Review of Skyline (2010) by Gene — 13 Nov 2010

Would have been a better movie if it gave us characters anyone cared about. Everyone that appears, even the 2 mains have very limited background and almost no personality. Add to that the fact that they're well off and live lavish lifestyles, it pretty much guarantees nobody will give a damn.

Also, the ending sucked. It's become popular in films to do the whole make it seem like all is lost and then spring the twist that leads to victory. Unfortunately, the twist (which you can see coming an hour in advance) comes so far past the point of no return that humanity has no logical future.

Finally, all the cliches from war of the worlds are there on display, from limb hacked off with fire axe to waiting for the flash to die down to see if the nuke worked.