Hydraulx

Hydraulx (also known as hy*drau"lx and HYDRAULX, a pun on the word Hydraulics) is an effects studio formed by The Brothers Strouse (Collin and Greg Strouse; the directors of Skyline and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem) in 2002.

Aside from movies, they have also done effects for music videos by Linkin Park, Disturbed, Usher, Aerosmith, Will Smith, Tool, Godsmack and Snoop Dogg among others.

Their homepage is here.

Aside from Skyline, Hydraulx has worked on:

 * Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines
 * The Day After Tomorrow
 * Fantastic Four
 * Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
 * Constantine
 * Three Hundred
 * Aeon Flux (movie adaptation)
 * X-Men: The Last Stand
 * X-Men Origins: Wolverine
 * X-Men: First Class
 * Jumper
 * Wanted
 * Bedtime Stories
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Fast & Furious
 * Australia
 * Criminal Minds
 * Avatar
 * Two Thousand Twelve
 * Iron Man 2
 * Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
 * The Book of Eli
 * Marmaduke
 * Battle Los Angeles

Tropes associated with Hydraulx:

 * Animation Bump
 * Dueling Movies: Skyline with Battle: Los Angeles. Despite the former being released before the latter.
 * Off Model