"I'll keep it in mind."
This weak franchise inexplicably gets a third, Anglo-centric outing that is possibly the most cohesive of the three films but is still intrinsically daft. Throwing everything into the mix from District 9 to Starship Troopers to Aliens and many more, it actually does a good job of tying into and expanding the established mythology, and the large-scale effects - a signature of the series - are mostly effective and good-looking. As one of the characters points out, this film is basically a heist movie with heavy sci-fi trappings as our mismatched troop have to steal a MacGuffin (here, an energy core) from the aliens' homeworld in order to save Earth. The Earth-bound B-plot is utterly dispensible, but the main story is presented with a sense of commitment and earnestness that makes Skylines a surprisingly reasonable cheap sci-fi actioner.
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