Skylines

Well, the 2010 movie "Skyline" wasn't exactly the best of movies, though the 2017 sequel "Beyond Skyline" was a significant improvement on the 2010 movie, I must admit that I had mixed feelings about this 2020 movie "Skylines". Yet, of course I sat down to watch it, with it being a new movie that I hadn't already seen and all.

So how was "Skylines" from writer and director Liam O'Donnell and writer Matthew E. Chausse? Well, the movie was watchable that was for sure, but it was not an impressive movie. It felt like a mixture between the 2010 and 2017 movies, so it was a bland and mediocre result.

Visually then "Skylines" is phenomenal, and I must admit that I really liked the visual effects and CGI in the movie. But hey, such effects can only carry a movie so far. And when a movie is weighed down by a mundane and mediocre storyline, then it takes a lot for everything else to lift up the movie.

They had an adequate ensemble of actors and actresses on the cast list, with Lindsey Morgan in the lead role. The cast list also includes the likes of James Cosmo, Rhona Mitra and Yayan Ruhian. But for me it was definitely Daniel Bernhardt that carried the movie with his performance.

While I did sit through the entire movie and feeling sort of semi-adequately entertained, "Skylines" just didn't break any ground for action sci-fi movies, nor did it bring anything new to the genre. It was a watchable movie, certainly, but it was hardly an outstanding or memorable movie.

My rating of "Skylines" settles on a mediocre five out of ten stars.

It has mostly pretty cool visuals, decent acting, some interesting/innovative concepts, some really cool fighting/action, but it also has some weak and corny scenes (especially at the end).

The whole premise to the trilogy is pretty good and the first two are enjoyable. However, Lindsey Morgan is a poor poor lead, she was rotten in The 100 and that was truly horrific TV so having her be the lead in a movie is too much. Alexander Siddig is his usual class and tries to offer some credibility but to no avail. As for Rhona Mitra, she scared the bejeezus out of me, they should have her play the 'bad guy'.

The third instalment of the Skyline series is not as bad or as great as some reviewers are saying. Some of the dialogue is pretty bad, but the acting is OK and the effects aren't terrible. You could watch a lot worse.

I don't really remember the first two movies, but I know I liked them. I rated them both 8 stars. This, though, was so bad for so many reasons that I could barely watch it. Frank Grillo is out of this one, replaced with his daughter, played by Lindsey Morgan. Now she wasn't bad, but she wasn't great either. Add to the roster some known actors like Rhona Mitra, James Cosmo and Alexander Siddig, but only for a few badly acted scenes. Probably the only positive thing in the whole film was Daniel Bernhardt, who has a larger role, even if a cardboard character. At least he did some fight scenes and had some dialogue.

The worst thing is the characters. I couldn't care less about any of them. The most sympathetic character was probably the Matriarch, played by a guy, not confusing at all, and he/she/it is the bad alien boss! And the story was as lazy as the characters, telegraphing every "twist" that one could see coming for miles.

Bottom line: a really boring and pointless film. A shameful stain on the franchise, which is now pretty much defunct.