Review of Beyond

Beyond (III) (2014)
5/10
Mildly entertaining, concept film, with horrendous ending.
20 March 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I would've given this more stars, it was mildly entertaining up to a point, its clearly more of low budget conceptually film, about the human reaction to crises.

Up to the last few minutes that is, then it turns into some sort of dementia ridden affair. Did he get shot, was he hallucinating, was there any journey at all? Maybe the comet just hit the earth and this is the imagination of a drug ridden patients last thought. There was no pondering at that point, I've seen worst Hollywood endings (master and commander comes to mind) but this will strike me as a top 5 contender for that award.

Clearly I have no idea, of course, the thought being to make it provocative I guess, I found it annoying, unnecessary and made what was up to that point a fine indie effort, into a spiraling mess.

The best I will say, is its still worth seeing as its on netflix to stream at the moment.

The one star reviews are harsh, it was a more subtle film, but overall better then that review, as is the ten stars, this is no where near a top end film, due to the ending itself.

Writers who cannot make a resolution, have no business making a script.I feel its a too easily taken cop out these days on this level of filming.
18 out of 21 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed