Film: Skywalkers: A Love Story
Cast: Angela Nikolau, Ivan Beerkus
Director: Jeff Zimbalist, Maria Bukhonina
Rating: 3/5
Runtime: 100 min

This adrenaline-generating documentary is about ‘Rooftopping’ - a fairly new practice of scaling skyscrapers and showcasing it to the world at large through Instagram or social media feeds. Apparently, this adventure sport of sorts emerged from Russia with several youngsters putting their lives at risk trying to scale mammoth perpendicular towers in search of a high and maybe some glory. They are the adrenaline junkies of Gen Next but they want to be known as artists who have created their own sub-genre as they go along on adventures criss-crossing countries around the world.

The film opens with a warning “This film contains extremely dangerous and illegal activity. Do not attempt to imitate.” The directors then take us directly to the well-travelled daring couple who are now attempting to climb the 118-story megatall skyscraper, Merdeka 118, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. To top that they are also  attempting a bold acrobatic stunt on the spire. Can they do it and salvage both their career and relationship?