Rotten
The movie has all the coherence of a bad acid flashback.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
The Shadow
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
1994 · 1h 48m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Directed by
Russell Mulcahy
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The Shadow
Overview
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
Director and cast
- Russell Mulcahy Director
- Alec Baldwin as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow
- John Lone as Shiwan Khan
- Penelope Ann Miller as Margo Lane
- Peter Boyle as Moe Shrevnitz
- Ian McKellen as Dr. Reinhardt Lane
- Tim Curry as Farley Claymore
- Jonathan Winters as Wainwright Barth
- Sab Shimono as Dr. Tam
- Brady Tsurutani Cast
- James Hong Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
38%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
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.
Brian Lowry, Variety
Rotten
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.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
It offers a diverting, nostalgic retreat to the innocent days when crime fighting was a pleasant, rich man's hobby.
Caryn James, New York Times
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