SkyFire is a 2019 film that was kinda up in the air like the volcano used in the actual film. I've been burned by Chinese films like Skyfire before and I wasn't looking forward to that experience again. Still, I gulped down my pride to give this film a shot. Skyfire stars Chinese Australian actress Hannah Quinlivan(wife of Pop Superstar Jay Chou), Shawn Dou, Lesie Ma, Jason Isaac, and, Wang Xueqi. Mandarin and English is spoken in the film which made me even more reluctant to watch it.
A hotel resort is built on the base of a Volcano. Little do the tourists know but the thing is about to explode, leaving everyone and rescue squad no time to get away..... Nature will put humanity to the test.
What I will say is that Skyfire isn't as bad as the countless reviews might lead you to believe. Sure, this film won't make you think that an award will be thrown the productions teams way. However, the film entertains enough to keep you watching the full duration. What makes Skyfire fall flatter than a pancake is the fact that the volcano itself is more interesting than the characters or even the storyline. The only character that gets any kind of true background story was the lead female character and the only went into her background to give her a sob story. We can even say to glorify the fact that she's biracial: Which has nothing to do with the overall plot. English is only really spoken in certain spots throughout the film. What should have been discussed was how Skyfire overlooked the fact that an old white man was so over confident that he actually thought is was a fantastic idea to build a resort hotel on a Volcano. He put all those people in danger. Then the film scripts tries to give him a "white savor" complex just to smooth things over. His character never took the blame for his decisions Nor did his Chinese wife hold him accountable.. I did enjoy seeing the people get knocked off one by one for being stupid enough to go up there. Watching flying bodies being thrown by steam- sometimes a lava rock didn't get old to me. In fact, these scenes made up for the super slow beginning. Skyfire is another film to take at face value. Kinda of like Jay Chou's horrible singing...... OK OK OK! I'm a Jay fan! I just wasn't feeling his vocals for that ending theme song. I've heard him give better vocal performances.
SkyFire tries to force life into deadpan characters who just aren't interesting enough for viewers to care about. The lava could have killed the whole cast and I would have accepted that as a satisfactory ending. Those two love birds trying to get engaged underwater inside the Volcano made me feel nothing at all. Who does that tacky shit thinking it's romantic?? Especially when you almost get killed in the process.
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