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The Signal
Directed by
William Eubank
PG-13
2014
1h 37m
Science Fiction
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Thriller
,
and more
6.0
60%
39%
6.0
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On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare.
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Cast of The Signal
Brenton Thwaites
Nic Eastman
Olivia Cooke
Haley Peterson
Beau Knapp
Jonah Breck
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Wallace Damon
Robert Longstreet
James
Lin Shaye
Mirabelle
Jeffrey Grover
Gas Station Clerk
Patrick Davidson
Boy Playing Claw Game
Roy Kenny
Hazmat 1
Timothy Holmes
Hazmat 2
Ricardo Campos
Hazmat 3
Drew Sykes
Hazmat 4
William Eubank
Director / Writer
Carlyle Eubank
Writer / Consulting Producer
David Frigerio
Writer / Consulting Producer
Tyler Davidson
Producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Producer
Peter Schlessel
Executive Producer
Lia Buman
Executive Producer
Richard Rothfeld
Executive Producer
The Signal Ratings & Reviews
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
You spend a lot of the movie confused, but the great big reveals of its finale don't feel very shocking at all.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bruce Ingram
Eubank could have a terrific future as a director. As a screenwriter, though, maybe not so much.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
There's bravura manipulativeness to The Signal, the stylish, slyly funny question mark of a movie from director and co-writer William Eubank.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
Eubank's talent is not at all in doubt, and science-fiction mavens who embrace this picture will rightly be excited for whatever he turns to next.
New York Times
Nicolas Rapold
You wouldn't be surprised to see Mr. Eubank directing a bigger-budget movie down the road, but this film demonstrates some blanks in his approach that still need to be filled in.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Let The Signal take you by surprise. And it will.
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
After a half an hour, the developments grow busy rather than mysterious, the focus blurs and the kicker ending - well, I was neither surprised nor satisfied.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
It's fun while it lasts, though it feels less like a completed movie than a demonstration of director William Eubank's spooky ability to shift gears and string genres together.
USA Today
Scott Bowles
Signal thinks big, takes chances and has enough arresting scenes to stand apart from the science fiction films of late.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
A less than wholly satisfying destination, despite some fun detours.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
It was made with great ingenuity and technical expertise on an exceedingly small budget. What's missing, however, is density, complexity and surprise.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This sci-fi puzzler by cinematographer-turned-director William Eubank often recalls the work of Shane Carruth (Primer, Upstream Color) in its low-budget resourcefulness and creeping, gnawing paranoia.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
There is no doubting Eubank's talent at bringing a story, one he co-wrote, to the screen.
Newsday
John Anderson
Amid all the self-conscious virtuosity, certain things are right.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
For a while, a little while, it seems like it just might be interesting.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
Strong sci-fi grapples with its premise instead of concealing it.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Though you could argue that Eubank simply throws in bits of a dozen classic sci-fi movies without ever making them cohere, the way he springs open his various trapdoors makes the film an entertaining tumble down the rabbit hole.
Austin Chronicle
William Goss
...a bit like seeing a Nike commercial make a drunken pass at its friend's manga collection while the X-Files DVDs watch from across the room; it may not make much sense, but at least it's never boring.
Entertainment Weekly
Clark Collis
If all this sounds like a souped-up episode of The Twilight Zone or The X-Files, then you're in the right ballpark - or underground bunker.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
You know what could have made a thrilling twist? Developing the established story, themes, and characters into something satisfying before trying to splatter our minds all over the theater like chunks of Gallagher's watermelons.
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