Skyline

Skyline
Directors: Colin and Greg Strause
92 minutes
2.40:1

Earth is being invaded by aliens again. But when done right, you enjoy being sucked in the Skyline.

A group of friends party till the early morning when they are awaken by bright blue light and screams. The aliens are coming and they are ready to solve human's overpopulation problem.

The Brothers Strause doesn't give anything new plot wise - and writers Joshua Cordes and Liam O'Donnell do not provide you with many exposition scenes either - but it plays much better than J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield. Shot on a shoestring budget but not looking it, they give us something that hasn't been seen before in an alien invasion movie - direct mass harvesting. The premise is enough to get people to watch this movie in droves.

The small cast do what they can with the minimal script and they did it well. Standout performances are from Eric Balfour and David Zayas. The score could use a little more work but the sound design and mixing are well done. The VFX is amazing but this is to be expected. The Brothers Strause are the owners of Hydraulx, the boutique VFX house that is frequently used by Hollywood studios which did all of the CGI work here.

For an independently-financed epic monster movie to be conceived and finished within one year is an amazing feat. It will be interesting to see what the Strause brothers will come up with next after their impressive debut with Skyline.