Sunday, January 23, 2011

Skyline (2010)

Ever seen something that was so horrible that you couldn't take your eyes off of it?

Well, if you want to experience that feeling again, watch Skyline.  Seriously.

The most recognizable actor in this movie is Donald Faison, the guy who played Turk on Scrubs.  The main character is played by Eric Balfour, who I didn't recognize, but he has a lengthy filmography on IMDB, most of it TV work.  His girlfriend is played by Scottie Thompson, who's only other credited film role was Nero's Wife in Star Trek(2009).  Yes, Nero's wife... the hologram on screen for all of  fifteen seconds or so.

This movie has alot of the sci-fi horror cliches down -

You sleep around? You get killed.
You are a minority? You get killed.
You are military? You get killed.

The aliens motivation is completely implausible.  They need human brains to reproduce.  Apparently, human brains must be pretty prevalent throughout the universe, because their society has managed to thrive to the point they have massive space ships and can travel the universe.

Do you want the plot synopsis?
People run around on/in the building.  That's it.  There is no real overarching storyline, basically they run around and are picked off one by one.  And all I want to say about the ending is that sudden plot twists only work if they have some basis in sanity.

My vote: 3/10.  Sadly, I have seen worse.  This film is a good example of how spending most of your time/budget on special effects can make a visually pretty, however HORRID film.  Unless you want to laugh at it, don't waste your time!

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