Skyline - Movie Review

Skyline directed by Greg and Colin Strause (known as Brothers Strause) and starring Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel. For the Brothers Strause itself is actually not a new name in the world of special effects Hollywood films. Their names are recorded have played a role in producing special effects for the series The X-Files (1995), The Nutty Professor (1996), Volcano (1997) and Titanic (1997).

They also have my own production company named Hydraulx Filmz who also participated in the manufacture of special effects in the movie The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 300 (2007), Avatar (2009) until the film to be released in 2011, Battle: Los Angeles - which Sony Pictures making furious after learning that the Strause Brothers were produced and released the Skyline with a similar storyline.

Actually Skyline categorized in terms of story movie which is quite disappointing for me. Although Skyline did not provide a challenging and new stories, but for its special effects simply provide entertainment. No wonder that this film uses a 10 million dollar budget but was not comparable with the outcome. So do not be surprised when I heard the disappointment of fellow film fans who have watched sciene fiction Skyline. It is not worth to watch, but do not expect to get a memorable movie experience.

Story:

The story began when Jarrod (Eric Balfour) and his girlfriend Elaine (Scottie Thompson) came to Los Angeles to attend a friend's birthday party, Terry (Donald Faison). After the party they do, the next morning a strange light over to Terry's apartment. Light blue is able to attract the attention of anyone who looked at him to follow the direction of the beam. Blinding light and be able to lift those who challenged him into the air and disappeared without a trace.

Jarrod who had stared at the light was nearly carried away if not immediately helped by Terry. Jarrod oddity in the entire body immediately after the incident arose. One by one the residents of Los Angeles is inhaled by the light which was derived from an aircraft carrier's huge unidentified creatures. The carrier also issued a fighter and a strange creature in charge of kidnap victims one by one.

The purpose of aliens turned out to take the human brain for their food. Can Jarrod and his friends to find a way to fight this invasion of aliens?

Skyline ending in this movie is one less thing I love. Strause Brothers might want to create a different ending as the movie District will but the results turned out to differ greatly between the second film. If curious about the ending you can find and watch this movie.

Movie Data:
Directed by: Brothers Strause
Produced by: Brothers Strause, Kristian Andresen, Liam O'Donnell, Brett Ratner
Written by: Joshua Cordes, Liam O'Donnell
Starring: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Donald Faison
Studio: Rogue, Hydraulx Entertainment
Distributed by: Relativity Media Universal Pictures throughs, Momentum / Paramount (UK), hopscotch Films (Australia & New Zealand)
Running time: 94 minutes