Shadow

Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: May 3, 2019

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 56 Ratings

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bataguilaJul 10, 2019

Esta muy bien hecha, tiene buenos efectos, la historia es interesante, el problema que no es peli para cualquiera

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netflicMay 13, 2019

The last film by a famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou, known for “Coming Home”, “Raise the Red Lantern”, “To Live” and many more.

The movie is visually stunning but quite shallow in general. Made is black-and white with lots of gushes ofThe last film by a famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou, known for “Coming Home”, “Raise the Red Lantern”, “To Live” and many more.

The movie is visually stunning but quite shallow in general.
Made is black-and white with lots of gushes of blood.
Even though I liked the style of it, it was too formalistic and quite empty for me.… Expand

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KeithDowMay 16, 2019

Chinese writer/director Yimou Zhang’s ‘Shadow’ is largely an example of a trailer being better than the film itself. The trailer is captivating, leading one to believe the movie is going to be mixture of martial arts fighting and palaceChinese writer/director Yimou Zhang’s ‘Shadow’ is largely an example of a trailer being better than the film itself. The trailer is captivating, leading one to believe the movie is going to be mixture of martial arts fighting and palace intrigue. However, the full extent of the film is largely unbalanced in this regard, with most of the runtime bogged down with political maneuvering and the action sequences only ramping up towards the last quarter of the movie. What stands out most is the strikingly beautiful set design, featuring a stark black and white color palette inspired by the ancient Chinese painting tradition of ink brush.

Yet the most challenging aspect of the movie is trying to keep track of the plot’s myriad twists and turns. It’d assumably be easily to do if one were fluent in the native language. However, trying to follow the labyrinthian storyline is exceedingly difficult given the fact that the plot is dense and the film is subtitled. As a result, we’d recommend watching 2016’s ‘The Handmaiden’ instead, which is a better representative in the genre.… Expand

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DeanomiteJan 12, 2020

Zhang Yimou movies are all very similar to me (Except the fantastic House of Flying Daggers) in that they are all pretty to look at but have very little substance, no character development and overall neither bore nor interest me. They putZhang Yimou movies are all very similar to me (Except the fantastic House of Flying Daggers) in that they are all pretty to look at but have very little substance, no character development and overall neither bore nor interest me. They put me in an entertainment limbo zone, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I almost feel a sort of meditation looking at beautiful images and hearing sounds but not feeling anything what so ever. Here the color is drained to a monochrome except for flesh tones. Hero was the same way, colors represented the acts but nothing meant anything. It ends when the credits roll, other wise I would not know it's over.… Expand

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