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New Zealand · 2021
Rated R · 1h 23m
Director Roseanne Liang
Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith
Genre Action, Horror, War
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August 1943. Pilot Officer Maude Garret’s superiors order her on a mission to carry a top-secret package from New Zealand to Samoa. But, as soon as her B-17 Flying Fortress climbs into the air, she begins to realize that there is an evil presence on board.
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.
Arizona Republic by Bill Goodykoontz
It's never less than edge-of-your-seat fun.
Slashfilm by Chris Evangelista
Some may get a kick out of how over-the-top and pulpy Shadow in the Cloud is, but what’s on display here is so abrasive and so bombastic that it begins to sap the life out of you, ultimately leaving a bad taste in your mouth when all is said and done.
The Film Stage by Jared Mobarak
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.
This is an excruciatingly stupid movie, and the nicest thing I can say about it is that, at 83 minutes, at least it’s over quickly.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
This ride is much more fun when you know nothing about it going in.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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