Shadows on the Wall (2015) Reviews

• 1950's style Science Fiction

  rickaholland2016-05-15

  "Have a Coke", make some popcorn, relax and suspend disbelief. The unlikely unfolding of events and less-than award-winning acting is part of the fun of this kind of film — very much in the genre of the 1950's science fiction movies. Here are science-y people doing impossible, scientific-like things with technological-looking hardware which results in unforeseeable consequences of cosmic proportions. But, unlike modern "sci-fi" movies that rely heavily on computer-generated worlds, violence and prurience, this little film relies almost completely on plot and characters. That makes for a terrific bit of entertainment in my book. (I put "sci-fi" in quotes as most films of that kind today rely almost entirely on magic with not even the suggestion of anything scientific.)

• Another Primer wannabe.

  trutypesounds2015-10-18

  I'll try to be honest and short here - it's another Primer wannabe movie, great idea and a very mediocre execution with total lack of technical detail thru the movie itself. Also, can anyone here explain me the one thing please - is it a nowadays trend with hysterical characters not capable of logic and proper reactions anymore? I remember the nearly same rant about Prometheus characters acting like hysterical amateurs and the proper crew in original Alien movie. Anyway, as i've previously mentioned the core idea behind the movie is great, and with a proper execution it can be a very nice top notch scifi movie, so don't take my prejudices too serious (because its just another someone's opinion on the internet) and watch that one for yourself.

• Very good core idea, but sadly that's all.

  guiver2015-10-29

  WARNING - SPOILERS !!! These days I am in the mood for Indie Sci-Fi movies, that's how I found "Shadows on the wall". Right from the beginning of the movie it is clear that the director does not have much experience. The camera work is not good, there was a shot with the camera turned 90 degrees without this adding anything to the scene. Several more times it was tilted in different angles, but it didn't bother me very much. Well, this is what you can probably expect from low quality B rated movie. Now let's move to the plot, the characters and the pace of the film. The "Core-idea" is great, I loved it! Spoilers will follow! A machine is created, which can access "information"(pictures in this case") instantly from a great distance, using the background radiation, but the script around this idea is absolutely ridiculous - a boy which is great with electronics and machines, is just building something but he cannot do the maths so a girl helps him and another boy afterwords. And at the end, the machine works! It's like a ten year old builds a particle accelerator with Lego. The director should have consulted with someone with the background of... hum... with someone intelligent... The dialogue... The pain! Half of the film, the main character is whining like a baby, I'm not sure who tells him he has to go to the toilet. He will be the main reason for the people to hate this film. The girl is somewhat decent, but this is not enough. Final verdict: Low quality camera work, mediocre acting, offensively stupid story build around a solid idea. Don't watch it if you are sober!

• Not blockbuster material, but it's a decent old-school sci-fi thriller

  Rabh172016-06-12

  The problem for a lot of us is that the label 'Full Length Sci-Fi Movie' implies the whole panoply of FX and Sets and lots of explosions and zaps. When sometimes, it's just the Idea and the People caught up in it. This movie takes an old school idea from the 50's & 60's: The Obsessed Inventor who discovers Something Incredible. If you remind yourself that the PC originated on a workbench in someone's garage from tinkered circuit boards...then Palmer is a believable character: The super Nerd with a healthy side of Asperger. These people have always been around...we just have a Medical Term for it now. The interplay off his brother Chase and his tutor/helper Mathematician Alice is actually realistic for a couple of College Teens...as opposed to 30+ Actors playing a cool suave rendition of what they think they remembered Teenage-hood to be like. The Machine is extensive and engrossing just in its messy expanse. And NO-- there are no wowzy FX when it turns on....Have you ever watched electronics? When the electricity is on: transistors just...sit there. Heck--Even the Super Collider just Hums when they flip the switch. So I applaud the camera work for trying to add expectant intensity...you know SOMETHING is going to happen as the inventors keep arguing and worrying as they reach further outwards. When the Something Happens...if you're old enough, it should remind you of the old Outer Limits. The Inventor's Machine knocked on a Door...and SOMETHING is Knocking Back. ...And they can't turn it off. The rest of the movie gave me a few well crafted chills as the inventors realized they were in the middle of something incredible, something they no longer controlled...something dangerous. And they didn't know what to do. ...And now they're scared. I am fairly certain that the Director of this movie KNEW and had Watched the old Out-Limits. He studied an old formula that chilled millions and recreated it. My only regret is that the director wasn't able to throw in an Old Outer-limits spook background theme when things started opening up for some authentic audio chills. Otherwise, I find that these guys pulled off a Very Very good Movie on a Budget of Next to Nothing. This isn't a Main-event type movie...but it needs to be watched at night with nachos and pop. A Friday Night after a grueling week when you just want to wind down would be best. And it needs to be COLD when you watch it, so turn up the AC if it's summer. I say rent this one. Suspend your Belief...and wonder: What could POSSIBLY be LISTENING Beyond the Edge of the Universe?

• The girl was super-duper hawt:)

  infessted2019-01-23

  She was hawt and that's all that mattered. Amazing ass that needs to be in more muvees:D