Skyline (2010)

I have to admit. I liked this movie. No, it's not a great flick, but it's action-packed, and entertaining. It's seems to rip-off every alien invasion movie that ever been released, which isn't always a bad thing. I saw many things that reminded me of the films War of the Worlds, Independence Day, The Matrix, and Cloverfield. While it lacks points for originality, it does gain points for special effects. There were exceptional for a $10 million dollar film, with no bankable stars.

This biggest issue was the plot, which ultimately didn't matter. Jarrod (Eric Balfour) and his girlfriend Elaine (Scottie Thompson) fly to Los Angeles for Jarrod's best friend Terry's (Donald Faison) birthday party. That's really about it. There's talk of Jarrod moving there, and joining Terry's company (whatever it is), but nothing ever gets elaborated upon. Why? Well, after a night of partying they are awakened by strange lights in the sky. When you look at the light, it takes control of you, and draws you towards it. We soon learn that Los Angeles is under a full-scale alien invasion. There was no point explaining anymore of the dealings between Jarrod and Terry after that.

Like I said: it's not a great flick. It is fun though, and definitely worth watching with a bowl of popcorn. Make it a game to find all the references to other sci-fi films, and to count the continuity errors. There's several.

Rated PG13, Runtime 100 mns