The Shadow

1994 • 107 minutes

About this movie

Alec Baldwin stars as the crime-fighting superhero who battles his most dangerous nemesis yet in this thriller with incredible special effects, humor and a dose of the macabre!

Ratings and reviews

The Shadow is a mystery man, a classic character who's like a madhouse mix of Batman, Ghost Rider, Eliot Ness, Dracula, and a very dark yet somehow amused Deadpool (the Shadow's laugh really just makes the blood-spilling hero even scarier). I enjoyed most of this movie, did not see the start. I plan to buy it, because I love the character and if I recall, the moviemakers went with some of the wild ideas in the late-'80s Shadow comics which are finally out in digital format. (Pure absurdism--look them up!) Only the Shadow knows who or what the Shadow really is, but he is a mystical machine of massacre to the malevolent forces that threaten the innocent. He'll plug a thug as soon as look at 'im. Batman's morals may make more sense, but the Shadow has a power and purity that is heaven-sent and hell-bent. A great performance by Baldwin, who may have gotten a kick out of bringing back the most enigmatic crimefighter in the history of pulp fiction.

I've loved this movie since I first saw it. It's chock full of amazing actors and captures the flavor of a 30s serial down to the cheesy one liners. I wish so hard that this movie had done better so we could have got sequels. It's criminally underrated.

Its a campy 1990's attempt at a 1940's radio show. Succeeds in that attempt. It was a super hero film before this modern era of super hero films. I personally would have loved sequels.