Shadow in the Cloud

In April 2022, I watched Shadow in the Cloud three times at Movix Kameari. The action film was released in 2020 and was first played in April 2022 in Japan. It stars Chloë Grace Moretz.

In New Zealand under the Second World War, a young female soldier named Maude holding a top secret package gets into a bomber that is about to fly, faces various difficulties and struggles with the male crews. That is the story of it.

It is like a present for fans of Chloë Grace Moretz like me. We can enjoy the wonderfully picturesque acting and full-fledged action of the cute and lovely Chloë as Maude to the fullest. The female soldier evades the men's dirty jokes, plays an active part during combat more than the men, encourages the men who gets weak after the other crews have been injured and killed, and strives to survive to the end. Chloë was the very fighting angel. Chloë also shows her motherhood at the end. I was filled with deep emotions thinking that that girl playing Hit Girl has become a mature woman.

I kind of felt odd seeing a gremlin suddenly appearing in the movie when I watched it for the first time. I checked the creature after that and knew that it is famous for making mischief on machines in the West. All the same, I felt it to be unnatural, however, the 83-minute flick is B-grade and a typical roller coaster one. How stupid I care about the trivial thing during viewing it, moreover, I can fully enjoy it only when I do not think about unnecessary things. I viewed it for the second and third times thinking that way.

The movie often reminded me of feminism. I thought about difficulties that business women have working with more men in a male-oriented society when I watched the men making obscene jokes in it. I have been aware of the distorted part of the male-dominated society since I watched the ones directed by women, such as Hustlers, Little Women and Promising Young Women, then the Chloë Grace Moretz film also have made me think about various things. I am looking forward to the next ones of not only Chloë but also Roseanne Liang who is a director of it.