An alien invasion film from the Strause brothers…it makes Independence Day look like Citizen Kane!
When a couple attend a friend’s birthday bash in L.A. their trip is turned into a desperate attempt to avoid a horde of extraterrestrials, who want to harvest their bodies. Using a “beautiful” glowing blue light, the aliens lure the humans in, before gobbling them up and using them for reasons unknown.
Set almost entirely within the confines of a plush hotel, Jarrod and his pregnant girlfriend Elaine try to find a way past these harvesters, and to the supposed safety of open water, whilst the U.S. army tries its best to shoot the invaders down.
Arguably one of the worst films I have seen this year. From the outset, the story is bulked out with irrelevant subplots, like Jarrod’s (Eric Balfour) career as an artist, or Terry’s (Donald Faison) super-awesome lifestyle. Too much time is spent watching them freak out in the hotel room, and there is not enough engagement with the aliens. Some of the CGI moments are impressive, once they get started, in particular when terry is stomped on by one of these huge aliens whilst he is trying to escape in a luxury sports car.
Alien invasion films can often fall into the shallower waters of filmmaking, depending too much on shock factor without enough substance, but Skyline seems to avoid both! A poorly chosen cast, combined with a mundane plot, made for a very disappointing viewing.
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