Review of Shadow in the Cloud (2020) by Umaumai — 17 Feb 2021
This was very entertaining, but the movie and plot hinged on the fact that Chloe Grace Moretz can really sell what she’s given to work with. If you're not at all invested in her character then this will not be a fun film for you to watch.
The film has a ton of atmosphere and is really quite good, until it jumps the shark with a questionable back story that set everything into motion. Then came the jarring action movie antics that moved this into the “so bad it’s good” territory.
The plot devices and twists don’t make any sense. What started out as good and well paced dialogue became every character being very ham fisted with shoving current gender roll politics into every shot.
The lines of dialogue at the climax and resolution of the movie made the person watching this with me say “this is why you need a studio to step in when your good ideas become a lame student film project with a budget.
” If you like roller coaster rides and can easily suspend your disbelief then this could be something you’d get a kick out of. Otherwise steer clear.
This review of Shadow in the Cloud (2020) was written by Umaumai on 17 February 2021.
Shadow in the Cloud has generally received mixed reviews.
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