Shadow of Fear (2004)

Shadow of Fear: Directed by Rich Cowan. With Matthew Davis, James Spader, Aidan Quinn, Peter Coyote. When a young man accidentally kills someone, he is plunged into a rich man’s world of blackmail, betrayal, adultery and …murder.

“Iu0026#39;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 non-sensible that I just had to turn it off. It is not a matter of u0026quot;plot twistsu0026quot; 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, u0026quot;Shadow of Fearu0026quot; 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 u0026quot;Twilight Zoneu0026quot;-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 u0026quot;organisationu0026quot; does. I think, this is a major problem. On the back of the DVD it said something about a secret u0026quot;cultu0026quot;-organisation with big power. It sounded promising but in the movie this organisation seems completely devoid of power, so whatu0026#39;s the point?”