Movie Review: SKYLINE

photo © 2010 Sebastian Jespersen | more info (via: Wylio)In case you get called away while reading this review, let me just emphasize one thing: Skyline is easily one of the worst movies of the year, and it's an absolutely terrible film overall. This film took one of the most entertaining subject matters - an alien invasion - and made it one of the most boring exercises in film-making I've seen in quite some time. I don't understand how a group of filmmakers could make something this bad and have it released into theaters as opposed to on television.

There are no big name actors and it shows through the horrible acting displayed in one horrible scene after another. The movie starts with a pointless glimpse of the future before flashing back 15 hours and then quickly jumping back to where we began. There isn't a single memorable character, and I can only remember one character's name due to the abysmal yet comedic last scene. There is no character development and very little drama considering the fact that the world has started to be invaded by an all powerful galactic force. The aliens don't talk, are barely seen outside of their ships, and in the end, aren't explained at all. They have the depth of a bad video game villain, and only want one thing - brains. Basically if you look at the aliens odd blue light "weapon", your body is taken over and you are taken into the sky.

As I mentioned, the ending is so ridiculous that it's unintentionally one of the funniest scenes I've seen all year. It's so bad that it's worth renting when released on DVD just to fast-forward and see. Overall I warn you though - avoid this movie. I would give it a 1.5 out of 10.

Family Take: There is a lot of non-graphic violence and many instances of mild profanity. It's not terrible from a moral standpoint, and some middle to high schoolers might enjoy some of this.

If You Like Skyline Try: Well, you shouldn't like this movie. If you did, you probably haven't seen a good alien invasion movie. Try last year's District 9 - a much more serious and much better put together movie along the same lines.