Skyline

Skyline

Directed By: Brothers Strause

Written By: Joshua Cordes, Liam O'Donnell

Produced By: Brothers Strause, Kristian Andresen, Liam O'Donnell, Brett Ratner

Cast: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison

Plot: When Jarrod (Balfour) and his girlfriend Elaine (Thompson) visit their friend Terry (Fasion) in Los Angeles, the last thing they expect after a wild party, is for the city to be invaded by Aliens.

What do you get if you cross Alien, Cloverfield,  and Battle: Los Angeles? Skyline.  The film has so many cliché moments, quite obviously stolen from other, far more superior, alien movies. The acting of Balfour, Thompson and Faison, is extremely disappointing, it was bordering on cheesy. I was even more disappointed with the plot line, there isn't one.

Also, at one point in the film, the US Military send in a stealth bomber to drop a nuclear bomb on the largest alien ship. Two reasons that this wouldn't have worked as it did in the film. This happened about an hour after they invaded, a nuclear decision would have taken more than a few hours. Because why ould the US Government drop a nuclear bomb on one of the largest cities in their own country? Also, stealth bombers are large, heavy crafts. They CANNOT fly around and do multiple corkscrews and barrel rolls in mid flight.

I was extremely disappointed with the lack of structural integrity to the film, the main element of the film, fight or flight has been done to death over the years. I would strongly recommend not to watch this film.


Written By Eammon Jacobs