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Skyline [Blu-ray]

Eric Balfour , Scottie Thompson , Colin Strause    Suitable for 15 years and over   Blu-ray
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald Faison
  • Directors: Colin Strause
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Momentum Pictures Home Ent
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Mar 2011
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004CR4X2I
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 7,897 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Skyline, an effects-laden thriller from directors Colin and Greg Strause, wears its various influences--films like Alien, District 9, Independence Day, and War of the Worlds--on its sleeve, but even if it doesn't measure up to those predecessors, the film offers enough thrills and action to keep sci-fi fans interested. The Brothers Strause, as they call themselves, have done visual-effects work on blockbusters like Avatar, Titanic, and 300, and the effects are by far the best part of this tale (scripted by Joshua Cordes and Liam O'Donnell) about an armada of giant spaceships that suddenly appear in the skies over Los Angeles and immediately set about their business--namely, shooting down immense blue columns of light that hoover every human in sight up into the ships, where aliens will do nasty things to them. Observing this horror from a posh Marina Del Rey penthouse are a group of gorgeous, strikingly solipsistic young people in skimpy clothes, including Jarrod and Elaine (Eric Balfour and Scottie Thompson), a couple visiting from New York. A few action sequences find them trying to escape (bad idea, as the mother ships disgorge an endless supply of smaller, tentacled craft and troops of gross, city-stomping monsters to seek and destroy any luckless fool they encounter). But for the most part they huddle inside, watching the action, screaming hysterically, and uttering dialogue that's either cliché ridden ("What are those things?" "Does it even matter?!") or merely inane (mid-attack, Elaine, who's just learned that she's pregnant, complains when someone lights up a cigarette; you'd think she'd have more pressing concerns). And therein lies the problem, as some cool images and jolting moments are mitigated by Skyline's lame script and below-average acting. --Sam Graham

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Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald FaisonDirector: Colin Strause

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not that bad as people moan about 27 Mar 2011
Format:Blu-ray
This film is completely different from indepance day etc. It's a new take on alien invasion movies and I do rather like it. It's not amazing but is noway a diabolical film which some people are making out to be. The only downer is indeed the ending however. Not that great. If the ending was much better this would be 4 stars
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars So glad I can make up my own mind 17 May 2011
By Pantheon TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Blu-ray
I appreciate everything about film from the cinematograpy to the directing; and I never cease to be amazed by what the people who make films can achieve.

Skyline is no exception to this. For anyone who doesn't know: this film was made on a very tiny budget, by current standards. It cost only $500,000 to film and a further $10,000,000 for special effects - with the average blockbuster costing in the region of £150-£200 million this was no small achievement.

I read the reviews here and on other sites and went into this film with a lot of reservations; fully expecting to be sorely disappointed.

I wasn't.

Instead I was totally engrossed from start to finish.

The acting was good, the effects were incredible (especially given the pitifully small budget) and the storyline thrilling. There's a definite sense of real-people-in-an-unimaginable-situation going on (partly due to the cast being made up of relative unknowns).

Now before you totally disregard my thoughts here's a few examples of films I love/hate:
Love: The King's Speech, King Kong (all versions), Schindler's LIst, District 9, Anything Disney, Color Purple, Saw franchise
Hate: Knocked Up, The Flintstone's Movie, Invasion: The Beginning, Cloverfield, Last Exorcism, Resevoir Dogs

Maybe the above will help you to realise that I don't love everything I watch. But, for Skyline to be getting similar reviews as the utterly rubbish Last Exorcism is totally unfair.

Yes, it has a fairly open ending that some viewers may find frustrating (never have a problem with these myself as I can always decide for myself what happened next). Also, some story elements were not explained (see above bracketed statement).

Maybe other viewers were expecting more Independence Day type action. Maybe they wanted known stars. Maybe they wanted to be spoon-fed plot and happy ending? Maybe they didn't understand the film?....or maybe...just maybe we all have different taste in movies and there will always be people to hate or love any given film. Hell, I read a review from someone saying that Schindler's List was boring rubbish, badly acted and badly directed. That person deserves to be locked up in my opinion.
But that's all this review is...my opinion.

Maybe it helped that I went into this film with very low expectations and subsequently was pleasantly surprised. Maybe I'm just a bad critic I don't know....what I DO know is that I'm looking forward to Skyline 2, which is apparently coming out in 2012!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly entertaining tripe. 22 Mar 2011
Format:Blu-ray
This is one of those films that is incredibly difficult to rate. As you will be aware, and having been made abundantly clear from other reviews; the script in this film is terrible. There is no denying that fact, but going into this film with that knowledge increases the entertainment to no end.

This is a film that that is greater than the sum of its parts in my opinion. A bad script, and by extension bad acting actually do little to harm it. In fact the worst (though still enjoyable) parts of this film are the most derivative scenes, of which there are plenty. War of the Worlds and Independence Day are probably the most plagiarised, but any sci-fi afficianado will spot plenty of stolen scenes.

I suppose what really redeemed this film was the action scenes, as well as the most engaging alien threat committed to film since the aforementioned War of the Worlds remake. Make no mistake, the aliens are not as threatening or original as can be found elsewhere, but they do have a sense of overwhelming doom that most end of the world films really fail to convey.

In the end, the relatively small budget is evident in the acting and not the action, and in reaching for the sky and coming up short this ambitious film is destined to garner bad reviews and a lot of hate, but will be considered a flawed gem by a cult following. And rightly so, as with the right mindset this is an enjoyable action flick that is easy on the brain (Unless you happen to star in the film. Watch it, you'll see what I mean).
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Still good!
I've watched this film quite a few times on various different formats and this bluray is the best. The film itself is actually very entertaining and easily weathers more than one... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. J. R. Davidson
2.0 out of 5 stars Ending?
What ending? its left wide open for a second film but doesnt deserve one, bad script!

This film could have been great if they actually thought out a decent plot but... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Steve
2.0 out of 5 stars Ouch.
Quite funny, but unintentionally so! Worth a watch if you've got some friends around - massively flawed but kind of fun.
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Samuel Clements
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay to watch but once only
Okay to watch but do not expect a high level of entertainment. Special effects are reasonable but actors are unimpressive.
Published 5 months ago by Adamson
3.0 out of 5 stars OK Films
I would give both Battle: Los Angeles and Skyline Blu Rays a 7 out of 10.
Battle Los Angeles had a much higher budget but still enjoyed Skyline to. Read more
Published 6 months ago by D. Fortune
3.0 out of 5 stars I thought it was ok...
The best sci fi is read not watched, but that aside this film is neither great nor terrible but somewhere in between. Read more
Published 7 months ago by S. Krijnen
4.0 out of 5 stars ive this blue ray version.
this film is very good. special effects are wicked. i promise you. u will enjoy it. 209p for blue ray. thats cheap.
Published 9 months ago by tango
1.0 out of 5 stars SPOILER ALERT
A bunch of people you care absolutely nothing for are caught up in the middle of an alien invasion.
These people slowly get whittled down to just 2. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Chris Morse
5.0 out of 5 stars "..ORIGINAL SCI-FI.."
This film in NO WAY should have so many negative reviews etc, I personally thought this movie was epic!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by S. Drury
5.0 out of 5 stars skyline blu-ray
Good film made better in blu-ray .If you enjoy science fiction films this film is a must people who call this film seem to forget its fiction
Published 15 months ago by meterman
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