Where to Watch The Shadow
- Richard19 oktober 2025Caught this one on TV, probably late night, back when superhero movies were still rare and pulp adaptations were trying to find their footing. Alec Baldwin plays Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, a vigilante with psychic powers, a dark past and a cape that billows like it’s auditioning for Batman. The setup is pure pulp: 1930s New York, an atom bomb threat and an archenemy named Shiwan Khan who wants to hold the city hostage. The Shadow uses “the power to cloud men’s minds” and a lot of dramatic whispering to save the day. The production design is gorgeous Art Deco meets noir, with swirling fog and scarlet lips. The cast is stacked: Ian McKellen, Tim Curry, Penelope Ann Miller and Peter Boyle all show up to add texture. But the tone wobbles. It’s too campy to be serious, too serious to be camp. The pacing drags, the action feels restrained and the script never quite decides if it’s parody or homage. I liked the ambition, the aesthetic and the attempt to resurrect a radio-era hero. But it never quite clicked. It’s the kind of movie that made adult years feel visually rich, narratively confused, and just nostalgic enough to earn a shrug.
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The Shadow was released on 1 juli 1994.
The Shadow was directed by Russell Mulcahy.
The Shadow has a runtime of 1 u, 48 m.
The Shadow was produced by Willi Bär, Martin Bregman, Michael Bregman.
Lamont Creston is een playboy en miljonair die tegen de misdaad strijdt. Creston heeft in het Verre Oosten geleerd hoe hij de menselijke geest van anderen kan benevelen en hoe hij zichzelf, op zijn schaduw na, onzichtbaar kan maken. In deze film strijdt The Shadow tegen Shiwan Khan, de laatste afstammeling van de beruchte Genghis Khan, die vastbesloten is de mensheid aan zijn heerschappij te onderwerpen.
The key characters in The Shadow are Lamont Cranston / The Shadow (Alec Baldwin), Shiwan Khan (John Lone), Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller).
The Shadow is rated 12.
The Shadow is an Action, Adventure, Fantasie film.
The Shadow has an audience rating of 4.5 out of 10.
The Shadow had a budget of US$ 25 mln..
The Shadow has made US$ 48,1 mln. at the box office.