In the light of the future! You know, sometimes it is said that someone there, in the absence of certain skills, has no future in this or that career. This can be said about any unknown film companies founded by amateurs, and about directors debutants, filming their masterpieces at the expense of a scholarship and an amateur camera.
This movie is just one of those numbers. He has no claims to remove blockbusters in the style of “Spider-Man”, but it quite boasts an interesting plot and a very interesting atmosphere, which can just say that the film is not shot from under the stick, but with a feeling and a bright head.
The plot revolves around a downtrodden, skinny computer scientist who loves comics. Actually, his excessive fascination with graphic novels leads alas not to acquaintance with a representative of the opposite sex, but to a friendly relationship with one of the best office workers, who by the way is a carrier beyond abilities. All in all, this friendship will lead both guys to something you just don't expect.
By and large, the film is a mixture of genres, only here the genres follow each other. At first, everything seems to be a kind of melodrama, then the movie gains comedic momentum and gradually turns into a thriller. Of course, such a concept, especially from a film with that title, I just could not expect. To be honest, such a transition from one genre to another, although it looked rude, nevertheless did not cause feelings of discontent and distortion. Many, even not debut directors, such transitions were much worse and ruder, so you do not want to scold this work.
The actors tried, and the director knew exactly what he wanted. But if we talk about the visual side of this picture, then there will be some difficulties. Special effects are more at the level of good series than cool action movies, but they do not cut their eyes and look much better than the film company Asylum.
The best part of this creation is the soundtrack. It is represented by excellent Canadian punk rock compositions, which is just amazing!
In total, the creators of “In the shadow of the hero” coped with their task, and even in many ways exceeded my expectations, so they have a chance for a bright future in the framework of cinema, which I actually wish them!
In the end, I will say that this movie is very good, where it has flaws, but alas, it has a couple of good ideas for which I can put this rising heroism.
7 out of 10