The Shadow
3,951
Fantasy. Adventure. Mystery
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.
Author | Review | ||
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United States | Entertainment Weekly | "The movie has all the coherence of a bad acid flashback." | NEG |
United Kingdom | Time Out | "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." | NEG |
United States | The New York Times | "It offers a diverting, nostalgic retreat to the innocent days when crime fighting was a pleasant, rich man's hobby." | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "Overproduced but underwhelming monolith" | NEG |
United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "If you respond to film noir (...) the look of this movie will work some kind of magic.The story itself may not be so mesmerizing, but who really cares? (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
United Kingdom | Empire | "The film has a wonderful super-production look and Baldwin's Shadow breezes through via nifty invisible effects, but the plot never really gels (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" | NEU |
United States | SFGATE | "It's adventurous film-making, genuinely enthusiastic and genuinely inspired" | POS |
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