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JonnyFendiJan 20, 2011

What can I say, 9 for the trailer and 4 for the movie. I have to give the intriguing trailer a big round of applause. If you have seen the trailer before, I can guarantee you will be so bloody curious to watch the movie itself (exactly whatWhat can I say, 9 for the trailer and 4 for the movie. I have to give the intriguing trailer a big round of applause. If you have seen the trailer before, I can guarantee you will be so bloody curious to watch the movie itself (exactly what happened to CLASH OF THE TITANS earlier thiz year). They were editing the trailer so well. But the fact is: Something so wrong is going on. Next Thing I can say, A-Class Special Effects collide with C-Class Actors. The movie directed by Special Effects experts, Colin and Greg Strause, who also directed AVPR: ALIENS VS. PREDATOR-REQUIEM: (2007). The premise is mysterious at the beginning, one night at 4:27 A.M. strange blue beams appear on the City of Los Angeles. It is the first initial of the extraterrestrial invasion. The storyline only follows one point of view (just like CLOVERFIELD, 2008), the movie focuses on a group of certain people and what happens next to them. They are Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison, David Zayas and others. There is a scene that I think it is a rip-off from WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005), when Terry meets a stranger and the alien is sneaking around to hunt them furtively with its long and creepy tentacles. The last thing I can say, The Sky is wreck and The Line is flat. Approaching the end of the movie, the story-telling is getting more and more poignantly absurd. For example (Spoiler Alert!), the octopus look-alike alien which could chase and destroy jet aircraft and even sophisticated Stealth fighter jet, can be defeated by bare-hand and an axe. Strause brothers are really getting on my nerves, while they underestimate our intelligence with their absurd story. There are several of them. However there is something that maybe you wont realize. Everyone and most critics thought that thiz movie was a monstrous failure, but what you did not realize that thiz movie made with budget of ONLY $10 million (estimated). To be certain, they made up some real money here. The tagline on thiz movie is: Do not look up, well, do not even look at the film itself. Next time if aliens invade the theaters like thiz again, I would rather go home and sleep on my bed. Do not waste 92 minutes of your life.

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phillyjeffApr 17, 2011

The first 30-40 min of the movie held my interest and I thought it was going to something special, but the ending, with its Matrix style of the aliens need the humans for food/energy thing, really throw me off. Writers had 3/4 of a movie, andThe first 30-40 min of the movie held my interest and I thought it was going to something special, but the ending, with its Matrix style of the aliens need the humans for food/energy thing, really throw me off. Writers had 3/4 of a movie, and just winged it from there.… Expand

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powderpoikaApr 6, 2011

The movie had potential. I liked how they attempted to portray events from purely the characters perspective. I agree there were a lot of random scenes that were quite pointless to what little story there was. The attempts at characterThe movie had potential. I liked how they attempted to portray events from purely the characters perspective. I agree there were a lot of random scenes that were quite pointless to what little story there was. The attempts at character background were somewhat shoddy, but not altogether terrible. The CGI depicted the action and certainly drew you into the show. I think how the characters responded to the crisis and invasion was not portrayed realistically. I know I would have been going door to door in all the apartments looking for weapons or something useful to defend myself. They just stayed in that one apartment the WHOLE time. I would have ventured out at night to try and escape to the sea or at least tried to improve my situation as much as I could. The fact that the aliens were practically impervious to all of the attempts to destroy them quite frankly was retarded. It certainly promoted a somber depressing theme and frustrated me. I would've liked to have seen the few uprisings and military attacks to have made some sort of impact on the aliens. On that note I found it surprising that these aliens with all their technology were thwarted by shades or a simple kitchen counter in their attempts to locate humans. I mean come on, if you can rebuild an entire spacecraft in a few hours after being nuked, but you can see past some shades? What was the point for these aliens to invade anyway? They needed brains to run their biomechanical creations? That's pretty lame. That's about 7 billion brains....I think those ships would have to be a little bigger and that it would take a lot longer to clean out L.A. then a few days. I guess the brains, for the most part, lost their individuality and independence once they were transferred to their new hosts/bodies in a sort of "borg" like fashion. That does not help this already handicapped movie in anyway. I think we all like movies to have some sort of closure, and that attempts to end movies without ending them only frustrate viewers and demonstrates a lack of creativity or ability to put together a cohesive story. These "endings" make me think that the writers/producers could only come up with a bunch of noncontiguous scenes that they thought would be really "cool" to create, but then when they've created them they don't know how to connect them. That is my very long rant on a not so terrible B movie that had its moments in bringing me into the movie, but for the most part left me high and dry in terms realistic portrayal, lack of cohesive story, and fundamentally flawed ending on all points. But hey the nuking of that alien mothership was pretty sweet. I just need to remember not to lock myself in an apartment next time there is an alien invasion.… Expand

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mathew071294May 4, 2011

skyline our first encounter our last stand dont look up thats right dont even look up at the screen this movie sucks very boring story thats never explained propaly too short bad acting the effects are very good that is the only thing goodskyline our first encounter our last stand dont look up thats right dont even look up at the screen this movie sucks very boring story thats never explained propaly too short bad acting the effects are very good that is the only thing good about this movie brothers strause make a decent movie your effects are good but your story telling sucks… Expand

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MrCreativenameNov 12, 2010

Random, boring at times, poor casting, and poor screenplay. Basically it was just special effects that made the movie even bearable until the end. The ending if anything was the only thing to actually grab my attention. The movie does notRandom, boring at times, poor casting, and poor screenplay. Basically it was just special effects that made the movie even bearable until the end. The ending if anything was the only thing to actually grab my attention. The movie does not deserve a '1' nor does it deserve anything higher than a '5'. If they had played the movie out like it was in the end from the beginning it may have been good...Somewhat 'District 9'-ish with 'War Of The Worlds'.… Expand

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Morg87Nov 13, 2010

Pretty boring at times. Almost dozed off at one point. Disappointing over all. As exciting as the trailers for this film looked I definitely wish I had waited for it to hit Pay Per View at home.

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ClemRustyNov 28, 2010

waited, but not worth it...nothing else to say

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lukesnookNov 16, 2010

Nothing was really appealing about this movie other than one scene where a ferrari gets crushed by a giant alien foot. Other than that this movie was disgusting, lame, and it had horrible acting and pointless scenes which all end up worthNothing was really appealing about this movie other than one scene where a ferrari gets crushed by a giant alien foot. Other than that this movie was disgusting, lame, and it had horrible acting and pointless scenes which all end up worth nothing. Don't go see this movie.… Expand

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GhuaNov 13, 2010

If you ara looking for deep storyline or brilliant actors' play, thats not movie for you. But if you like aliens, spaceships and survival stories (and you liked Cloverfield), this movie is not bad at all.

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fangaasDec 27, 2010

Relatively ambitious, the casting while not superb seemed to suit the style of the film. Was boring at times but I generally enjoyed it throughout and will definitely rewatch it. If you are after some quality acting and drama then don't lookRelatively ambitious, the casting while not superb seemed to suit the style of the film. Was boring at times but I generally enjoyed it throughout and will definitely rewatch it. If you are after some quality acting and drama then don't look here but for some thrills and spills combined with some pretty cool looking alien tech (not dissimilar to those seen in Crysis), look here. I recommend you give it a rent.… Expand

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GeneNov 13, 2010

Would have been a better movie if it gave us characters anyone cared about. Everyone that appears, even the 2 mains have very limited background and almost no personality. Add to that the fact that they're well off and live lavish lifestyles,Would have been a better movie if it gave us characters anyone cared about. Everyone that appears, even the 2 mains have very limited background and almost no personality. Add to that the fact that they're well off and live lavish lifestyles, it pretty much guarantees nobody will give a damn. Also, the ending sucked. It's become popular in films to do the whole make it seem like all is lost and then spring the twist that leads to victory. Unfortunately, the twist (which you can see coming an hour in advance) comes so far past the point of no return that humanity has no logical future. Finally, all the cliches from war of the worlds are there on display, from limb hacked off with fire axe to waiting for the flash to die down to see if the nuke worked.… Expand

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grindhouse83Nov 19, 2010

Highly derivative film with unlikeable characters, a weak script, reminiscent of superior films...but decent in a B-movie, trashy kinda way with good sfx .

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busternuckNov 14, 2010

I think EW and Empire got it spot on. The other critics pan it because smart intellectual reviewers surely cannot cannot be seen to like a mindless alien action flick. I don't mind my movies just for pure mindless escapism which had someI think EW and Empire got it spot on. The other critics pan it because smart intellectual reviewers surely cannot cannot be seen to like a mindless alien action flick. I don't mind my movies just for pure mindless escapism which had some satisfying alien shooting scenes. This movie is watchable for what it is and not as bad as some of the critics make it to be. Definitely worth a 5 or borderline 6. I would watch the sequel if they made it!… Expand

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big-bad-bearDec 2, 2010

there are bits in the movie which are quite entertaining but overall its ok. performances from the cast arent entirely believable and can seem a bit shaky at times. also the storyline feels like one we have seen before and can be somewhatthere are bits in the movie which are quite entertaining but overall its ok. performances from the cast arent entirely believable and can seem a bit shaky at times. also the storyline feels like one we have seen before and can be somewhat predictable.… Expand

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JayQuirozDec 10, 2021

Look it's a fun and dumb popcorn flick, it's actually got some pretty cool ideas and I think that's why it got 2 sequels. I do know this.. love it or hate it, it's got one of the best endings ive ever seen in a Sci-Fi movie and makes me veryLook it's a fun and dumb popcorn flick, it's actually got some pretty cool ideas and I think that's why it got 2 sequels. I do know this.. love it or hate it, it's got one of the best endings ive ever seen in a Sci-Fi movie and makes me very interested in what happens next. Turn your brain off, make some popcorn, have some fun. 6.5/10… Expand

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rotkuNov 12, 2011

Merits an average score based on what was produced with a low budget. The aliens were realistic enough so that the CGI was not obvious to spot and the action was reasonable. The story was disappointing considering the possibilities theMerits an average score based on what was produced with a low budget. The aliens were realistic enough so that the CGI was not obvious to spot and the action was reasonable. The story was disappointing considering the possibilities the concept of the movie opened up and the ending was ludicrous.… Expand