SHADOWS ON THE WALL is an indie science fiction drama without any kind of plot development or incident. It's seemingly set in a garage occupied by a bunch of youths working on some new technology that will grant them the ability to access new dimensions and travel to the end of the universe. On an indie budget that isn't going to happen, and indeed this seems to be hoping it'll be the next PI. I have a feeling that the directors of these kinds of film try to use them as a springboard to a Hollywood career but nobody's going anywhere with this static and talky enterprise.

7 August 2016. Shadows on the Wall is a difficult ratings choice because its low budget appearance and some of the slow pacing make this movie rather hard to continue watching especially at the beginning. The climax of the movie isn't anything spectacular in its originality and yet the building up, the mystery, the eventual tension, and the relative consistency of tone and performances somehow keep this movie from being just average or ordinary. In short, this low budget sci fi movie isn't really bad, isn't really just average and except for perhaps the man in a black suit who seems pretty one dimensional, overall becomes a decent and credible sci fi motion picture. Its attempt to capture the sci fi tone and exhilaration of the genre actually succeeds, even if isn't completely grand in its depiction like Interstellar (2014) or Inception (2010).

This may very well be THE most boring sci-fi/horror movie that I've ever seen. More than halfway into the movie, you're still waiting for something... ANYTHING... to happen. I couldn't take any more of the main character's constant whining and snivelling. He's like a four year old in an adult (barely) body.

Go watch grass grow. Go watch paint as it dries. Go watch cows chewing cud and farting copiously in a pasture. Any of those options would seem endlessly fascinating compared to this snoozefest.