Shadow in the Cloud

r96sk 3/17/2022 2:52:08AM 8.4

This might be one of the most entertaining things I’ve ever seen. Simply stupendously sensational stuff. <em>'Shadow in the Cloud'</em> is bonkers, I had a blast watching it. There were no rejected ideas in the writers room, that’s for certain! I'm glad to see that this hasn't been slaughtered via reviews; at least not to the level I was expecting. It’s utter madness and I’m fully here for it, the amount of craziness they fit into less than 80 or so minutes is nuts; the special effects - aside from the iffy end fight, granted - is neat for a production of this standing. Chloë Grace Moretz legit gives a great performance, easily her best that I’ve currently seen. The rest of the cast fit their roles well, with the radio comms made great use of for large portions for the cast behind Moretz. I thought it’d get boring being so talky at the beginning, but it never did. Immense rewatchability to this, I’ll no doubt be revisiting it. It makes absolutely zero sense, like whatsoever, but it might be the best 'switch off your brain' flick out there. No joke. It's unashamedly stupid and I kinda love it; you definitely can't deny its originality either!

Kamurai 6/23/2021 3:58:57PM 8.4

Great watch, would watch again, and do recommend. Sometimes it is a really great thing to go into a movie with extremely low expectations, and I certainly went into this thinking it's going to be boring. That's its a WW2 courier movie, but it really is so much more. It honestly feels like this is a collection of stories that are all stitched together in a fantastic way. It's modular storytelling, and while it's a trend I've been noticing in the beginning of the 2020's this goes above and beyond. It's almost a 5-act movie, but each act is it's own 3-chapter act. They nailed the writing in this so that it is both powerful and captivating. It's not just a WW2 story (though that's the setting), it's not just a woman's story, it's not just a hero vs evil story, it's not just a captive / isolation story, it's not just a combat story: it's really all of these and more with some great cinematography to enhance it all the way though. This is definitely worth the watch, and don't let any aspect of "I heard it was an x movie" stop you. There is something for everyone here, and it's all good.

Sierbahnn 6/16/2026 6:42:01PM 8.4

There's something on the wing! As a long-standing fan of the Twilight Zone, it is always refreshing to see a movie-take on one of classic stories. We have of course had The Truman show, The Box and the Sound of Thunder, but this one takes on Nightmare at 20,000 Feet from 1963, which has had its own remakes in the different series, starring different people, but to expand the narrative and make it into a movie is fun. To then lock the main protagonist in a box for an hour and only have the other actors participate over radio must have saved a LOT of production time and money, and works great thematically, giving that claustrophobic feel. The badguy is great, not over-the-top but just the right kind of menacing, and the secondary antagonists are incredibly violent, which is what life in a plane over the Pacific during this time was like. Overall - this is a solid movie, well worth a watch, and especially if you are a war-buff or Twilight-Zone aficionado.