Skyline is a 2010 alien invasion science fiction film directed and produced by the Brothers Strause.[3] The film was released on November 12, 2010. It stars Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison and David Zayas.[4] The Brothers Strause assert that Skyline is the first film in a series, which will include at least one other film.
Elaine (Scottie Thompson) and Jarrod (Eric Balfour) have flown to Los Angeles for Jarrod's best friend Terry's (Donald Faison) birthday party. They spend the night celebrating with his girlfriend, Candice (Brittany Daniel), and his assistant, Denise (Crystal Reed). During the party, one of Terry's employees, Ray (Neil Hopkins), welcomes Jarrod to L.A., thinking he has moved there to join Terry's company. During a private argument about whether or not they should move to L.A., Elaine reveals that she is pregnant.
Early the next morning, bright blue lights descend from the sky. Anyone looking at them is helplessly entranced. The lights make their eyes opaque and seem to burn their blood vessels. Held captive by the light, the invading aliens capture the humans through a variety of mechanisms. Ray suffers this fate, but Jarrod, who is also exposed, is tackled to safety by Terry. Jarrod returns to normal shortly. He and Terry then decide to investigate the light from the roof of the high-rise, where they see several alien ships descend over the blue lights and vacuum up thousands of entranced humans. Horrified, they run back downstairs and inform their group. Jarrod noticed that the water seems to be free of spacecraft, and he argues that it would be a safer place than Terry's condo. The group attempts to reach the marina by car. They split into two groups: Terry and Denise in one and Candice, Jarrod, and Elaine in the other. Before they begin to drive off, they run across a couple, Colin (J. Paul Boehmer) and Jen (Tanya Newbould), also attempting to flee the building. Terry's car is the first to leave, and it is immediately stomped flat by a massive "tanker" alien, killing Denise and capturing Terry. As the remaining survivors flee back into the garage, they encounter another alien capturing Colin. It corners the rest of the group, but it is knocked out when the concierge, Oliver (David Zayas), slams into it with an Escalade. Colin is still alive, but as the group tries to free him, the alien wakes up, sucks out Colin's brain, and inserts the organ into its head, replacing the brain that was damaged by the collision. Colin's brain fully revives the alien, almost as if it functioned like a battery.
Jen is captured as the group retreats back into the building. The Air Force launches a drone attack on the spaceships, nuking the biggest one. The bomb seems to destroy the ship, but it slowly begins to repair itself. Jarrod becomes adamant that they must seek safety elsewhere before it is too late. Oliver tries to restrain him, but Jarrod's eyes turn opaque and his veins start to burn again as they did when he was exposed to the light. He chokes Oliver and swears that nothing will stop him from protecting his family. An army helicopter lands on the roof, dropping off two snipers with .50 caliber rifles. Jarrod and Elaine go to the roof hoping to ride the next helicopter to safety, while Oliver and Candice continue to hide in Terry's penthouse. The military mounts another assault on the alien ship, but is quickly defeated. Candice and Oliver are killed, while Jarrod and Elaine are trapped when the army helicopter is brought down. They resign themselves to their fate. They both look into the blue light of an alien ship and embrace as they are abducted.
A montage shows that cities like New York City, London, and Hong Kong have all fallen prey to the invaders. Onboard the alien spacecraft, Elaine watches helplessly as Jarrod's brain is removed from his body. She is spared this fate when the alien sorter realizes that she is pregnant. Elaine is then transported to another chamber where she is prepped for the aliens to steal the fetus from her womb. Meanwhile, Jarrod's brain is inserted into an alien body. Because Jarrod has been repeatedly exposed to the alien's blue light, he has been inoculated against it. Instead of simply powering the alien body, Jarrod remembers Elaine and their unborn child. The film ends with a series of still images between the credits that depict "Jarrod" protecting Elaine and his child from the other aliens.
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* Eric Balfour as Jarrod * Scottie Thompson as Elaine * Brittany Daniel as Candice * David Zayas as Oliver * Donald Faison as Terry * Crystal Reed as Denise * Robin Gammell as Walt * J. Paul Boehmer as Colin * Tanya Newbould as Jen * Tony Black as Derek * Pam Levin as Cindy * Phat Mahathongdy as Mandy
Production
The project began filming in Marina Del Rey in February 2010 through March 31.[6]. Most of the action was shot in the high-rise condo where Greg Strause lives.
The physical production only cost $500,000. With all the visual effects the total budget was around $10-20 million.
On November 11, 2010, producer Brett Ratner said on the Opie and Anthony Show that the film cost $10M to make. The Brothers Strause insist that they will film a sequel with their own money and try to find a distributor to release it.
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周一 十一月 22, 2010 12:03 am
