This unexpected and largely unwanted sidequel/sequel has two immediate selling points in the casting of excellent action stars Frank Grillo and Iko Uwais, which instantly invests this film with a level of talent lacked by the first film. It is a game of two halves, as the first part takes an alternative story set during the first film in America, and then picks up from that movie's jaw-droppingly dopey ending and moves the action to Asia for a big final man vs. aliens battle. The story is - if possible - even dafter but has more content and is more engaging, a Grillo/Uwais smackdown has to be worth the price of admission, and the variable effects are again mostly ambitious, but ultimately this is more 'beyond silly' than 'beyond skyline'.
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