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The Shadow (1994)

The Shadow (1994)
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A crime fighter created in the 1930s and popularized in movies, pulp novels, and a radio show starring a young Orson Welles, The Shadow came back to life in 1994 in this slick, well-cast production. Alec Baldwin stars as Lamont Cranston, a murderous opium dealer reformed by a Tibetan mystic, who teaches him how to use his keen mental powers to manipulate others. As penance for his past misdeeds, Cranston masquerades as a degenerate New York City playboy by day and secretly plays the heroic Shadow by night, staving off evildoers with a network of agents and a cab-driving sidekick (Peter Boyle). A greater challenge arrives when Cranston must fight Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the final descendent of Genghis Khan, who has received training from the same Tibetan master who instructed Cranston. Shiwan plans to use atomic weapons to take over New York and then the world. At the same time, Cranston meets socialite Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller), and, although he's instantly enamored of her, he discovers that her psychic abilities render his secret identity vulnerable. The Shadow was directed by former music video creator Russell Mulcahy, whose feature film debut Highlander (1986) was a cult classic. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

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Starring:
Alec Baldwin, John Lone, (more)
Director(s):
Russell Mulcahy
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of The Shadow

A crime fighter created in the 1930s and popularized in movies, pulp novels, and a radio show starring a young Orson Welles, The Shadow came back to life in 1994 in this slick, well-cast production. Alec Baldwin stars as Lamont Cranston, a murderous opium dealer reformed by a Tibetan mystic, who teaches him how to use his keen mental powers to manipulate others. As penance for his past misdeeds, Cranston masquerades as a degenerate New York City playboy by day and secretly plays the heroic Shadow by night, staving off evildoers with a network of agents and a cab-driving sidekick (Peter Boyle). A greater challenge arrives when Cranston must fight Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the final descendent of Genghis Khan, who has received training from the same Tibetan master who instructed Cranston. Shiwan plans to use atomic weapons to take over New York and then the world. At the same time, Cranston meets socialite Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller), and, although he's instantly enamored of her, he discovers that her psychic abilities render his secret identity vulnerable. The Shadow was directed by former music video creator Russell Mulcahy, whose feature film debut Highlander (1986) was a cult classic. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
108 mins

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Director(s):
Russell Mulcahy
Writer(s):
David Koepp, Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
Producer(s):
Michael S. Bregman, Rolf Deyhle, Stan Weston
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Categories:
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action / Adventure
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    Elanor M.

    This movie was part of the mid-ninetys "comic book" movie spree that all of Hollywood was trying to get into after the huge successes of the Batman movies earlier in the decade. The movie does a good job of blending all three iterations of The Shadow; the pulp character, the radio character, and the film character. For my tastes, however, they used too much of the radio character and not enough of his original pulp-novel predecessor. The plot is intriguing, and the character is well played by Baldwin. Penelope Ann Miller excels herself in playing the highly annoying Margo Lane who never knows when to stay out of trouble. Directed by the same man who directed Highlander, the movie is well shot and the visuals are absolutely stunning. Overall a good movie if you enjoy the pulp-novel 1930's feel, especially if you are a fan of The Shadow.

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    Malcom G.

    Actually a pretty good show. Wish they wouldn't have made him such a badguy in the beginning. Also if you're going to give the hero,guns, let him use them. And if you didn't like the movie, its a kicking pinball machine.

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    Kevin W.

    I remember it was a sleeper in 1994, but when I revisted it in 2011, it was very comic book campy but I guess it was the norm back then for comic book hero movies. It was interesting to see Alec baldwin smoke opium with long dirty scragly hair.

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