Following the original Soul Flyers comes its sequel – the imaginatively titled Soul Flyers II, where French wingsuit guru and all-round cool dude Loïc Jean Albert and chums hop off on another world tour of aerial antics including wingsuit flying, base jumping and swooping down various mountains.

Soulflyers II

Reviewer: Chris Hollis
Runs for: 1 hour
Cost: 20 Euros or $25
Content: 8/10
VFM: 7/10
From: Fly Your Body
Nutshell Review: French wingsuit/base team world tour continues!

If you’ve seen the original you can expect much the same. Soul Flyers II doesn’t set out to be the ultimate demonstration of any one discipline, it’s just a video diary of what you can do if you have time, talent and money! Loïc is the guy that flew his wingsuit down that ski slope in Verbier for the original – this time, he’s swooping scarily close to Mont Blanc, zooming by Mount Fuji in Japan, getting a close view of the Matterhorn and thoroughly scaring some wildlife off a cliff in Norway.

The wingsuit flights close to terrain are the most visually stunning aspect of this movie. The backdrops alone make it difficult not be impressed. Equally jaw-dropping are some of the ski-slope canopy flights where our crazy French dudes zig-zag with some skiers. Bond movie stuff. Formidable! I was entertained by this movie and, for anyone that just wants a bit of background eye candy, this is perfect. If you fly a wingsuit yourself, you’ll be inspired by how laid back the guys are – listening to the in-air radio commentary during one base jump the guy is extraordinarily chilled considering the proximity of the rock face!

If you can’t understand French, I hope your eyesight is good as the subtitles are rapid and small! Other movies can and do show everything that the Soul Flyers do, but not one of those manages to capture the whole French philosophical outlook these guys bring to our sport.

Crazy beautiful Frenchmen having adventures others only dream of