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The Shadow (1994)
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
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Overview
Based on the 1930’s comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, 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 city’s rescue with explosive results.
Rated PG-13 | Length 108 minutes
Actors
Alec Baldwin | John Lone | Penelope Ann Miller | Peter Boyle | Ian McKellen | Tim Curry | Jonathan Winters | Sab Shimono | Brady Tsurutani | James Hong | Joseph Maher | John Kapelos | Max Wright | Aaron Lustig | Ethan Phillips | Larry Hankin | Larry Joshua | Al Leong | Gerald Okamura | Abraham Benrubi | Steve Hytner | Patrick Fischler | Lily Mariye | Garret Sato | Andre Gregory | Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad | Kate McGregor-Stewart | Joe D'Angerio | Wesley Mann | Woon Young Park | Frank Welker | Darryl Chan | James Lew | Toshishiro Obata | Bruce Locke | Leo Lee | Nils Allen Stewart | Jimmy Taenaka | Jen Sung | Al Goto | Stuart Quan | Nathan Jung
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/04/2011 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 2.5 stars |
| (Average) 2.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Not having seen it since it came out when I was 14, I remember not liking it at all. Seventeen years later, though, THE SHADOW is passable.
There are so many moments when writer David Koepp is on the verge of getting it right by trying to be the 1989 BATMAN or evoking that serial feel (a la INDIANA JONES), but more often than not the film falls flat, trying to be edgy but only emerging corny in the process with a rather lukewarm ending.
For the time though, the special effects were great and the set design quite rich.
Memorable line: “Psychically speaking, I’m quite well endowed.”
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