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Fight Club lite - Dallas Observer
July 27 2000
Shadow Hours isn't quite Fincher, but it's a good try
It's a premise that's bound to succeed. A young man living on the edge is trying to pull it all together while frequenting 12-step programs and holding down a job that seems calculated to drive him insane. Searching for a way out, he makes contact with a mysterious figure who seems to have all the answers. But these answers lead to temptation, and temptation leads to an ever-darker downward spiral, into a sordid world of anarchy and violence...
The story is rife with possibilities, but David Fincher already filmed it last fall, under the title Fight Club. Shadow Hours writer-director Isaac Eaton couldn't have seen Fincher's film before starting production on his version of the tale, but the similarities are unfortunate: They make Eaton's film look like more of a knock-off than it is (and there will be knock-offs, believe me). A well-chosen cast and a bevy of authentic settings work in Shadow Hours' favor, but ultimately the film doesn't have the budget to compete with a big-studio David Fincher movie on a stylistic level. Still, there is much to recommend the film.
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