Just perfect...

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Rarely will you see a movie based on a kidnapping plot devoid of thrills, tension or excitement such as Beyond. The music score again has been transplanted in from another movie. Credit to the well known actors/actress (Voight, Mulrooney and Polo) for making an effort. Their performances contrast sharply with the support cast who are appalling.But Alaska looks good.Clichés abound. Voight plays a veteran cop close to retirement, who is plagued by memories of a case gone wrong in his past from which he keeps photographs in a tin. Then there is the physic angle. Messages from the past helping to solve the cases. Everyone could be a suspect , the family, the cop, the psychic, the babysitter- oh who could it be. Who cares. At one stage Voight stops Polo from touching a hand rail to check it for prints but then lets the world and its dog handle the ransom letter from the kidnapper. When the ransom is to be delivered somehow only Voight manages not to lose the car in pursuit. Good old Jon always gets there ahead of the pack in this movie.Director Rusnak gained some credit for The Thirteenth Floor which bizarrely got name checked with the out of its league The Matrix due to having a virtual world plot line. He went on to direct a couple of Wesley Snipes straight to video turkeys and a lamentable remake of 70's schlocker Its Alive. In other words the directors resume says it all.

With a great cast and a possibly really neat twist on a tapped out genre, I thought BEYOND would be a great watch. Ugh. Everything was good except for the DIRECTION!! Which is everything. The energy of each scene was dis-jointed, and it seemed just silly the way things unfolded. I also have to say there were many SMALL holes in this story. Little things... Like, the babysitter being dressed like a ho, no follow through on certain plot-lines that seemed important to the story. A bit of a mess...Maybe with better editing this could have been better. When the big finale happens, half the ensemble doesn't even react to what should be the culmination of MUCH trial and effort. BAD DIRECTION. Let this director stick with his Wesley Snipes movies.All in all I would say give it a watch. Jon Voight delivers as do all the main actors, with the exception of the young psychic. Totally miscast and unwatchable. Sorry dude.

It's hard to pull off a good supernatural thriller these days. Every possible angle has already been exploited hundreds of times. All you can hope for as a writer or director of this type of film is that your story is compelling and endearing enough to keep the audience's attention for 90 minutes to two hours. Filmmakers have to hope that the one or two "twist" or "surprise" endings they decide to utilize out of the five dozen already used will fit convincingly with the rest of the tale.All that being said, "Beyond" has an uphill battle to fight from the very beginning. Add to the struggle the extremely unoriginal title of the film and you have something most consumers and renters will walk by without even giving a second glance. Although it isn't anything new, the movie does hold its own and delivers a little intrigue and entertainment."Beyond" isn't going to make anyone want to rush out and scoop it up in the stores right away. It's one of those movies you either rent from Redbox or buy while digging through the $5 DVD box at Walmart on a Saturday afternoon. If you're a fan of supernatural / psychological thrillers, this does hold up better than your typical Lifetime made-for- TV movie.

A seven-year-old girl named Amy is kidnapped in the night . The mother named Sarah (Teri Polo) asks for help a radio-man with psychic powers who says to have seen her alive . The police chief (Dermot Mulroney) who is the victim's uncle assigns the case a veteran detective from Anchorage Police Department . The old , semi-retired , Inspector named John Koski (John Voight) teams with the tabloid psychic (Julian Morris) who has weird visions , both of whom to track down the missing child . Just then send a note asking an important rescue .Thrilling film that packs intrigue , strange events and plot twists. Suspense movie whose starring is the beautiful U.S. actress Teri Polo, best known for her wife role to Ben Stiller in the saga that began with 'Meet the Fockers' , however the actual protagonist is John Voight as an almost-retired detective who holds a dark past . Some scenes were predictable , but for the most part , it is a nicely-paced story with some passable intrigue and mystery . This direct to video titled 'Beyond' was filmed on location in Anchorage , Alaska and is the work by German filmmaker Josef Rusnak . He began working as a director in his native country with enough success up to U.S. co-productions filmed in English . Rusnak has developed his career mainly in the genres of suspense and terror as 'It's alive' , but also has his touches of science fiction as 'Level 13' at his best , drama as 'Valerie' , 'Quiet days in Hollywood' and action with two Wesley Snipes vehicles as 'The contractor' and 'Art of war 2' . Rating ¨Beyond¨ : Average , 5 .