Technically ambitious, dramatically basic. Still, it's a major step up from an AvP sequel and delivers all the Saturday night whizz-bang and Sunday morning brain-ripping you could want.
This sci-fi thriller manages to blend genuine suspense with unintentional laughs.
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Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Their (The Brothers Strause) effects are pretty good, on a fairly limited budget. And that's about all you can say for Skyline.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Beyond the dazzling "first contact" sequences seen in the trailers, Skyline is a spasmodic and incoherent shambles hampered by an astoundingly stupid screenplay.
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Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The Strauses don't care about how to keep an audience. Their movie has no sense of suspense or dread - Skyline is an apocalypse movie that plods like one of Romero's zombies.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
So intent are the Strausses on showing off their visual chops, they leave the film's story, dialogue and acting in shambles.
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Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Skyline plays like an effects guru's resume reel, not a movie.
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MovielineStephanie Zacharek
MovielineStephanie Zacharek
Skyline is a piece of junk, even in a movie climate littered with expensive - though sometimes fun - junkiness.
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
It's finally here: The most boring alien-invasion movie ever.