4K UHD Review – Cloak and Dagger

1982 was a big year for actor Henry Thomas, who wowed the world with his marvelous performance in Steven Spielberg's masterpiece, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." 1983 was a big year for director Richard Franklin, who managed to beat dismal expectations and provide a reasonable ride with "Psycho II," immersing himself in Hitchcock fandom and technique, emerging with a surprise hit. 1984 paired Franklin and Thomas for "Cloak & Dagger," which endeavored to merge spunky kid film fun with a Hitchcockian thriller, using the popular worlds of video games and unsupervised children to inspire a strange combination of juvenile antics and adult intensity. Franklin and screenwriter Tom Holland don't seem to care about the target demographic for "Cloak & Dagger," charging ahead with a collection of life-and-death moments, many of which involve an 11-year-old boy and the dangers of his imagination. It's a tonal tightrope walk for the production, and while Franklin struggles a bit with pacing, he remains committed to a real sense of danger, giving the effort unusual tension. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com