Skyline - 3 stars out of 10

Skyline - 3 stars out of 10

The mediocre acting (aside from Scottie Thompson who is the only one who can act) and flat characters in "Skyline" aren't as bad as the unoriginal story that rips off every alien movie to come out in the past 5 years.  Could they have more obviously ripped off the basement scene from War of the Worlds?  On top of the fact that the story is unoriginal, it doesn't really even exist.  It's more like an extended chase scene... in one room.  Toward the end, I began to forgive the film because the special effects in this apocalyptic setting were great and I was at peace with the ending... until the last 5 minutes ruined the entire thing.  It was as if someone said "We forgot to include a story, so let's make something up at the end to explain everything."  The Day 3 montage would have been an acceptible ending but then the movie continued.  The special effects are impressive but there are plenty of films with great special effects AND some sort of plot.