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I love witty
anecdotes. I collect them like I collect
records. To me, they always add color to
an artful conversation between 2 people who are completely comfortable with
each other, weather you are observing it or a part of it. However, I really love witty anecdotes that
actually trigger a thread of thought.
“Faith is just an excuse for a war that pays my rent.”
This
anecdote uttered by Dalton (played by Bill Sage) in this sci-fi action thriller
initially made me laugh out loud. But,
in that statement lies a blatant and brazen truth. I believe war, like religion (and even
education), is just a business masked in a grander goal and ideology that
people are taught to believe. Dalton’s
statement tied that up real nice.
But faith is
a just part of the pool of ideas floating in the philosophies presented in this
film.
Shockwave
Darkside presents some big ideas, none that have not already been knocked
around the gray matter of any green blooded trekkie, but interesting
nonetheless. A big or interesting idea
is one that can be observed countless times, “because” it is a big idea. Especially one about existence. That stuff will be conversation fodder until
we as a species are no more. So hell
yeah, run with that!
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| "Underneath this really cheap looking suit, I'm seriously super hot." |
But, the
glue of Shockwave Darkside is the films observation and scope. The “wicked” cast away those of faith because
they are causing too much trouble by fighting over their different ideas. Those of faith are now relocated and again
turning on themselves over their different ideas. I smell a pattern. Shockwave Darkside circles around this fight over
ideas in its dialogue and action. It
flirts with it at first and then it moves in from time to time to give it a
goose.
The
mechanical nature of the film, through its majority being seen out of the
facemask of the characters tech-driven spacesuits, made things a little hard to
follow in the action sequences. I gave
this film 2 views just to make sure I did not miss anything as a result of
this. Regardless, this made the film a
lot of fun to watch and mimics what most of us do on our smartphones all the
time.
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Shockwave
Darkside is a fun sci-fi that may not be for everyone with its religious
undertones. But, for us more open-minded
people, you walk away with another gallon of thought fuel and a bloody forehead
after connecting the lines this film draws with how ridiculous we as a people
really have been behaving lately.
Score
-Scott L.