Shadow Master

The only good thing about this movie is fight scenes. Reminded somewhat of Tony Jaa style. The make-up crew failed big time - I mean how can you let main character wear a wig like that!?

The story-writers - please get off from the drugs you're on! I don't mind the idea of children being the key of apocalypse but explain me why the horsemen can't get children from outside the building? Or if kids disappear only in that building - why people don't just leave it? It's bad!

The post production team could probably save the day by a star or two if they cared, but they clearly didn't.

It's a wasted time for viewers, wasted money for cinema industry and the only thing that comes out of it is - hopefully those 3 or 4 actors in the movie can get another , better offers in the future. The main actor is not really an actor - fight choreography I give 8/10, it was really good( apart from one kick that clearly didn't hold any power in - but at least it was difficult and respect for that).

I did not understand until now what this movie is devoid of anything. Even the hero did not employ him well. Everything is absurd and out of place, a lot of screaming, etc... He wants revenge for his soul, but he is unable and always fails. The important thing is a silly movie that does not rise to the level of action films. Silly and boring and does not contain elements that bind you to continue. From half an hour, you will feel that you are in front of a meaningless amateur work. Except the fighting was pretty good and the actors were amateurs even the voice-over was horrible and pretty hopeless.

Horror? Post-apocalyptic sci-fi? Redemption? Martial Arts? I'm not quite sure what this movie was supposed to be. Don't get me wrong the action was on point. Just that it was so muddled you can't really understand what they're trying to get at. Quite disappointing to be really honest. They could've invested a little time into character building, or explained a little about the situation. You pretty much go in blind and stay that way till the end wondering what exactly is going on! Why are things like this? What's actually going on, why is he fighting these things. Honestly, if you've got 90 mins to spare, have a blast. Else, avoid by all means necessary.

B-Movie or not, this was a dark and deeply disturbing film; in a supernatural film noir style. I liked that about it and I liked the Martial Arts fight action scenes very much also. The major let down for this film is the script/story was muddled and fractured all the way through.

You understand the very basics of what the horror is about but you are left never knowing why it was happening, why were the children needed for a sacrifice you never know what it's for and more so, why those particular children from that particular building; and also why the inhabitants - who were squatters anyway - did not just leave to live elsewhere.

The bad guys wore those bird beaked masks that originated from an earlier part of history, and in a different country entirely, when the Black Death, better known as the Plague swept many to their deaths. Being that they were the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse they would all have been different so, that made for no practical film story sense at all!

Anybody that is into Martial Arts films will immediately have noticed the fighting style similarity to the great Tatchakorn Yeerum, better known internationally as Tony Jaa (and in Thailand as Jaa Phanom). Its the only reason this gets a 3 star score from myself.

The storyline in "Shadow Master" was a dumpster fire of a script. The narrative was sluggish, all over the place, and actually made very little sense. And in terms of "Shadow Master" providing adequate entertaining, as a movie is supposed to, then writer and director Pearry Reginald Teo simply dropped the ball.

The pacing of the narrative was sluggish and slow, and that made sitting through "Shadow Master" a bit of a struggle. The movie could definitely have benefitted from a more upscaled narrative with more action, or at least a better constructed script and storyline.

As for placing "Shadow Master" in a genre, then it was a bit all over the place. There were elements of horror in it, of course elements of action given the martial arts, elements of supernatural to it. So it was a bit of a strange mix.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, and the acting performances were mediocre. Yeah, you're not in for an evening of Shakespearian theater here. Not that I was expecting an action movie titled "Shadow Master" to be a cinematic masterpiece.

The martial art sequences in the movie are good, and leading actor D. Y. Sao (playing An Voaen) definitely has fighting skills. I will say that his martial arts helped carry the movie quite a long way. There is just something that works about that Thai martial arts style where they use their elbows and knees for striking.

The wardrobe and costumes in the movie was just hands-down horrible. It looked abysmal, especially since there was no consistency or sense to it. The garments people wore were just all over the place, from cheap masks bought off of Wish, to mesh shirts bought at an adult store, to burlap garments that made no sense that anyone would be wearing.

Writer and director Pearry Reginald Teo set out to accomplish something with "Shadow Master", that much was certain. But the end result was a rather messy heap of an inconsistent storyline that just leaves you baffled and trying to figure out what you actually just sat through.

"Shadow Master" is not a movie that I would recommend you waste 90 minutes on watching, especially not if you enjoy a movie with a compelling and interesting storyline.

My rating of "Shadow Master" comes to land on a very generous three out of ten stars.