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  • Pulpy Epic Shadow Builds To Action That’ll Blow Your Mind

    Pulpy Epic Shadow Builds To Action That’ll Blow Your Mind

    The first thing you notice about Shadow is how accurately descriptive its title is. Save for the skin tones, most of the film is drained of colour, giving the whole thing a black-and-white, graphic-novel feel. That, in turn, sets a very specific dark tone—which works quite well, but also makes a slow-building movie feel that…