
The Shadow
Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyscience fictionthrillermonster/alien/supernaturalsuperherocrimefastfresh & originalimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"The Shadow Knows!"
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, stylish sci-fi film: expansive and unsentimental. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
6.0 /10
TMDB · 366 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Directed by
- Russell Mulcahy
Cast
- Alec Baldwin
- John Lone
- Penelope Ann Miller
- Peter Boyle
- Ian McKellen
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Bregman/Baer Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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