In his time, Peter Boyle could have made any movie worthwhile.
Alec Baldwin, on the other hand, only makes me wish I had the last 108 minutes of my life back.
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is a movie about a man who uses his ability to become invisible and to "cloud men's minds" with the power of telekinesis. He fights his arch-nemesis, Shiwan Khan, played by John Lone, in order to stop him from holding the world ransom with an atomic bomb. Tim Curry plays a supporting role as Farley Claymore, the conniving evil sidekick - a character he plays so very well. Penelope Ann Miller plays Margo Lane, the damsel in distress who is able to help save The Shadow in the end, and Peter Boyle plays The Shadow's sarcastic cabby.
This movie is ridiculous - I'm not even sure that this fully deserves a review, but you can decide for yourselves. Go watch The Shadow for shits-and-giggles. It's only worth about the $4 you'll spend on the rental.
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i stumbled upon this entry while googling in search of something completely different... but was kind of excited to find someone mention this movie... no one i know even knows it exists. And as you've pointed out, why the hell should they, it's a crappy movie... but it's one of my guilty pleasures... I have every episode of The Shadow radio show on CD and I've read all the comic strips, every incarnation, and even some of the old pulps. Basically I'll tolerate The Shadow in any format, good or bad. But this is the worst. Rumor has it they're making another Shadow movie... completely unrelated, of course... so hopefully that will be better.
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