Beyond

2014 "Survival is a Choice."
4| 1h29m| en
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A suspenseful sci-fi journey tracking the turbulent relationship of Cole and Maya as they struggle to survive in a world where the human population has been left decimated after an extra-terrestrial attack.

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Also starring Sid Phoenix

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ShangLuda Admirable film.
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Kosh550 This movie is intensely a relationship drama. The marketing of this film was done so egregiously that if you were prepared for a fascinating look into a post alien invasion world and how to stay in a relationship...you would be sorely upset.The truth is that the entire "invasion" is used as a metaphor to help explain the emotions coursing through the protagonist. I'm saddened at the attempt to use Sci-Fi as a ploy to gain attention.The most glaring and obnoxious choice by the creative team is using a T-shirt which appears to have the design of the floating space craft from District 9.But I digress, aside from the blatant attempt to mislead the viewer and the glaring lack of actual science fiction in the film...the acting was superb.If you are able to make it to about the midway mark of the movie then you'll understand. However if you have refused to watch and only wish to move to other more complete films...keep reading. Spoilers ahead:During the course of the flashbacks there is an interaction between the protagonist and the man he saved. This conversation is very revealing and if you remember the first line of the movie and you have some knowledge about Norway then you can begin to piece together the clues left behind at a very alarming rate. It was around here that the movie fell completely apart for me. I realized that the interactions and flashbacks were the main story and everything else was the protagonists imagination. Another clue that was revealed quite early on, how he wanted to keep her in one place and never let her go anywhere with him. Had this been a purely psychological thriller...which it should have been advertised as...I would expand on the many different ways that one concept could be explained or defined by his mind. But we've not time for that. In the end he is shot by the man he's saved. And his flash backs are his minds way of trying to understand and cope with the stress and shock of the situation our protagonist had been placed in. And yes, while in the parking garage the man is dying, we see him in the hospital bed with a strong pulse and his eyes moving in REM sleep.The acting saved this movie and I believe that the writer may have intended for a completely different ending. But we may never know for sure.While I recommend this movie for its acting. I do not recommend this movie for the utter lies and disappointment regarding what was supposedly a Sci-Fi invasion romp. There are many pieces of sci-fi in this film that in no way math with the end result. Again why I said that I believe the writer had a much different vision than say the producers.
peterson-b-1 If you liked the movie Another Earth you might like this one. Like the summary states this is more about the couple's relationship and not the aliens or science fiction. We never found out if the aliens actually killed anyone or if it was just the breakdown of society. The acting was good, but there quite a bit of back and forth from the past to the present time. As the movie approached the end it became unclear to me what was reality and what was just a blurred memory of the main character. I was disappointed that we never got to see the aliens, where the other people went, and if the crazy doctor really hurt the wife or not. We watched the movie on Netflix it was only given a one star rating. Below is my rating. Acting: 4.5/5 Plot: 3/5 Cinematography: 4/5
imrational I usually have a soft spot for low budget movies. This movie was well photographed, but whoever did the editing did a horrible job. Scratch that, I sincerely doubt that this movie was edited.The movie just drags and drags. At least half the movie should have been cut to make it flow better. Instead, the viewer has to suffer thru countless little melancholy songs while the main character does such interesting things like sitting on a sofa and watching television or standing in the woods and gazing sadly out at the horizon.Whoever was able to watch this movie thru to the end without fast forwarding or picking up the crossword puzzle in the table on front of them... your Ritalin dose is too high.I gave this 2 stars instead of 1 because the camera work is better than most B-Budget films and the acting was fairly decent (even if the script was faulty).The movie description says it is a suspenseful science fiction flick. SPOILERS FOLLOWIt is science fiction in name only. We see a far off spaceship hovering over the horizon in a couple of shots. Nothing more. I honestly hated the main characters. We see them awkwardly flirt at the beginning before driving us nuts with bickering later on. The ending (MAJOR SPOILER): Leaves us hanging without explanation. Yes, some films are better when they make the audience figure out the meaning of the ending for themselves. This isn't one of them.It appears to be a flashback, where the main character is shot trying to find his wife and soon to be born child at the hospital before an asteroid wipes everyone out. We see him die? but then he is in a hospital bed with his wife present. The way it is shot makes us wonder,did he die? Was the future apocalypse just a delusion? Do you even really care? It would have been a better movie if they axed the "science fiction"part, and did a sad little movie about the couple's relationship history.
ikeybabe I really liked this film. It goes deeper than your basic sci-fi surviving the apocalypse type of tale. This is really a movie about relationships and how they can go wrong. There were some really sweet moments - such as the proposal. And then there's the conflict - bickering and the usual things that go awry when couple's disagree and life throws you a curve. I liked the premise and while the ending may not have been super unique, it was compelling and wrapped up everything in a neat little complete circle. And, overall, it was hopeful. And that's something many alien-invasion films do not have. It wasn't the best thing out there, but the acting was solid and the script had interest and intrigue and a bit of a surprise ending. The couple did a great job playing off of one another. So, while some may feel deceived by the title and cover art, it's part of the ploy that is the twist in the script. Again, overall, nicely done!