Shadow Puppets (2007)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Michael Winnick

Writer:

Michael Winnick (written by)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

They don't know who they are. Where they are. Or what is trying to kill them.

Plot:

A woman and a man awake in individual white cells in an abandoned prison or mental institution wearing only underwear and without any memory...

Plot Keywords:

Shadow | Underwear | Amnesia | Bloody Nose | Creature Feature

Cast

Jolene Blalock	...	Kate
James Marsters	...	Jack
Tony Todd	...	Steve
Marc Winnick	...	Charlie
Diahnna Nicole Baxter	...	Stacy
Natasha Alam	...	Amber
Richard Whiten	...	Dave
Jennie Ford	...	Melissa

Runtime:

Greece:105 min | USA:103 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Angeles Crest, Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Angel Entertainment

Trivia:

Full names of characters on their US DOS Medical Qualifying reports include Charles Thomas Riley, Dr. Kate Adams, Stacy Gibson, Amber Diane McCormik and Melissa Tucker.

Goofs:

Continuity: Jack is struck in the face with what looks like a killing blow; he gets nothing more than a nose-bleed; and minutes later, even the drying blood has vanished from his face. It goes without saying that he exhibits no pain from his various wounds.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kate: Does anybody hear me? Anybody? Let me outta here! Open this door!

Movie Connections:

References Ghost Busters (1984)

Intriguing and Suspenseful

A woman (Jolene Blalock) and a man (James Marsters) awake in individual white cells in an abandoned prison or mental institution wearing only underwear and without any memory. They hear a strange and creepy noise and decide to look for a way out of the facility. They meet six other strangers in the same situation and one of them is attacked and killed by a shadow. While trying to escape from the place and the shadow, they find the brain washing apparatus with the indication that had been used eight times. When they meet the ninth stranger, they realize that one of them is lying and knows what have happened with them.

In 1997, the outstanding "Cube" showed a situation of strangers trapped in a room without knowing how and the reason. The use of this concept was repeated in many other films, among them "Saw" and "House of 9". "Shadow Puppets" in this regard is not original, using the same idea of eight strangers without memory trapped in a facility. The noisy shadow is a rip-off of the smoke monster of "Lost". However, the story is intriguing and suspenseful, has a good twist, the actors and actresses leaded by Jolene Clalock, James Masters and Tony Todd have good performances and the special effects are also good. The resolution is reasonable, but the greatest flaw is that the characters should be naked to survive since the shadow could feel the clothes. But I liked this enjoyable movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Sombra" ("The Shadow")