Review of Shadow in the Cloud (2020) by Moviebuff88 — 04 Jan 2021
I'm giving it a 10 to even out the 0 scores it's getting for being too "woke". I'd give this movie about a 7 normally. I had a total blast with this one. Part creature feature, part WW2 fighter pilot movie, all pulp and mystery.
The first half of the movie is a claustrophobic mystery, as the story begins to unfold and twists are laid out. The second half is a pulse-pounding, over-the-top action movie. The final third was just the cherry on top, with an ending that for me, elevated it to something a bit more than your typical pulp.
It's so hard not to spoil it, but it's very apparent it was written and directed by a woman in the best way possible and I even felt empowered. I'm going to definitely be buying this when it comes out on Blu-Ray, but I wouldn't rent it for the $20 bucks.
One thing I love about this movie, even though it's pulp, it takes itself seriously and actually works on being a good movie and not just trying to be so bad it's good. Reminded me a bit of Overlord, though that movie was a bit better.
Chloe Grace Moretz was so awesome in this one, I'm hoping this won't be the last adventure she takes this character on. This film was originally going to be written and directed by Max Landis, he has a writing credit, but his script was very short and changed drastically to what we got on screen.
Good riddance to him, I'm glad we got some new talent on the screen.
This review of Shadow in the Cloud (2020) was written by Moviebuff88 on 04 January 2021.
Shadow in the Cloud has generally received mixed reviews.
Was this review helpful?
