Beyond Skyline (2017)

A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.

Director:

Liam O'Donnell

Writer:

Liam O'Donnell

Stars:

Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic, Jonny Weston

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frank Grillo	...	Mark
Bojana Novakovic	...	Audrey
Jonny Weston	...	Trent
Callan Mulvey	...	Harper
Antonio Fargas	...	Sarge
Pamelyn Chee	...	Kanya
Yayan Ruhian	...	The Chief
Jacob Vargas	...	Garcia
Iko Uwais	...	Sua
Lindsey Morgan	...	Cpt. Rose
Samantha Jean	...	Elaine
Betty Gabriel	...	Jones
Noel Gugliemi	...	Justin
Kevin O'Donnell	...	Patrick
Zarah Mahler	...	Vilma

Storyline

Mark Corley is a Los Angeles police detective who visits his estranged teenage son, Trent, having landed in jail due to brawling just as an alien invasion begins and the entire population of the city is sucked into various spaceships by the blue light. Mark leads a group of surviving humans through the underground subway tunnels to try to escape from the various aliens. (Wikipedia)

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Plot Keywords:

alien | survival | spaceship | rescue | abduction | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of bloody sci-fi violence, and language throughout.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK China Canada Indonesia Singapore USA

Language:

English Indonesian

Release Date:

15 December 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beyond the Skyline

Filming Locations:

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$376,207, 15 December 2017

Gross USA:

$992,181, 22 December 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beyond The Mothership, Infinite Frameworks Pte. Ltd., m45 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Takes place in the same time line as "Skyline" (2010), in fact some scenes from the first film are in this film, but from different perspectives.

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Goofs

The previous Skyline film is set from the start of the alien invasion on the early morning pre-dawn hours to the nuclear destruction of Los Angeles one day and night later. However, this film shows the nuclear destruction of Los Angeles on the very first morning, several hours after the alien invasion begins rather then over 24 hours later on the second day of the invasion.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Rose Corley: [voice-over] When it all falls apart, you can surrender on sight. You can run for the exits or you can fight back... to your last breath. Until there's nothing left.

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Crazy Credits

There's a blooper reel during the credits.

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Connections

References Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

User Reviews

Surprisingly entertaining, again

I liked Skyline (2010). It had a lot of action, interesting style (blue/red light, which I interpreted as something the characters don't actually see), and despite not being particularly smart like Arrival (2016) it was engaging until the ending I found very satisfying. I'm honestly surprised about most reviewers who seem to have expected a different genre altogether and were disappointed the characters aren't as deep as they think they are ;)

Beyond Skyline is simply more of the same, and I mean it. After it neatly blends with the original, it escalates the action, offers more of the same style (might be a tad too much, though), still not very intelligent yet avoids being unforgivably silly, and even delivers an ending I couldn't be happier about. It tries to avoid the mistakes of the first movie, like characterisation or dialogue, but it's debatable whether it worked. Definitely supplements the original and makes the series better than the sum of its parts.

In short, it's a lot like Independence Day (1996), much better than the sequel (2016) and provides a nice alternative to it.