Beyond Skyline (2017)

So bad it's good. This normally would have been a terrible movie, but they just kept changing things up in interesting ways that made me like it. Bad movies would have just stuck to the tried and true formula. Here, we end up in Lao. Just because. We have a final kung-fu sequence kicking alien ass. Just because. So bad, it's good.

This film should include a sub classification under : comedy. Alien flicks always intrigue me and it might be a low budget or high budget film, that doesn't bother me and my co-critique husband the least. What we found extremely hilarious were the fight scenes between the locals and the aliens close towards the climactic end. Never had we imagined that these blue-eyed Aliens have sought some martial arts lessons with Tong Po ( van Damme's master in the original 80s Kickboxer film) If you want to have a good laugh, do watch lightheartedly , it's all in the spirit of fun.

Beyond Skyline is the unneeded sequel to the 2010 flop movie Skyline. Although I love science fiction I wasn't much of a fan of Skyline. So why did I choose to watch the sequel? I like the main actor Frank Grillo who stared in The Purge: Anarchy. The second aspect is the fact that the second half of thBeyond Skylinee movie took place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia at Prambanan Temple. There Are two famous Indonesian actors staring in this film and I'm actually living in the country part of it was filmed in.The Plot An L.A. detective with a drinking problem (Grillo) gets a call to come down to the police station to get his son out of holding. This is where the action starts at the very beginning. The aliens come blaring in attracting all the humans who look into the blue lights which suck them up into the ship hovering over the city.The detective and son make it into the subway with several passengers and the operator of the subway hiding from the blue lights. Eventually they get sucked up into the ship, fight a bit and crash land in Indonesia where they meet Kanye (Pamelyn Chee) and Sua (Iko Uwais) teaming up to defeat the aliens with some interesting twists along the way.My Thoughts I just couldn't really get into the movie. I thought the fighting was alright but it just seemed to be random. Just as an example. There was this blind character who I though might have some key role since he was in the movie about halfway through but then just ended up dying a useless death.There were a few positives though such as a bit more explanation of why the aliens were on Earth and the fact we got a chance to see inside the alien ships. The location was exotic of course. It's Indonesia!The key to defeating the aliens was also unique as well and very human.Overall I wouldn't recommend watching this unless you know these Indonesian actors or you're a fan of Frank Grillo. There was just no substance to the movie.

The end bloopers made up for the bad writing, the acting was good enough, I just wonder how a subway technician becomes an expert fighter and weapons handler. It had an intriguing premise.