Skyline

Skyline- Don't look up

Cast:

Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel

Story:

Sci-fi thriller of alien invasion in Los Angeles,
the aliens descend frm the sky,
a group of humans trapped in a penthouse apartment trying to avoid being killed.
Full-stop. Tat's the story. Nothing else.

How I feel:

Watched this movie @JB before its local screening.

It starts off pretty exciting & mouth-watering:
A group of people awake in an apartment by beams of bright blue rays from the sky,
once they look at the source of the light,
their eyes turn dark, dark veins surface on their bodies,
uncontrollably they'll walk towards the beam and vanishes.

Wat a start.
Wif high expectation of wat will ensue.

They do not build any characters on the cast,
anyway not required since they spend of most their time
looking at the aliens,
arguing whether to stay or run.

1st lament:

Those aliens are invincible, once killed they'll resurrect back to life,
while those human start to die off one by one,
Totally one-sided affair, no true fight at all.

2nd lament:

Dull and silly dialogues.
They keep on arguing whether to run or to wait,
without putting up strong justification.
Guess they just trying to buy time.

I can't stand it when in a midst of an urgent escape,
a guy asks the other:

"What's this? Can u tell me what is THAT thing?
Can someone tell me what is tat thing?"

I feel like slapping him and reply:

"Gong Hei Fatt Choi! It's 财神爷"

What drops from the sky and has such appearance.
Isn't it so obvious it's alien? Idiot.

Ironically, no reply frm the other guy.
Perhaps he does not kw the answer as well.
Exemplary idiot meets another idiot.
Or maybe...they want to keep us in suspense?

My Review:

2 OUT OF FIVE

Surprisingly almost all the shot happens in the penthouse apartment.

The effects are passable.
I have to admit the aliens look cool,
& the way they rip the head/brain off the body.

Of course the running and chasing can at least keep u awake.

It's not a good film,
altho can still label it as entertaining in some way.

My recommendation is to wait for the DVD.