Shadows on the Wall

2014
4.9| 1h50m| en| More Info
Released: 10 December 2014 Released
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Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://shadows-movie.com/
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A modern day sci-fi about Palmer Marshall, a struggling engineering student that’s flailing through his personal life, classes, and career. Palmer is on the cusp of a potentially huge discovery and he devotes every waking moment to the challenging, and often fruitless, pursuit of creating something that might change the world. But Palmer soon learns that the road to success is long and fraught with failure. Despite crippling anxiety and personality disorders, Palmer perseveres and creates the one – the dream machine that he’ll be remembered for.

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Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
CommentsXp Best movie ever!
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Leofwine_draca SHADOWS ON THE WALL is an indie science fiction drama without any kind of plot development or incident. It's seemingly set in a garage occupied by a bunch of youths working on some new technology that will grant them the ability to access new dimensions and travel to the end of the universe. On an indie budget that isn't going to happen, and indeed this seems to be hoping it'll be the next PI. I have a feeling that the directors of these kinds of film try to use them as a springboard to a Hollywood career but nobody's going anywhere with this static and talky enterprise.
diablo_d_s The level of ignorance regarding science and technology in this film is insulting. Ben Carland, who wrote, directed, produced and edited this waste of effort, apparently couldn't be bothered to write dialogue that would allow for suspension of disbelief. It is as though he doesn't even know what a power button does. The notion that a person can be "a whiz" at putting together electronics, at the component level, without knowing any math, is beyond ridiculous. There are some math like scribbles that use actual notation, but all related dialogue is gibberish, and the drawings are nonsense. But that's not all. On every level (writing, acting, directing, etc.) this movie is a failure. But it's not all bad, since it's not *the worst* acting I've ever seen, and there's no "kissy face" or "baby's mama drama".
Rabh17 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?
guiver 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!

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