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In SHADOW FORCE, Kyrah (Kerry Washington) and Isaac (Omar Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family's fight becomes all-out war.

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Kerry Washington and Omar Sy bring heat, charisma, and chemistry to Shadow Force, a gamely entertaining action thriller.

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Matt Donato

AV Club

Carnahan’s without his usual playbook and stuck riffing off far more competent special agent actioners, which leaves the result feeling cheap and unserious.

Rated: D+

May 12, 2025

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The charisma-endowed Washington and Sy do all they can to make the proceedings engrossing but even they are hard-pressed to make it interesting.

May 10, 2025

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Peter Debruge

Variety

A bullet-riddled scenario this simplistic and improbable can’t afford to be as sentimental as “Shadow Force” often gets.

May 9, 2025

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

It’s easy enough to write this film off as a generic action flick that does the bare minimum in terms of story... I’m not here to say that’s the wrong assessment, but even with all that in mind, I still liked what we got here.

Rated: 6/10

May 15, 2025

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

If only Joe Carnahan's mostly generic action thriller can match the go-for-broke third act.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 15, 2025

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Devan Suber

IGN Movies

It may not be an unwatchable disaster, but it’s too boring to be anything like dumb fun. You could call lead actors Omar Sy and Kerry Washington miscast, but no one’s enough of a character to even judge their proper performances.

Rated: 3/10

May 12, 2025

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Desmond

Action through the whole movie!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Gabriella

Horrible acting, dismal plot, ridiculous fight scenes, 1970's pyrotechnics and special effects.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Michael

Nothing special, but definitely not bad.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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J B

I loved the action pack, the story behind the movie and the ending. Great movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Teena

This movie kept your interest with all of the twists and turns in the story line.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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james

Great movie for a night out on the weekend not bad not great but not bad

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Synopsis

In SHADOW FORCE, Kyrah (Kerry Washington) and Isaac (Omar Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family's fight becomes all-out war.

Director: Joe Carnahan
Producer: Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone, Stephen "Dr" Love, Sterling K. Brown
Screenwriter: Leon Chills, Joe Carnahan
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Simpson Street, Indian Meadows, Made With Love Media
Rating: R (Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 9, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.2M
Runtime: 1h 44m

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