BEYOND SKYLINE (2017)
Director: Liam O’Donnell
Notable Cast: Frank Grillo,
Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Callan Mulvey, Jonny Weston, Yayan Ruhian, Pamelyn
Chee, Betty Gabriel, Antonio Fargas, Jacob Vargas
Most critics and fans found the first Skyline to be a mixed effort, if not straight out disappointing. When
the sequel was announced, it was then somewhat surprising. Skyline wasn’t even a box office hit overall either, so why make a
sequel? Outside of the cliffhanger ending of the first one, it was hard for me
to justify this film’s existence even when I saw the robust action cast in it.
That is, until I saw it. Specifically, Beyond
Skyline improves on the one thing that the first one had trouble embracing –
it’s B-movie foundation. Instead of trying so hard to be a tense and intimate
science fiction horror film, Beyond
Skyline shoots for the stars and just leaps into being a full on
entertaining vehicle for broad stroke characters and outlandish plotting.