Movies
Weekend Box Office
Film Awards & Top 10s By Year
All-Time High Scores
All-Time Low Scores
Wide Releases
Now In Theaters
76
(500) Days of Summer
49
2012
60
9
17
All About Steve
37
Amelia
53
Astro Boy
70
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
52
Blind Side
47
Box, The
61
Capitalism: A Love Story
55
Christmas Carol, A
43
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
66
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
23
Couples Retreat
39
Fame
30
Final Destination, The
34
Fourth Kind, The
41
G-Force
46
Halloween II
73
Hangover, The
78
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
66
Informant!, The
69
Inglourious Basterds
58
Invention of Lying, The
47
Jennifer's Body
66
Julie & Julia
34
Law Abiding Citizen
54
Men Who Stare At Goats, The
67
Michael Jackson's This Is It
28
Pandorum
58
Pirate Radio
39
Planet 51
30
Saw VI
53
Shorts
33
Stepfather, The
45
Surrogates
46
Twilight Saga: New Moon, The
71
Where the Wild Things Are
67
Whip It
28
Whiteout
73
Zombieland
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.
Limited Releases
Now In Theaters
58
(Untitled)
96
35 Shots of Rum![]()
56
Adam
39
Adventures of Power
66
Afterschool
73
Amreeka
49
Antichrist
76
Baader Meinhof Complex, The
86
Beaches of Agnes, The![]()
71
Big Fan
65
Black Dynamite
76
Bliss
26
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, The
44
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
81
Bright Star![]()
76
Broken Embraces
70
Bronson
62
Cloud 9
65
Coco Before Chanel
69
Cold Souls
60
Collapse
82
Cove, The![]()
75
Crude
82
Damned United, The![]()
53
Dare
50
Defamation
67
Departures
70
Earth Days
85
Education, An![]()
55
Endgame
88
Fantastic Mr. Fox![]()
31
Fix
49
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
80
Food, Inc.
xx
From Mexico with Love
28
Gentlemen Broncos
72
Good Hair
89
Goodbye Solo![]()
63
Horse Boy, The
74
House of the Devil, The
xx
How to Seduce Difficult Women
26
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
70
It Might Get Loud
46
Killing Kasztner
43
Little Traitor, The
34
Looking for Palladin
80
Lorna's Silence
46
Love Hurts
84
Maid, The![]()
45
Mammoth
75
Messenger, The
55
Missing Person, The
59
More Than a Game
34
Motherhood
62
My One and Only
48
New York, I Love You
66
No Impact Man
26
Oh My God
68
Paranormal Activity
68
Paris
79
Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire
73
Red Cliff
69
September Issue, The
79
Serious Man, A
65
Skin
41
Splinterheads
42
Staten Island
50
Stoning of Soraya M., The
58
Storm
82
Sun, The![]()
49
Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon
73
That Evening Sun
61
Trucker
49
Turning Green
83
U2 3D![]()
45
Uncertainty
67
Visual Acoustics
32
War on Kids
67
Way We Get By, The
65
Wedding Song, The
xx
White on Rice
59
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
74
Woman in Berlin, A
43
Women in Trouble
69
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.
Shade
EMAILPRINTDimension Films / RKO Pictures

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 5 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 13 votes
Read user comments
Rate this movie >
Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime | Drama | Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Damian Nieman
Directed by: Damian Nieman
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 9, 2004
DVD: May 25, 2004
Running Time: 101 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language, violence and sexuality/nudity
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Hal Holbrook, Thandie Newton, Stuart Townsend, Dina Merrill, Bo Hopkins, and Jamie Foxx
The hand is quicker than the eye in LA's underground gambling scene, hustlers get hustled and fortunes ride on every deal. Three small-time grifters devise a plan to beat the ultimate card mechanic - The Dean. But a seat at The Dean's table doesn't come cheap. (RKO Pictures)
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A clever and adroit B picture with A virtues, starting with its ensemble cast.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
A dramatic thriller with a large cast playing the hell out of some very juicy roles. Nieman's script shuffles nimbly among an array of colorful characters and offers unexpected twists that keep you off-balance.
Read Full Review >Variety Robert Koehler
In the end, under-realized direction and characters deliver less than a full deck.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
The flashes of warm, human talent that pulse periodically from the ensemble -- Byrne and Foxx, particularly -- only make their presence in this terrifically bad movie all the more baffling.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
A failure on every conceivable level -- from its trite, pedestrian dialogue to its static, torturous pacing.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Andy gave it a10:
i loved the film. i live in australia and only by chance did i recieve the dvd. i never heard a thing about it or came across much online, which came as a huge shock because it was SO good! plus all the big name actors only made it even better :) the scprit was fantastic and juicy the whole time! everything about Shade was great! :)
Kyle P. gave it a0:
Move over Ed Wood, this is perhaps the worst movie ever made. Damien Neiman made a movie about poker. Unfortunately for those of us who endured through this film Damien has never played a game of poker in his life. A wonderful ensemble cast waisted on ridiculous dialogue and a story line that made absolutely no sense. A featured aspect of the film is the game of poker, but in the film the rules of the game do not apply. I would think when someone put the time, money, and energy in to making a film they would research key elements.
Albert gave it an8:
Great acting by Bo Hopkins.
Jerry B. gave it an 8:
A pretty good movie, especially if you like card tricks.
Schichard S. gave it a 0:
This movie was not entertaining from beginning to end. But that doesn't matter because the story was great.
Richard R. gave it a 10:
This movie was very entertaining from beginning to end. Some of the dialogue was slightly cheesey, but still a bit humorus. But that doesn't matter because the story was great, the acting was great, and the film with its sly use of card tequniques was wonderful.
Chris H. gave it a 10:
WHAT A NICE SURPRISE! To attend a film that usually does NOT tackle "poker playing" and "L.A. locals" in the same venue--give you exceptional performances from an "on the rise" TOWNSEND/NEWTON--an "underated" Byrne-a "welcoming enduring" GRIFFITH---a "sly" FOXX and the most astonishing...a "scene-stealing-impressibly charming" SYLVESTER STALLONE...totally un-expected. All delivered on a silver platter from well diserving writer-director Damien Neiman. I am glad i didn't wait for video. Think about that yourself.
