Skyline
Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Actors: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson
PlotAfter a night of partying in Los Angeles, a group of friends wakes up to a strange blue light beaming down from the sky. Jarrod and his girlfriend, Elaine, are visiting their friend Terry for his birthday, along with Terry's wife, Candice, and his assistant, Denise. As the morning progresses, it quickly becomes clear that the mysterious lights are harbingers of an apocalyptic event. Beams from hovering spacecraft begin vacuuming people from the face of the Earth, sucking them up into the ships. The group is stunned as they witness the terrifying scenes of mass abductions unfolding before their eyes from the relative safety of Terry's penthouse apartment.
Panicked and desperate, the survivors are forced to make life-or-death decisions. Realizing they cannot stay holed up in the penthouse, they struggle to survive against the otherworldly threat which looms just outside their refuge. As the alien invasion intensifies, the group encounters more survivors, including the building's maintenance man, Oliver. Each decision they make is filled with the dread of possibly falling victim to the powerful extraterrestrial forces at play. The group must navigate their treacherous environment, facing both the immediate danger from the aliens and the more mundane perils of the city in chaos as they search for a way to escape the onslaught and survive the unstoppable Skyline.
Writers: Joshua Cordes, Liam O'Donnell
Release Date: 12 Nov 2010
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: PG-13
Country: United States
Language: English
Home Video Reviews
Skyline features an excellent AV presentation and impressive visual effects, but suffers from a messy script, incoherent plot, and inconsequential characters.
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Skyline's 4K UHD Blu-ray offers the film’s best visual presentation yet, but its lackluster originality and mundane storyline remain unappealing.
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