Shadow of Fear (2004)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Rich Cowan

Writers:

Matt Holloway (written by) &
Art Marcum (written by)

Release Date:

14 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Once trapped inside, it's murder to get out.

Plot:

When a young man accidentally kills someone, he is plunged into a rich man's world of blackmail, betrayal, adultery and ...murder. |

Plot Keywords:

Blackmail | Murder | Accidental Killing | Congressman | Independent Film

Cast

Matthew Davis	...	Harrison French (as Matt Davis)
James Spader	...	William Ashbury
Aidan Quinn	...	Detective Scofield
Peter Coyote	...	Congressman Henderson
Robin Tunney	...	Wynn French
Alice Krige	...	Margie Henderson
Lacey Chabert	...	Allison Henderson
Sarah Ann Schultz	...	Genie Bloom
Robert Miano	...	Mr. Davis
David Selby	...	Mr. Steve Palmer
David Andriole	...	Mr. Sawgrass
Andrew Harris	...	Chris Henderson
Shirly Brener	...	Janey Sawgrass
Holly Houston	...	Marcy Stewart
John Grant Phillips	...	Chief Webb (as John G. Phillips)

Also Known As:

Main Line (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief violence, sexuality and some drug issues.

Runtime:

88 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Iceland:12 | Australia:M (original rating) | Netherlands:12 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Spokane, Washington, USA

Company:

Nu Image Films

Quotes:

Detective Scofield: You are going to be late because you are being questioned for murder!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Commune (2005)

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I'm surprised this movie has got such a high rating. It starts out very promising with some nice images in the rain. In fact, it is extremely fascinating about until the time when he gets back to his wife and they begin talking. After that the movie falls apart little by little, until it becomes so borderline nonsensible that I just had to turn it off. It is not a matter of "plot twists" as some viewer suggested. Obviously, it is a question of just not being able to put a decent plot together. I see an alarming trend in the new DVD-market where many movies are put out quicker and easier to DVD than it was possible in the good old video days. American horror has suffered in recent years, and did not improve with the pathetic remakes of brilliant Asian horror. Anyway, "Shadow of Fear" is not a horror-movie. It is hardly even a movie. If it had only lasted until he got back to his wife, and she then turned into a demon or something; then it would have been a good "Twilight Zone"-episode but when a movie-plot collapses like that in one superfluous scene after the other then it becomes irrelevant to watch. As one viewer suggested, we are never told what this "organisation" does. I think, this is a major problem. On the back of the DVD it said something about a secret "cult"-organisation with big power. It sounded promising but in the movie this organisation seems completely devoid of power, so what's the point?