Review of Shade (2003) by Sonya L — 03 Aug 2004

I wrote a whole damn review for this and RT freaking ate it. Die, bastards.

Anyway.

I'm not a real watcher of con movies (I've hardly seen any), which makes it really interesting for me to actually sit down and watch one. I spent half the movie thinking that I should be figuring out the con, but I'm instead getting nowhere and accusing everyone.

Once I got past the whole con issue, there wasn't a lot I liked about this film. It wasn't awful, but the card tricks and double crossing type stuff sure made it a lot more interesting than I expected it to be.

I'm really not a big fan of Sylvester Stallone (especially since seeing [i]Judge Dredd[/i]...ew.) but he was actually pretty tolerable in this film.

Stuart Townsend was adorable and damn impressive with those card tricks.

Basically, this wasn't really a great film, but it's worth a rent. The card tricks alone are enough to keep you entertained for a while.