Synopsis
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
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Cast
- Chloë Grace MoretzMaude Garrett
- Nick RobinsonStu Beckell
- Beulah KoaleAnton Williams
- Taylor John SmithWalter Quaid
- Callan MulveyJohn Reeves
- Benedict WallTommy Dorn
- Byron CollTerrence Taggart
- Joe WitkowskiBradley Finch
- Liam LeggeBaby
- Asher BridleBaby
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Variety
Hardly a minute of the movie registers as “realistic,” but that hardly matters, since Liang so fully commits to its over-the-top sensibility that you’ll be clutching the armrest and grinning with glee for most of the ride. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
This ride is much more fun when you know nothing about it going in. - 75
The A.V. Club
Pure popcorn entertainment, superimposing the dynamic synths and narrative efficiency of a John Carpenter movie onto the burnished metal and green fatigues of a World War II adventure. - 75
IndieWire
Part creature feature, part war-is-hell nightmare, and entirely dedicated to cutting down the misogynist jerks who populate it, there’s enough giddy fun to power Shadow in the Cloud through just about anything. - 70
Screen Daily
A sufficiently motivated woman is a fearsome and unstoppable force: the central premise for this gleefully pulpy WWII horror puts a dash of feminist fury into a schlocky B movie set-up. - 70
Arizona Republic
It's never less than edge-of-your-seat fun. - 60
Film Threat
In surer hands, Shadow in the Cloud could have been a demented allegory about female empowerment; instead, it’s just demented, albeit damn entertaining. Here’s hoping Landis gets his head out of the clouds and writes something that casts lingering shadows next time. - 58
The Film Stage
Those who enjoy a good hoot and holler with a midnight crowd will surely revel in it while those who don’t will roll their eyes and wonder what’s happening since the reveal of Maude’s mission does become way too heavy-handed for its melodrama to rise above the hollow action trappings.