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Skyline

2010 · 93 min

A tense, effects-driven alien siege that traps you in a high-rise with panicked survivors, delivering spectacle and dread but little depth.

Directed by: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Genres: Science fiction, Action, Thriller
Starring: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas

Tagline: Don't look up.
Overview: When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.

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Directed by: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Genres: Science fiction, Action, Thriller
Starring: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
family
betrayal
death
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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