Alien invasion films do not come better than this first instalment of Skyline from the Brothers Strause.Skyline jumps straight in with blue lights descending into the city streets waking the populace from their slumber, those that view the light are immediately effected by the alien lights, but short exposure seems not to effect people permanently.
This film is centred around the inhabitants of a tower block in the city centre, Terry (Donald Faison- Scrubs ) a young entrepreneur and his best friend Jarrod (Eric Balfour - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003), who has arrived along with his girl friend to help his friend celebrate his birthday.
The Brothers Strause have used their vast knowledge of visual effects to come up with stunning aliens and their ships as they smash and crash across the city devouring anybody they can get their claws on.
I just cannot wait for a follow-on film so fingers are crossed.
No brains are required to watch this film but that's what you want from a film of this kind, a great romp across somebody else's city is always fun to watch.
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Skyline is 94 minutes of 5 Star mayhem.
The film is available to buy now on DVD.
For Jarrod (Eric Balfour) and Elaine (Scottie Thompson), a simple weekend away to visit friends Terry (Donald Faison) and Candice (Brittany Daniel) becomes a nightmare. As they watch in terror from Terry’s penthouse windows, people across the city are swallowed into massive alien ships that have blotted out the L.A. skyline: life as they know it is finished. With the military struggling to keep the aliens at bay, now it will take every survival instinct they have to elude capture from the thousands of monstrous creatures that are sweeping the city and searching for all humans in their path. From tankers to drones and hydra-like extraterrestrials, the aliens are inescapable and seemingly indestructible.