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I didn’t expect this film to bore me so much. It tried to portray events that are quite emotional, events that should evoke some feelings in the viewer, but in the end, it was a relatively short film that stretched into an incredible timeline from a relative perspective. Northern Ireland is a place where fighting and bloodshed occurred. And it wasn't that long ago. Belfast was a dangerous city where both the terrorist organization IRA and the intelligence agency MI5 operated. MI5 sought to suppress the influence of the rebels and destroy individual cells, while the IRA continuously longed for independence. Shadow Dancer is supposed to be a dramatic story about how a member of the IRA becomes an informant for MI5 to protect her son. The problem is that the story isn’t as dramatic and isn’t as emotional as one might expect. The actors perform, but they all seem to act similarly; there’s a blanket of depression over everything, which is good for maintaining the atmosphere, but it doesn’t add much to the overall message of the film, which remains, let’s say, debatable. There may be those who will enjoy this piece and rate it as a unique thriller, but I still believe that similar films should have tension. Shadow Dancer is not thrilling at all. (2013.03.05)