Fighting the Sky (2018) User Reviews

Real aliens, please accept apologies.

[saparonia-42212 · 2/10 · 11 October 2018]

Weak storyline and full of contradiction. Ended up being a mediocre monster movie. Really bad alien costumes. Couldn't watch all of it, thank goodness. There's a wealth of collective experience in the real world that could have been sourced without including 1960's type "death-rays" over cities. Monsters with advanced access to space-travel who stick their tongues out to frighten people then get knocked unconscious from behind. Ye right. 2 stars for nice graphics of space craft.

Not even entertaining

[ksj-00396 · 3/10 · 27 July 2019]

I can live with the bad alien costume, CGI and make-up... after all it is a low budget movie, so that is not whats ruin this movie. The acting was too often very bad, and for short periods ok good considering the, to me, unknown cast. But the worst part was the stupid plot. Aliens visiting earth to abduct people and then travels back in time and release them there for no reason at all. The background music was boring and in some scenes it didn't even fit in. When the characters was supposed to be in danger, the music was so off, that I never had the feeling of the intended danger.

Ho-hum, another aliens vs. teens flick

[tadam-51245 · 2/10 · 8 June 2019]

OK, the target audience is clearly teens, one of which I am definitely not. It's the usual alien-invaders-versus-teens-running-for-their-lives story that's been told a hundred times, so there is zero originality. The writers/director were also clearly stuck for a way to end the movie, because the way it ends comes from so far out of left field you'd think it was from another movie entirely; it make no sense whatsoever in the context of the movie to that point. Short version? Don't bother.

Badly written

[alexg_xtr · 1/10 · 13 October 2018]

Badly written low budget title. Save your time and move along.

Looks good, but is bad

[asucabcp · 1/10 · 5 February 2019]

The cinematographer did a good job. For a low budget the film looks great. However, that is all it has going for. The story is a snorefest. The dialogue is unrealistic and boring (nobody really speak like this). The alein costumes are awful... the tongues popping out every few seconds looks absurd. The acting is rough. PLus, what is that ending? Doesnt even make sense. Skip it.

Avoid.

[permaculture-45885 · 13 October 2018]

Awful plot. Bad acting. Poor CGI and horrible make-up. If you like ugly teenagers running and screaming erratically, this movie is for you. If you like sci-fi, do not waste your time.

Is this a kids movie? Horrible acting, horrible soundtrack, horrible story.

[anthony_french · 1/10 · 11 September 2019]

Unwatchable. The music alone annoyed me to no end. Seems like a corny kids movie. Horrible special effects, horrible "research", horrible "story line". Maybe if I was 9 years old this would be okay at best.

Sucks

[wtlotz-97892 · 1/10 · 8 August 2019]

Time watching this I will never get back. Not sure what was the worst part of this joke. Bad acting? Plot too familiar with other like or similar movies. Dont waste your time.

Don't see this film

[gebara_jean_paul · 2/10 · 12 March 2019]

First of all it's a very low budget film, teens don't know how to act , bad make up ....very bad direction...bad choice for casting ..need to work on it...just move on to an other film...waste of time.. After reading who about the director ..etc...i understood it's just was not a Hollywood film...Armature beginning breakthrough...

I have seen better home movies!

[Bobbers20 · 1/10 · 16 February 2019]

Horrible sound, horrible acting, horrible filming, horrible lighting, the only redeeming quality is that there is not a sequel. Do not waste your time. I would rather watch a colonoscopy than this movie.

Fighting The SIQNS

[superman1 · 3/10 · 31 May 2021]

Click click, chirp. It' s THAT alien again.👽

The SIQNS.music gets annoying as it goes on and on. That high flute. Change it.

A third of the movie is sticking microphones up in the air.

A third is walking aimlessly.

A 90% is talking.

But the UFO materializing and the eyes and tongue of ETLizard in the first appearance only are perfect.

Looks Good and is Good IF You Have the Right Mindset

[tavish_biz · 8/10 · 4 December 2020]

All the people who panned this just didn't get it. It is a complex movie with subtle undertones. Redemption for mankind is the true meaning. The photography was spectacular, the music was sensitive and moving. The special effects were quite good. You must remember this is a low budget independent film. The end does make sense ONLY if you understand its esoteric message. BTW I am 70 years old and I didn't object to unknown kids playing the parts.

Good Effort

[skywatcherbeth · 6/10 · 16 September 2019]

Very good effort for a "B" movie. The scenes & camera views have been well thought out. The actors are actually pretty good. The music is even good. It's not cheesy like other alien/ufo movies I've watched.

Looking for aliens...

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 15 January 2019]

I have night terrors. Every few evenings, I wake Becca up as I start screaming. Usually, the dream that causes this to happen is one where I'm looking at the sky and suddenly see a UFO which begins to follow me. I've had this dream since I was a kid, when Battlestar Galactica ended with that disclaimer about Project Blue Book. I was convinced from them on that I was about to be abducted.

Strange other-worldly sounds are being heard echoing all over the Earth, so a group of researchers, led by expert ufologist Lorraine Gardner (Angela Cole, White Boy Rick), start tracking down the sounds to their point of origin and come face to, well, whatever face an alien grey has.

There are two scenes in here that are going to totally fuel the night terrors I mentioned before. First, a scene where the main characters sit in the grass and stare at the sky as a UFO fades away, hoping that it doesn't come back. And then there's an Emergency Broadcast System alert of an Unidentified Flying Object landing and its inhabitants attacking people. It feels real.

Otherwise, there's a lot of screaming and teenagers in peril, facing off against Adobe After Effects powered spaceships and rubber suited aliens. That's not a bad thing. I had fun with this and if you enjoy abduction or alien tales, you probably will too.

My Review Of "Fighting The Sky"

[ASouthernHorrorFan · 5/10 · 18 February 2019]

"Fighting The Sky" has a standard "It Came From Outer Space", story that plays along similar lines as "Dark Skies". It does manage to string together a pretty neat story from the many ideas ripped from classic scifi tropes. It does lack originality,and at times the pace falls flat when dialog heavy scenes seem clunky and forced.

The acting bounces from hokey and below B level to some truly cool moments that give a level of quality to the film. Notably Cole, stands out as a strong performer. The overall storyline is a good concept and for reasoning Faraj has created a cool little first contact, alien tale. Still, there is plenty wrong, making it a film to either dedicate ones' time to it, or just get stoned and let it happen.

The creature design is a unique choice , and the CGI was well done. At first the aliens made me whence, but stayed with it and it works because not all aliens are the same. Right?! The cinematography is excellent and the cast get their groove at the halfway mark so the story amps up. Overall "Fighting The Sky" won't appeal to everyone, this isn't high level effects mayhem like "The Fifth Wave", but the indie vibe, and recognizable cast make it worth checking out.

WHAT?! WHY?!

[derek-a-charette100 · 1/10 · 16 February 2021]

As the saying goes, ''You've lost the plot!'' to infer someone is insane or extremely ignorant, that saying can be directly applied to this movie in a literal sense... THE PLOT HAS BEEN LOST! Right from the start... a random zombie scene that has literally ZERO purpose being in this movie. To explain how out of place this scene is, imaging going to McDonald's, ordering a Big Mac, then in the bag you find what you ordered - as well as a garage door opener remote, a spool of yarn, and a package of seeds to grow radishes. I've never seen so many hot females in a movie before. I would rather watch a movie that actually has a storyline and intelligence than to watch a bunch of bimbo flakes that can't act. This is just a terrible movie. Don't bother!

nonsense, worse than bad

[jasnuevo · 1/10 · 15 July 2023]

Storyline makes no sense, acting is pretty bad... not even a B series movie. I wonder if it is the first movie of some unknown director and cast with almost no budget.

On the other hand I believe its rating should be reviewed because it is very suspicious that among a lot of bad ratings you find quite a few with a perfect rating of 10 over 10. I think people taking part in the movie should not be allowed to rate it. Or at least the rating calculation should be able of excluding very disparate and extremely favourable ratings. Weighting algorithm for ratings does not seem to do its intended work in this case.

Not too bad for a 21st Century Sci-fi B Movie

[abnjorgenson · 7/10 · 13 March 2022]

If you enjoyed watching M. Night Shyamalan's movie "Signs," then you possibly might enjoy this class B Sci-if movie. One would think this could be a sequel to the movie "Signs" because the aliens look quit similar. This movie is geared for young teenagers and college age students, of which the movie is mainly focusing on. Sounds from the sky are heard all around the world before alien ships begin uncloaking their invisibility. The young teenagers and college age "geeks" windup in a house in the country as an Aliens ship lands nearby. The suspense is also not bad. The acting isn't the greatest, but how would you expect them act, not knowing how to defend themselves in the limited time that was allotted them. This was really, not bad of a movie.