The Shadow Review

The Shadow


Release Date: 19th January 1995 - Australia


Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)
Bregman/Baer Productions

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: PG

Runtime: 108 minutes


Budget: $40,000,000

Box Office Gross: $48,063,435
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
In 30s New York City, the
Shadow battles his nemesis,
Shiwan Khan, who is
building an atomic bomb. (Source - IMDb)


Cast
Alec Baldwin - Lamont
Cranston/The Shadow
John Lone - Shiwan Kahn
Penelope Ann Miller - Margo Lane
Peter Boyle - Moses "Moe"
Shrevnitz
Ian McKellen - Dr. Reinhardt Lane
Tim Curry - Farley Claymore
Jonathan Winters -
Wainwright Barth
Sab Shimono - Dr. Roy Tam
Andre Gregory - Burbank
Brady Tsurutani - Tulku
James Hong - Li Peng
Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad - Wu
Joseph Maher - Isaac
Newboldt
John Kapelos - Duke Rollins
Max Wright - Berger
Ethan Phillips - Nelson
Joe D'Angerio - English Johnny
Lily Mariye - Mrs. Tam
Kate McGregor-Stewart - Mrs. Shrevnitz

Crew
Director - Russell Mulcahy
Based on Character "The
Shadow" - Walter B. Gibson
Writer - David Koepp
Associate Producer/Unit Production Manager - Patricia Churchill
Executive Producers - Rolf Deyhle and
Louis A. Stroller
Co-Executive Producer - Stan Weston
Producers - Martin & Michael Bregman and
Willi Bar
Production Designer - Joseph C. Nemec III
Costume Designer - Bob Ringwood
Director of Photography - Stephen H. Burum
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Dick Ziker
Special Effects Supervisor - Albert Delgado
Special Effects Coordinators - John Logan and
Ken Pepiot
Special Visual Effects Supervisors - Craig Barron
and Michael Pangrazio
Special Visual Effects - Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor
Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor - Alison Savitch
Visual Effects Supervisors - Kevin O'Neill and
Gene Warren Jr.
Additional Visual Effects Producer - Peter Kuran
Miniature Effects Supervisor - Mark Stetson
Miniature Effects - Robert Spurlock
Film Editors - Beth Jochem
Besterveld and Peter Honess
Music - Jerry Goldsmith


Review
To be quite fair at the least, I never actually heard about 'THE SHADOW' but as I recently watched the film interpretation, I find that it was very impressive and that the title character is more elusive than Batman except that he has superpowers like invisibility and doesn't have an appealing costume or even a cool vehicle. As I figured that the plot is very too mushy and undeveloped, the details are not and evaluates the picture such as the glorious special effects, the superficial cast of acting by Alec Baldwin, Tim Curry and Ian McKellen and the excellent production design that defines the look of the old 30s and is a near-imitation of the sets of Tim Burton's 'Batman'.

This is a diminished and unrecognized superhero movie that suffers from a poor and no interest story-line and therefore 'THE SHADOW' is far from underrated to just being mediocre. I recommend myself and list this film as okay, respectively.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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