst plot with the some terrible action. It's like skipping through Independence Day but this Film is 100x worse (I like Independence Day, one of favourite movies which I would not skip through) but what the hell is this. It is good I didn't come to the Cinema to see this and it was on TV otherwise I would of been extremely pissed. Expand
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LeewayJul 3, 2012
There are a lot of jokes to be made about the twilight series. However, I think now its best to laugh unintentionally at the cheesy lines than the jokes made from this movie. I mean seriously, this Friedberg-Seltzer film (this film reallyThere are a lot of jokes to be made about the twilight series. However, I think now its best to laugh unintentionally at the cheesy lines than the jokes made from this movie. I mean seriously, this Friedberg-Seltzer film (this film really suck) 'expects' us to laugh. The jokes don't come off as funny and the actors aren't necessarily helping even though they're only imitating the characters from twilight. It almost feels as if every joke had a guy whacking the drum. .3/5
*Jenn Proske is the only reason why anyone of you should go. She imitates Bella so perfectly. If you replaced Kristen Stewart with her, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
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cabritaSep 18, 2011
Terrible acting, terrible directing, terrible story. Terrible movie! One of the worst I have ever seen! How did this movie not win all the razzies! Truly awful!
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phyrvurmAug 3, 2011
So um yeah, great FX, of course that's what made me want to watch it from the trailers in the first place. But... it all goes down hill from there, high school drama club acting (minus Donald Faison who always delivers) pathetic plot thatSo um yeah, great FX, of course that's what made me want to watch it from the trailers in the first place. But... it all goes down hill from there, high school drama club acting (minus Donald Faison who always delivers) pathetic plot that just never gets going and then drops you like a bad habit and an ending that leaves you with a nasty taste in your mouth. I get that the Strause dudes are trying to lay the ground work for a series but I desperately wish I could take back the 94 minutes of my life I wasted. Its drivel like this that gives the genre a bad rep. Expand
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BelmsherAug 23, 2011
I had to think a little bit before rating this move, was about to rate it 0 but I laughed so but so damn much that it'd be unfair being that mean! Seriously, I think it was worth the budget (yes, I dared go seeing it at cinema) since it wasI had to think a little bit before rating this move, was about to rate it 0 but I laughed so but so damn much that it'd be unfair being that mean! Seriously, I think it was worth the budget (yes, I dared go seeing it at cinema) since it was so hilarious I nearly wet my pants. Expand
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gartside27Nov 1, 2011
Well in short, I feel like I've lost 92 minutes of my life. Skyline had a good idea and failed to make it work, bad camera angles, bad acting and riddled with cliches. And to be honest, the CGI wasnt even as good as I expected. The trailer ofWell in short, I feel like I've lost 92 minutes of my life. Skyline had a good idea and failed to make it work, bad camera angles, bad acting and riddled with cliches. And to be honest, the CGI wasnt even as good as I expected. The trailer of the film promised something more than this, but I was bitterly disappointed. Expand
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csw12Sep 2, 2012
Skyline has some of the worst acting ever put on screen. The only reason why it isn't a 0 is because of the twist at the end, so it wasn't predictable. Problem the ending was so discombobulated it made my head dizzy.
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Jack97Jan 1, 2014
Skyline is a huge disappointment of a sci-fi film as the story has no real excitement. The special effects are okay but they are overshadowed and forgotten thanks to the dull acting and premise.
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jfrotylpe532Dec 21, 2012
Was this movie bad or what ? As if AVP was terrible, good grief look at what a mess this film was. The plot was basically was do what your not supposed to do and get killed for it.
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Compi24Nov 28, 2012
Not even the somewhat impressive special effects can sweep this movie's horrific acting and storytelling under the proverbial rug.
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worleyjamersDec 8, 2012
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's a scene towards the end of the movie where the main character says something like this: "What are you going to do when all the blinds fall down? It's not exactly like we have a lot more bed sheets!" It was in the moment where I began shaking my head in complete dismay as to what the hell I was watching. The screenplay, the cast, the acting, everything was just terrible. The effects were the only thing going for this film, but even those were either blurry or hidden by bright lights. Skyline is horrible and one of the worst of 2010. Expand
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Rox22Dec 12, 2013
It's not often that anything can negatively surprise me. This movie is all hype and no delivery. Yes there are some utterly stunning special effects, but that's it. I really can not say anything else positive about this movie.

The story is
It's not often that anything can negatively surprise me. This movie is all hype and no delivery. Yes there are some utterly stunning special effects, but that's it. I really can not say anything else positive about this movie.

The story is cliched, unoriginal and completely falls flat. Acting is just as substandard as a high budget movie could produced. Worst of all, the movie is utterly boring. There are some action packed scenes, but they have almost no resonances and when they are over the tone drops dead.

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Skyline does look like it had an interesting premise and the delivery at times is creative. But these points are overshadowed by all its other failings. It should be obvious by now that the Strause brothers should stick to special effects, clearly directing and producing is not their forte.
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Annoymous1May 3, 2013
"Movie of the year', seriously. That tagline is the WORST. It should be, WORST movie of the year. Disappointing that they made this movie, it should not have been made in the first place.
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UtopianStuffMay 27, 2013
Yay, Skyline! What did I think of it, its horse crap. Nothing much to say about this movie, watch it if you want a migraine. Skyline's irrelevant story line was so appalling, I wanted to get up and leave the theater. THE MOVIE IS BULL SH**!Yay, Skyline! What did I think of it, its horse crap. Nothing much to say about this movie, watch it if you want a migraine. Skyline's irrelevant story line was so appalling, I wanted to get up and leave the theater. THE MOVIE IS BULL SH**! The movie has no plot other than the fact that there are a few characters that you won't give a CRAP about just running around in circles and hiding from overly aggressive aliens. There is no plot, all you have are a couple of generic characters that can't act if their LIVES depended on it, a plot line that was possibly written by a preschooler who completed the script an crayon, an ending that is possibly promoting a sequel that NO ONE wants and dialog that you would find among 5 year olds. SKIP THIS PIECE OF DOG CRAP! Expand
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RecycledAirJul 4, 2013
A sorry excuse for a film. "Skyline" was an abomination of a film, the acting was abismal, the camera work was terrible, the special effects were headache inflicting, the movie has no perks whatsoever. I'm capable of watching mindless popcornA sorry excuse for a film. "Skyline" was an abomination of a film, the acting was abismal, the camera work was terrible, the special effects were headache inflicting, the movie has no perks whatsoever. I'm capable of watching mindless popcorn flicks, but this movie wasn't even that, there is no action. The entire premise is as simple as this: a couple of people witness an alien invasion and in many failed attempts to flee their apartment building which is swarming with these generic brain craving aliens, they spend the entire movie running in circles while in hysterics. The movie is not worth a cent. No sci-fi movie goer will like this movie, neither will any other movie goer. Its one of the most terrible films I've seen in years and it should be avoided at all costs. Just don't watch this movie, stay away. Expand
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MichiganGamerAug 22, 2013
Bad acting, stupid plot, a trailer that shows us the best parts of the movie and misleads us into thinking this train wreck is any good. This sucked. Ever since I see this, I compare sub-par movies to it. This is the ONLY thing that's comeBad acting, stupid plot, a trailer that shows us the best parts of the movie and misleads us into thinking this train wreck is any good. This sucked. Ever since I see this, I compare sub-par movies to it. This is the ONLY thing that's come from seeing this movie. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. Expand
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Jack_SunshineMay 29, 2014
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m not going spend a huge amount of time on this one, because it came out four years ago, and honestly, it’s really not worth it. But it’s not often that I’d rate a film so low. I’ve seen a lot of films that would be easy to criticise, but I always salvage some kind of entertainment value. At the very least, you’re along for the ride. With Skyline, I can’t even say that.

This film just happened to be on TV this month; I’d heard of it, and I saw that it had Donald Faison in it, who was always funny as Turk in Scrubs. Skyline isn’t a comedy, and he’s wasted, although he’s clearly the most engaging member of the cast. As if to rub salt in the wound, he disappears fairly early on, but not before setting up a trite soap-opera love triangle, the tension of which is completely destroyed when all the parties are unceremoniously offed. The rest of the cast is even more forgettable.

The film opens with a mysterious blue light filtering through the window as our characters wake up in a penthouse apartment. Just as something interesting might be about to happen, we flash back to the previous day for some character exposition. We have to sit through everyone partying in the penthouse the night before, meeting each other and even more unnecessary extras that will vanish completely come morning.

I understand why they wanted to have an intriguing credits sequence. Nobody would sit through twenty minutes of inconsequential partying if they film started that with without any other explanation. We’d have no idea where it was going or what the film was even about. The problem is that we still have to sit through the inconsequential partying in order to find out what it’s all about.

The answer is that it’s an alien invasion film. The blue light has a kind of enticing beauty that causes anyone who stares into it to walk willingly into the aliens’ death machines. I do think this is an interesting idea. The concept that the aliens possess intelligence so superior to our own that they can manipulate us as easily as we draw moths to a deadly electric lamp (or how deep-sea fish lure their play with a glowing lure) is truly chilling.

The effects are good, as they should be considering that the directors are really visual effects artists by trade. The visuals cost $10 million of the film’s budget, while the live-action stuff was done on the cheap, shot in the directors’ apartment building for half a million, almost as an afterthought. There are big monsters, alien spaceships swooping around, tentacles grabbing people and all the rest.

The film just falls down completely on any kind of convincing plot or characters. You simply do not care about anyone. They behave unpleasantly towards each other and formulate ludicrous plans, such as making for a boat to escape the flying aliens, or driving across town in loud, high-powered sports cars. You spend more time questioning the stupidity of these half-baked choices than invested in the story. But this is just talk: the characters barely leave their apartment, and don’t even die as the result of their bad decisions. They seem to be dispatched at random, as if nothing matters.

Conceptually, everything’s incredibly derivative. Some aliens fly around trailing tentacles like the machines from The Matrix (1999), the large monsters stumble around and crush cars like in Jurassic Park (1993) and climb buildings like King Kong (1933), and the government unsuccessfully tries to nuke the mother ship like in Independence Day (1996).

Similarly, it can be no coincidence that the film came out around the same time as Battle: Los Angeles (2011), a higher profile LA-set invasion film. I haven’t seen that one, but the effects for both were done by Hydraulx Entertainment – the visual effects company owned by Greg and Colin Strause: the directors of Skyline.

If the characters blandness wasn’t egregious enough, you even question the logic or motivation of the aliens. They possess invincible ships with regenerative abilities and lights with the ability to utterly entice humanity. They can suck billions from the streets of a city in minutes, but need to devote resources to sending scouts door to door to pick off every last individual human, and they feel the need to supplement this with a pack of gigantic monsters whose motivation is to wreck up the place. Finally, they want to harvest our brains, which for some reason can perfectly interface with their technology.

The simplicity of the name ‘Skyline’ carries a certain amount of elegant gravitas which it utterly fails to capitalise on. It may have some merits as a special effects exercise, but nothing more. There’s nothing here that isn’t done much more successfully in other movies. If you want tune out your brain (before the aliens abduct it) and watch an overblown invasion, do yourself a favour: go back and watch Independence Day (1996).
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Mr_NoFaceSep 15, 2013
skyline skyline skyline why was it even made the story to this is so badly written i still want to know who thought it was a good idea to make this film, here's a spoiler for the hole film... they only leave the bloody hotel room about 90%skyline skyline skyline why was it even made the story to this is so badly written i still want to know who thought it was a good idea to make this film, here's a spoiler for the hole film... they only leave the bloody hotel room about 90% way through the film! all the film is basically is a group of people watching the world go by into chaos and while there watching they also have freak out moments what is just stupid all there doing is trying to survive in this one little hotel room where they had a party from last night, they try and make them self hidden from the aliens by hanging rags of blankest on the windows, yeah because they wouldn't find the only room with the windows covered suspicious, what was the budget again? $10–20 million WHAT DID THAT GO ON some fancy effects what make there eyes glow amd give them some thinker veins, a monster that kills some people that are hardly intresstin to watch and that i have no feelings for and also the ending... oh god not the ending this has the worst part of this film like most films there is a guy and girl who are together in this the guys brain like many others has been put in to these giant robot bodys and he is the only one that takes over the body you know the only one out of thousends of people, he runs to where he can here his wife or girl friend screaming then attacks the main boss like thing then it ends, im not joking or cutting any thing out thats how it goes theres no fight scene or anything to look like or show that its the end its just CUT end thats it... this was written by two people Joshua Cordes and Liam O'Donnell i guess the saying two minds are better then one doesn't work for that cant write Expand
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ChrisTaylor94Aug 8, 2014
I am so glad I didn't see this in the cinema. I loved the trailer and I thought I would to see this movie, but this is probably my least favourite movie of all time. A completely unambitious movie with terrible performances, a plotline whichI am so glad I didn't see this in the cinema. I loved the trailer and I thought I would to see this movie, but this is probably my least favourite movie of all time. A completely unambitious movie with terrible performances, a plotline which wasn't even worth an hour and completely unlikable caricatures of characters.

This movie had nothing. No sort of reason to care for the characters, no sort of depth (even a little) from the story. The special effects while they may be great, they are certainly not a merit. It makes Bay's movies look like masterpieces. Also about the characters, not enough time spent on them to even feel like there was any characterization, let alone decent ones.
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CineAutoctonoDec 25, 2015
Skyline was a very boring movie but in other opinion is very absurd sense , such as that can not win if these aliens ?, This is an insult , that causes us to demand to do some sequels , and the second stay we expected
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CaillouPettisMay 17, 2016
The first time I saw Skyline was opening day in theatres, when I was ten years old. I went along with a friend to this film, who was very excited about seeing this, and I was a little excited too. Almost every 10 year old boy you would expectThe first time I saw Skyline was opening day in theatres, when I was ten years old. I went along with a friend to this film, who was very excited about seeing this, and I was a little excited too. Almost every 10 year old boy you would expect to love this movie. Most 10 year old's love to see cool aliens, and explosions, right? Skyline was the first time I hated a movie-going experience in my life. I did not like this movie even as a 10 year old.

Skyline is full of very uninteresting characters, which right off the bat, felt like they were lacking story behind them. The story of this film is very boring and non unique. Another typical "end of the world" or "alien" type movie does not sound promising anymore; and Skyline proves this.

Skyline takes place in the same location during the 1hr and 40min runtime (which felt more around 3 hours), except for the last 5-10 minutes of this movie. There was no sense of discovery in this movie, or character development because of this, along with many other reasons.

The action scenes in Skyline are there, which are the only watchable part of this movie. But that does not change how bad this movie truly is.
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Lit_WizMay 15, 2020
Rambling, incoherent storyline, accentuated with B acting. Two decent special effects money shots.
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BanthasalesmanJun 26, 2020
Don't... please just don't, it will be 1 hour and 32 minutes of your life you could spend doing something better, like trimming your grandfather's toenails. Poor Eric Balfour, the script probably sounded great in theory, but all the money wasDon't... please just don't, it will be 1 hour and 32 minutes of your life you could spend doing something better, like trimming your grandfather's toenails. Poor Eric Balfour, the script probably sounded great in theory, but all the money was spent on the special effects of the alien ships and nothing was spent on the sets or other actors. AGAIN DON'T WATCH THIS Expand
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