The Shadow Effect

A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.

Cast

Cam Gigandet

as Gabriel Howarth

Brit Shaw

as Brinn Howarth

Michael Biehn

as Sheriff Hodge

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

as Reese

Michael Aaron Milligan

as Jesse McGraw

Jon Kohler

as Masterson

Andi Matheny

as Julia

Cullen Moss

as Governor Francis

Sean Freeland

as Deputy Truvio

Mark Thompson-Ashworth

as Jack

Reviews

Gimly

Difficult to follow and delivers awful performances, even from actors we know are capable of great work - seriously, what Jonathan Rhys' Meyers accent in this movie? Other than a mistake I mean. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible._...

tmdb15214618

The first half of this movie is bafflingly bad--So Bad It's Good--but steadily improves over the remaining half, such that it's almost pretty alright towards the end. The obvious problem is that they blew their budget on casting Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Cam Gigandet, and there wasn't enough remainin...

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