Skyline

Skyline (2010)

  • 16% of critics liked it
    (76 reviews)

  • 19% of users liked it
    (62,527 ratings)

A series of blindingly bright lights appear all over Los Angeles, mesmerizing the citizens of the city while luring them to an uncertain fate in this sci-fi thriller from sibling filmmakers Greg and Colin Strause. As speculation regarding the origin of the mysterious lights runs rampant, a Los… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Nov 12, 2010 Wide
On DVD
Mar 22, 2011
Rogue Pictures/Universal Studios

Critic Reviews

  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

    Visual-effects wizards Greg and Colin Strause directed, showing more affinity for the city's steel and glass than for any of the characters.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    How this managed not to go direct-to-DVD (and actually get a wide distribution rather than just a handful-of-theaters dump) is one of 2010's great cinematic mysteries.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    These aren't moviemakers who live even in other movies, let alone the world. They live in hard drives.

  • Jason Anderson, Toronto Star

    There's a kind of magic that happens when a movie inspires complete strangers to ridicule it to each other on the way out of the theatre.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    The only fascinating thing about Skyline is that that such a mad muddle of a movie can even exists in an era of corporate homogeneity and purported quality-controlled.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    Really hard to decide what to think. It seemed like this owuld have been better on SyFy as saturday movie. Than it would have been worth more a lot more. But as a full on movie yeah just cant cut it.

  • Directors C


    [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] The ending was probably the only part of the film that was open minded and not a rip off of something else that was better. A movie that came just out of nowhere much like the aliens in the film itself,… More

  • Scott G


    The good and bad parts of the film go on to weigh out the sane, with CGI used well but the acting is not, the plot seems to running wild but the action seems fine.

  • Dean M


    Awesome special effects in this alien invasion flick with nice designs for the monsters and the alien ships and tech, but the script is average. I see how focused the plot is on the few main characters. The acting is good and bad, in some places, that dialogs needed some working, but… More

  • xGary X


    A fleet of alien spaceships appears in the skies above L.A. and begin harvesting its inhabitants. Skyline is a bit like watching the events of Independence Day unfold, except instead of in the thick of the action bathed in the charm and charisma of everyone's favourite Fresh… More

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