Review by MsResponsible

I was excited to watch Skyfire, the first big budget disaster movie from China, because I really loved The Wandering Earth which was a well done big budget scifi from China. Maybe my expectations were too high. The storyline was formulaic but the action sequences and special effects were pretty good. I liked the footage in the end titles showing how certain scenes were filmed. Sadly, that was what I found I liked most about the movie. We didn't really get to know the characters enough to be invested in their survival. Li Xiao Meng was the only character that was slightly developed. Hannah Quinlivan and Shawn Dou were the two actors that stood in the film. What really bothered me was the opening scene. For some reason, they decided to dub the mother's voice but the dubbing wasn't synced. I was watching it in Chinese and tried English to see if it would sync. Sadly, it was still out of sync. I thought it might've been my internet connection so I downloaded the movie to watch and it was still out of sync. :-( Opening a big budget movie with an out of sync dubbing seems like a very rookie decision. And... they misspelled "Director" in the opening credits! There was an interesting proposal scene in the movie, which I won't spoil, that I thought was unnecessary. Overall, it was an ok movie. I rented it at the sale price of $1.99 on Amazon so I'm not upset. Had I rented it at the full price, I would've felt cheated. I wanted to give this 6 1/2 stars but since I can't, I gave it a 7 based on the quality of the production and some entertainment value.