A Report from the Field About the movie Skyline

Hey there, this is a report from Rhonda Shipley about a certain movie that's in theaters right now.  She has had the good grace to write a very good review of it.  There are spoilers so be warned.  Thank you Rhonda!

A Review of the movie "Skyline" by Elrhondo





Our heroes make a visit to a good friend in Los Angeles. Jarrod & Elaine visit Jarrod's friend Terry. They think that it's just a friendly visit, but Terry has ulterior motives. Jarrod and Terry grew up together and were always partners and best of buds. When they get to L.A. and into Terry's apartment, friends start arriving and there starts a loud party. The manager of the building comes up to tell them to quiet down, which they do and go to sleep. Now the cool thing about Terry's apartment is it's automated. You know, a touch system that controls the whole shebang. He has blinds that go up and down at the touch of a finger. During the party Terry drops the bombshell of why he invited Jarrod for a visit. Terry wants Jarrod to come out to L. A. and be his partner, since he has made it so big.



Elaine, Jarrod's girlfriend, finds out before the trip that she is pregnant. Jarrod finds out by noticing she hasn't been feeling well and asks her what is wrong. And in the midst of this argument they catch Terry cheating on his girlfriend. Good cheating company to be in. Any how all settle down for a good night's rest, or so they think.



They are awakened around 4:00 a.m. by the building shuddering and a bright green light filtering through the automated blinds. Now 6 people have paired off. Jarrod and Elaine in a bedroom and Terry and his girlfriend in another. The girl Terry cheated with and some creepy guy are asleep in the living room.



When the green light starts filtering through the blinds the creepy guy gets up and opens the sliding door to the balcony. Bad Idea! He stares into the light and it starts changing his eyes and burning the skin around them. The light compels him onto the balcony and in the twinkling of an eye it literally sucks him into the waiting floating machine. Now to back up a little all this started by the green light coming down out of the clouds and settling on the ground where upon the green lights started swirling. No human can resist the light once they look into it. Similar to the "dead lights" from the tale "IT" by Steven King.



Now everyone in the apartment is awake. Jarrod and Terry decide to go and investigate what is going on. Terry with a gun. They meet another tenant and his dog out in the hallway and they tell him to go into back into his apartment. The go out on the roof and get locked up there because Jarrod didn't know to block the door. Then they see flying machines of all kinds. Mother ships and then helicopter look a like monsters. All made out of sinewy metal with little lights all intertwined. Then they look on the ground and there is another monster that look something like a dinosaur but not quite. There are all manner of beings all made out of the same meta sinews and with the green lights. The big monster comes after them crawling up the building. They run to escape only to fine the roof's exit locked. Luckily Terry brought a gun so they shoot their way in.



The run down the staircase and catch the elderly tenant out in the hallway with his dog and and they all run into his apartment. The hide behind the bar because a flying monster with tentacles is trying to find them. Finally the elderly man's dog runs out and he goes after it and of course the monster gets them. Jarrod and Terry run back to the safety of Terry's apartment.



Then the get their women and decide to make a break for it with their cars in the underground parking lot. They meet another couple trying do to the same thing. Jarrod and and the girl he cheated with go first and gun the engine thinking they are going to get away. Then the big monster has tentacles come out of his paws and sucks them all up into his arm.



Well to get that monster to leave them alone the building manager crashes an SUV into the monster. They all get up to leave and then the other couple succumbs to the monster. Now all that is left is Jarrod, Elaine, Terry's girlfriend and the building manager.



They hole-up in Terry's apartment for a couple of days and then try all manner of escapes. Which do not work. Then the military comes in with all manner of planes and had a fantastic dog-fight. The monsters almost have them beat but a lone stealth fighter lets go a rocket before being destroyed. Come to find out that rocket is nuclear. It destroys the flying machine it hits. But then the other various monsters get mad, and the fighting becomes more intense. Military helicopters land on the top of building and leave some commandos to fight the monsters.



Now Jarrod and Elaine go to the rooftop to try to escape. But the big monster comes after them. A cat and mouse fight ensues with the commandos destroying the monster. But not before the monster uses his tentacles to bring down the rescue helicopter, causing all kind of damage. Then one of the mother ships settles over Jarrod and Elaine, and they know it is the end. As they are being sucked into the ship the kiss mid-air all the way into the ship.

The last paragraph was unfortunately eaten by my cyberdog, so we'll all just have to see the movie to see what happens!!  Thanks again Rhonda!