2020 · sci-fi · action · thriller
Skylines
Directed by Liam O'Donnell1h 53m2020
When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Our read: Skylines (2020) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal sci-fi · action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme sci-fi / action, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
- inventive
- epic-stakes
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How Skylines feels to watch.
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“You want loud, cheap Skyline franchise sci-fi and already liked Beyond Skyline.”
Skip it tonight — You have not seen the earlier films or expect coherent blockbuster storytelling.
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