Shadow in the cloud

When I heard about this film, it immediately made me excited and intrigued. I love creature features and this sounded just the film for me. I was down for some dumb fun and as a result, I certainly got the dumb part.

Starting with the positives, when we get them, the creature scenes are good to watch and I like how they are designed. This film is only an hour and 23 minutes so its very short and doesn't outstay it's welcome and Chloe Grace Moretz is fantastic as well. She could have chosen a better film but I really like her as an actress and hopefully it won't be too long before we see her next project.

Yeah I wasn't going to be too long on the positives because I had a lot of problems with this film so we need to move onto the bad and the big problem with this film is its a complete mess and doesn't know what it wants to be. It tries to be a social commentary film, a war film and a creature feature and those three genres do not mix well at all. It wouldn't surprise me if there was some studio interference either because the creature feature scenes felt like reshoots on an already complete story.

Another really bad thing about this film is the characters. They are terrible, one dimensional, extremely forgettable and unlikable. Even with chloe Grace Moretz's character, she starts off ok but something happens at the end of the film that's makes you question her entire character development.

But the one thing that bugged me the most is the social commentary in this film. Now this film tackles sexism and I understand it's a relatable topic but I've always felt the best way to approach it is subtlety. Don't make it so obvious. Take a film like The Assistant. A film that explores sexism extremely realistic and in a captivating way. Tell the story visually.

This film spend the first 20-30 minutes with the characters making cruel and misogynistic comments towards this one girl and the more you hear it, the more it feels like the film is forcing it in your face like you're stupid or incompetent. This film tackles the subject all wrong and that is its biggest sin.

Also there are some big plot twists in the film that feel like ideas are being thrown at you but when you think about them, they make no logical sense at all.

Overall this is a terrible film and easily the worst film of the year so far for me with very few redeemable qualities. I cannot recommend it and it's a disappointing experience for creature feature fans.

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