Beyond Skyline Trailer

The Beyond Skyline trailer is, to the surprise of many, impressive, especially considering the film’s presumably low budget. (The theatrically-released first film was made on a $10 million budget.)

It opens introducing Frank Grillo’s character, a rough, austere police detective named Mark, a recent widower who’s struggling as a single father to adult son Trent (Jonny Weston). However, an alien invasion puts his professional and familial blues on hold, especially after his son become one of the abductees, forcing him to assert his alpha inclinations to conjure up a makeshift resistance. Of course, that’s easier said than done, since the extraterrestrial asshats are sucking up citizens into their ships with what only can be described as a vacuum. Mark’s insurgency appears to evolve into a globe-trotting trial, with some of the battle scenes seemingly taking place in the jungles of Asia and holding out in a series of tunnels. However, Mark is armed with a badass demeanor and a rocket launcher, so, this invasion effort will likely run into some explosive snags.

Beyond Skyline Cast

For Frank Grillo, who’s usually designated as a villain or supporting player, Beyond Skyline marks a potentially important starring effort. While he’s best known in the States for his run on the recently-concluded Audience/DirecTV MMA-centric series Kingdom, his recurring villain role as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, as well as roles in Gangster Squad, Zero Dark Thirty, and The Grey, he’s riding high atop the box office in China as the co-star of action sequel Wolf Warriors II, which just came off a dominant third week at #1, grossing a total of $683 million (as of August 13).

Joining Frank Grillo and Jonny Weston in the Beyond Skyline cast are Bojana Novakovic, Callan Mulvey, Iko Uwais, Betty Gabriel, Valentine Payen and Kevin O’Donnell (the director’s older brother).

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Beyond Skyline Crew