What's on the screen is so tired by now that you've seen it before even if this is your introduction to the Shadow.
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09/23/07
The Shadow (1994)
31 %
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Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 13
Rotten:29
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Consensus: Bringing a classic pulp character to the big screen, The Shadow features impressive visual effects, but the story ultimately fails to strike a memorable chord.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: A moody and atmospheric crime film, inspired by a popular radio show that ran for over 25 years. In another, better time, crime boss Lamont Cranston, using the name Ying Ko, ruled Tibet's underworld. Then someone slashed him with a strange... [More]
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Penelope Ann Miller, John Lone, Ian McKellen
Director: Russell Mulcahy
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Reviews for The Shadow
It has enough of the innocent exoticism and splendor of silent thrillers to suggest a continuity with the past missing from most other movies; all that's required is a capacity to sit back and dream.
04/25/07
Top Critic Polished to a high surface gloss, but nothing lurks beneath; nothing at all.
04/25/07
Despite similarities as a vigilante creature of the night, however, the Shadow -- a character that enjoyed its greatest success in radio after being created in pulp novels -- lacks the visceral appeal of Batman and won't strike the same chord.
04/25/07
Top Critic Baldwin's low-key performance lacks charisma, Lone alternates between lip-smacking villainy and camp humour, and Miller is chiefly a clothes-horse for a series of slinky '30s frocks.
06/24/06
It offers a diverting, nostalgic retreat to the innocent days when crime fighting was a pleasant, rich man's hobby.
08/30/04
Top Critic
This may have been the last cinematic stab at capturing the essence of a faded literary phenomenon
03/19/03
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