Shadow in the Cloud is a 2021 New Zealand-American film directed by Roseanne Liang. ^[1] The script was written by Max Landis and Roseanne Liang and it tells the story of a female pilot who is part of a crew transporting secret documents and their encounter with evil stowaways during the flight.

In the midst of World War II, flight officer Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber. The crew is assigned a mission to deliver a top-secret package and during the flight from New Zealand to Samoa, strange occurrences begin to take place on board. Caught between the looming Japanese ambush and the evil lurking inside the plane, Maude must push her limits to try to save the crew and protect her mysterious cargo.

Shadow in the Cloud was first shown at the Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2020 and went on general release on 1 January 2021. The film was shot in color with an aspect ratio of 2.39:1 and the audio soundtrack features features English dialogue. The film's total runtime is 83 minutes and was produced by Four Knights Film and Rhea Films.

Part creature feature, part war movie, and part social commentary, Shadow in the Cloud doesn't always blend its ingredients evenly but it's frequently pulpy fun.^[5]

“Shadow in the Cloud” is the type of genre movie that makes many of its bizarre choices just for the sake of seeing if it can all work.

But whether you find the film to be ambitious, or just some stunt screenwriting, it's intriguing to watch an audacious filmmaker try to keep midnight-ready movies unpredictable, even if that means a sincere but silly mash-up of WWII dogfights, gremlin chaos, and feminism in action such as this.

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