Review of In the Shadow of the Moon (2019) by Jluis_001 — 03 Apr 2022
A more or less complex story that comes off as a wasted opportunity because of the ill-fated decision to go down a simplistic path. This tends to be incredibly annoying, especially since the mix of genres this story presents could have resulted in something very interesting and yet it opts to easily get lost in irrelevant action sequences to try to make up for what its leading actor can't do, which is more than anything else to be able to drive the narrative in a compelling way.
We follow the character over many years and nowhere in all that time is he able to adequately lead this film. It could have been exciting enough in the genres it covers if it had known how to exploit them properly, but it ends up not working in any of them or as a whole.
In desperate need of true style and tonal coherence, In the Shadow of the Moon comes up empty-handed in all areas.
This review of In the Shadow of the Moon (2019) was written by Jluis_001 on 03 Apr 2022.
In the Shadow of the Moon has generally received mixed reviews.
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