Review of The Signal (2014) by Michael R — 18 Nov 2014

Bonnie & Clyde Meets The Aliens...Whatever...

This review of The Signal (2014) was written by Michael R on 18 Nov 2014.

The Signal has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Steve T (431) on 05 Apr 2016

Brenton Thwaites is absolutely gorgeous to look at, and makes every shot he is in an automatic masterpiece of cinematography…

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By Bub R (1) on 19 Dec 2017

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By Roger G (234) on 20 Jul 2018

An interesting thriller through to the end. If Sci-Fi is not for you, don't watch this one…

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By Dickpain (1) on 03 Jul 2016

Pretty rubbish. Akira/Truman Show/Matrix. Silly story, Fishbourne playing another Morpheus-like character…

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By Myriah D (9) on 25 Jul 2018

It has some entertaining moments, but it takes a while to get to them…

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By Paul M (2,133) on 11 Apr 2016

Good lord, what an annoying ending. Engaging story until an annoyingly pretentious and deceptive ending. Laurence Fishburne, you have let me down…

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By Michael K (2,029) on 06 Mar 2016

Intriguing premise, but plays rather clunky and drags on too long without major plot developments…

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By J M (910) on 03 Feb 2016

It's like some film-school grad watched Chronicle and Contagion in one night and made a shitty short film stretched into feature length…

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By Laura C (455) on 31 Mar 2016

This was strange and a bit intriguing. shout outs to blair witch (beginning) and dark city…

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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 06 Sep 2017

Interesting to some extent, but not so far as inventive as it may had ambitioned, I applaud the attempt, because at least I did not get bored,…

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