Movie #189 Skyline *2010*

This movie doesn't deserve a full review.  That is bad B-movie schlock from hat to cattle.  This movie was made by a pair of brothers who have 62 credits on IMDB as visual artists, and it shows.  The movie does have excellent effects, but they are used so poorly.  An interesting comment in the movie comes early when Donald Faison (playing an self obsessed actor) mentions to Neil Hopkins (playing his squarmy agent) "How are the effects?" to which the response is "They look like shit, but the director loves them!".

The movie is an alien invasion flick.  It is one part Independence Day, one part Cloverfield, one part Skin-emax softcore porn.  The pencil headed Eric Balfour plays an artist or something, it is never clearly explained.  His recently pregnant girlfriend is played by Scottie Thompson.  Brittany Daniel (who can act, she plays the tranny on Always Sunny) is Faison's bitchy girlfriend.  Faison's personal assistant and part time human pin cushion is Crystal Reed.  Have you heard of any of these people?  There is probably a good reason for that.

The final cast member I would like to mention is David Zayas.  Holly crap is he terrible!  He delivers every line like it is the last thing he will ever say.  I can't recall a better example of over acting.  I would love to go on for days talking about how terrible this guy is, but I have a decent movie to review.

Don't get me wrong.  It's not like these actors had ANYTHING to work with.  This is what happens when you let visual artists make a movie.  Everything is only set in place to show off the cool blue lights that fall onto the LA landscape.  In the equally terrible mockumentary "I'm Still Here" with Q. Pheonix, Diddy points out that he hates it when actors think they can make a good album just because they have a cheap recording studio in their basement.  That is what happened here.

Anyway, avoid this movie.  It isn't even so good it's bad good.  I give Skyline ★1/2.