Beyond the Sky

When Chris Norton (Ryan Carnes) was a boy, he witnessed an argument of his parents. His mother leaves the house, there is a power surge and she vanishes. His father Peter Norton (Peter Stormare) claims that she has been abducted by aliens. On the present days, Chris is a filmmaker that wants to expose the hoax about alien abduction that destroyed his family. He travels with his crew to New Mexico to interview people that claim that had been abducted by alien that participate in an alien exposition promoted by Bill Johnson (Don Stark). Chris and his camera Brent (Claude Duhamel) meet Emily Reed (Jordan Hinson), who claims that was abducted when she was seven and fourteen years old. She will be twenty-one on three days and Chris decides to stay with her. They fall in love with each other while strange things happen to Chris and Brent. What is the truth about alien abduction?

"Beyond the Sky" is an entertaining sci-fi-mystery film about alien abduction. The screenplay is well-written and the film is developed in adequate pace. Unfortunately the camera work is very poor and the hair of Jordan Hinson is awful. My vote is seven.

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Small budget on this one, and it shows. You would wish it was only that. But the script is very, very poor. It's not absolutely incoherent, but you feel the writers tried to put more into it than there were means to get it done. The acting is not so bad. But you time and time again, during the duration, feel that this or that is ridiculous, and you never fully get caught up in the plot.

Of all the (countless) movies on the topic, you have very ample choice to find another much better.

The overall storyline is ok, with just enough suspense and unexpected twists. The best actor performance comes from the supporting cast, Claude Duhamel and Peter Stormare. Some sequences are lacking in directing artistry. For me there is also too much use of hand-held camera (found footage technique).

Interesting movie. A much more realistic approach to the debate between the truth and skepticism about alien abductions, in my opinion.

I liked it a lot. It is very unpredictable and that is why it is so interesting.