Shockwave: Darkside (2014)

• Year: 2014
• Released: 22 Aug 2014
• Country: Germany, United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972752/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shockwave_darkside
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
• Runtime: 90 min
• Writer: Jay Weisman
• Director: Jay Weisman
• Cast: Bill Sage, Mei Melançon, Sonequa Martin-Green

	2.0/10
	11% – Audience

Shockwave: Darkside Storyline

It is the last, great war. Out of the wreckage of a troop transport, five soldiers on the way to battle find themselves stranded on the dark side of the moon. Cut off and behind enemy lines, they start a dangerous journey through snipers and minefields back to their home territory. As their numbers dwindle and nerves fray, they make an amazing discovery about the moon that just might save their lives.

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Shockwave: Darkside Movie Reviews

Terrible in all aspects

Avoid this piece of crap at all costs. I really tried to find any redeeming quality in the movie (if it can be called one) but I sincerely can’t find any: the script is terrible, the production value is even worse and the direction might as well have come from a high school kid.

The movie lacks structure, any decent line of dialog or engaging plot, it has lame HUD’s superimposed at random times and shows what might be the worst space suit design even for a low budget film.

I can’t give it a 1 simply because I can imagine that somewhere there is a worse film worth of that rating, but I have yet to find it.

THE ALMIGHTY OUTLAW

There is a war for ice/water on the moon. The water on earth has become contaminated and apparently it is easier to find water on the moon than it is to filter an ocean full of it on earth. The battle is between two groups called the Outlaws or Banished and the Unlights with differing religious ideas. A group of the Outlaws (good guys?) are ambushed while in transport and are forced to walk on foot when they make a discovery at the end of the movie in an attempt to justify the bad film we just sat through.

This next paragraph will contain plot spoilers/details….The outlaw group has odd religious affiliations such as “Gnostic Islam” and “Hinbuddhist.” The science fiction lacks science but not fiction. There is an awful lot of noise being made in a vacuum and a lot of fire without oxygen. The one sixth gravity didn’t seem to help anybody walk as they moved as if they were on Earth (most likely where they filmed it.) What they find is something that upsets the religious status quo concept of a creator, or “Almighty Outlaw.” Shades of 2001. Then they talk about it in a dimly lit crater and the film ends. BTW The “dark side” of the moon has the same amount of light as any side of the moon. It is simply called that because it always faces away from earth, and we can’t see it. You wouldn’t get that impression from the movie as the dark side is constantly dark.

Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

Oh, this one was horribly bad…

I was lured in by the 2014 movie “Shockwave: Darkside” cover/poster. Normally I am not one that is overly keen on sci-fi movies, but this one from writer and director Jay Weisman actually looked interesting from its cover.

One hour into the foray, I just gave up. The movie was driven by nothing more than random shots of the actors and actresses in horrible costumes that were supposed to be environmental suits with heads up displays that looked like something you’d see in a 1990s computer sci-fi first person shooter game. And then there was the fact that “Shockwave: Darkside” had absolutely no storyline. I kid you not.

“Shockwave: Darkside” just made zero sense and it had absolutely no entertainment value, given the fact that there was simply no storyline or plot. I didn’t know what I was watching, aside from people in terrible costumes pretending to be at war with someone, and then dubious CGI effects every now and then.

The acting in the movie was as to be expected from a movie that has zero story. And I was really surprised to see Sonequa Martin-Green in a movie as bad as this one. And not even she could manage to do any damage repair of this stinker of a movie.

Sci-fi movies usually need proper CGI and special effects to come off as being convincing and properly entertaining. Let’s just face it, “Shockwave: Darkside” didn’t have that. At best, the CGI effects looked like leftover footage from a 1990s computer game.

If you enjoy sci-fi movies, do yourself a favor, and steer way clear of “Shockwave: Darkside”. It is simply not worth the time, money or effort. I don’t know how I managed to endure 1 hour of the movie, but truth be told, I dozed off a couple of times along the way, and waking up and still be able to keep track with the movie – given the fact that there was no story progression.

My rating of “Shockwave: Darkside” is a one out of ten stars. This is without a doubt one of the most pointless and boring movies that I have ever stumbled upon. And I have as much interest in returning to finish watching the rest of the movie as “Shockwave: Darkside” had a proper storyline.