Who payed the critics

Such a frustrating disappointment

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

SPOILERS IF POSSIBLEThis is another kids save the world film. There is a Skyark where all humans reside In what amounts to shaky plot points. Some were sent back to earth which we destroyed, but apparently not fully. There are monsters or human mutants there. They are cannibals who feed off of exiled children of the rebels. We discover that Skyark is some sort of prison for all of mankind, apparently some kind of metaphor for government control/regulations. They also manufacture the monsters and put them on earth so people will want to remain in Skyark whose orbit is either in space or it hovers low in the sky, depending on the camera angle. Apparently another metaphor for government creating situations that would make the people want more government.The film was low budget and the child acting was far from good. The lines were as confusing and ill delivered as was the plot. It appears as if they made a film from a video game where plot details are meaningless with killing obstacles and achieving a goal is the whole point.Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity. Violence with minimum blood. Go watch "Maze Runner" or "The Giver" or something with Tom Cruise instead.

As a movie overall, I'd probably give it 5 out of 10. But I give it an extra point because what they did with what they had. It's clearly a low budget movie. Which actually had some good CGI effects/scenes. And they relied on some practical effects instead. As one that thinks Hollywood movies now a days are to much CGI and not enough story/acting. I found this a bit refreshing.It reminded me a bit of the TV show "The 100" with some "Lord of the Flies" and a dash of monsters thrown in. When you watch it, you will probably feel like you heard this story before.Now considering the Director and one of the writers, Simon Hung, has a Masters degree in Film making. I did wonder on why the writing was so cliché and predictable. Not sure if this was done on purpose or that I have seen way to many movies.The writer, director and actors are all pretty much new to making a full length movie. (a few did a couple of TV episodes and shorts). I think they all did a respectful job. But the acting was stiff in parts and overdone in others. But I wasn't expecting Oscar moments from kids in their first movie. Especially when they had no adult actors to play off of.Overall it's a pretty good attempt at making major movie. But the predictable writing, so-so acting and clearly low budget, hold the movie back. Could easily be a made for SyFy Channel movie. I look forward to seeing Simon's next attempt. As a side note, I don't know where this was filmed. But as a kid (ok, also as an adult), I would of loved to play in that scrap yard. Great location choice.

If this movie can have a title that has nothing to do with the plot, this review can do the same. The movie has absolutely nothing to do with any sort of Battle for Skyark. Instead, it's about a bunch of ragtag kids trying to survive on earth that have been kicked out of Skyark.People aged between 12-15 can probably add another 4 stars to this review, but otherwise this is pretty danged bad. I mean, I couldn't do better, and there's some cool costuming... but the script, plot, monsters and most of the acting all bring this 88 minute flick crashing down to the ground. The movie had a couple of nice moments, Taylor Coliee & Garrett Coffey performed reasonably well under the weight of a pretty poor script, and the clichés were copious but fun. But it was let down by an almost nonsensical plot, no 'battle' for Skyark to be found and hammy script. On the plus side for younger viewers, there's no blood/gore so this should be good for families with older kids (there are some scares) and there's plenty of PG action, thrills and romance to be had. Think of the movie more like an exceptionally good high school film and TV assignment and less like a professionally produced movie, and you'll get the right idea.I give this movie 2 out of 10 Broccoli Racing Cars

So I wasn't super excited to see this movie, mainly because it seemed like it would be rather commonplace. What I found though was that, even though the acting wasn't amazing, the story wasn't grade A, over all this was a pretty fun little scifi. It was a lot more entertaining than some of the dull big budget stuff out there today.I could certainly have enjoyed a little more budget, and perhaps a few Special Affects added in, but ultimately it is a pretty good job considering what they were working with.I would actually like to see what the director and writers could do with a bigger budget and more talent. I mean the kids did great, but someone like Depp, or Patrick Strewart