![]() ![]() The film culminates in the sort of landmark-based giant alien pugilism that Ray Harryhausen would have been proud of. Grillo does well to remain stoic in the face of such overwhelming nonsense, particularly considering a good 50 per cent of the film has been added in post-production and The Raid stars Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian – in their first English-language roles – use their silat knife-fighting skills brilliantly against hoards of imaginary monsters. And, thank god for that, because the film is all the better for it. There’s a brilliant bit when one of the aliens does a roundhouse kick, and it’s at this stage of the film when you realise that Liam O’Donnell might not be taking any of this very seriously at all. ![]() And all of this happens within the first act. Mark and his makeshift group of resistance fighters are captured and orchestrate a rebellion from within the spaceship, causing it to crash land in Indonesia, where we meet up with a brother and sister guerrilla team (Iko Uwais and Pamelyn Chee) who trade guns for knives and go toe-to-toe with the aliens in martial arts battles. ![]() We are introduced to drunk single dad Mark (Frank Grillo) and his wayward son Trent, who are both a lost cause in need of a quest, when a spaceship arrives and obliterates Los Angeles, unleashing giant aliens firing blue light, abducting people and sucking out their brains. It is relentless and nutty and always entertaining. The siblings take producer credits for the follow-up, and the first film’s writer, Liam O’Donnell, steps in to write and direct the sequel. It will premiere first at the Sitges Film Festival this October.Utterly bonkers sequel to 2010’s Skyline, an alien invasion movie from visual effects masters The Brothers Strause. The film has a few international release dates, but still doesn't have any official US release announced yet. Hydraulx is no longer involved with this sequel, but it is produced by Colin Strause and Greg Strause, co-directors of the original Skyline. The screenplay is also written by Liam O'Donnell. Beyond Skyline is directed by new American filmmaker Liam O'Donnell, a producer/screenwriter (who co-wrote the original Skyline) and visual effects consultant for Hydraulx, now making his feature directorial debut. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Liam O'Donnell's Beyond Skyline, direct from YouTube:Ī tough-as-nails local detective (Frank Grillo) embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship. No matter how much they tried to improve this, it still seems like a huge disaster. This looks kind of cool, I really dig the alien designs, but I have a feeling it's going to be terrible. Frank Grillo stars, along with a cast including Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Callan Mulvey, Valentine Payen, Betty Gabriel, Jack Chausse, and Kevin O'Donnell. Instead, Liam O'Donnell has directed Beyond Skyline telling the story of a detective who goes into one of the alien spaceships to rescue his son. Anyone else remember that one? Why the directors of the original film have moved on, they did produce this, though their company Hydraulx is no longer involved. "Do exactly as I say." An international trailer has debuted for the sci-fi spin-off sequel Beyond Skyline, which is indeed related to the odd sci-fi disaster Skyline from a few years back. ![]()
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