Set in 1930s New York, with the aid of a beautiful female friend, the Shadow, a playboy millionaire with a dark past, sets out to bring his nemesis, Shiwan Khan, who is building an atomic bomb.
Despite similarities as a vigilante creature of the night, however, the Shadow -- a character that enjoyed its greatest success in radio after being created in pulp novels -- lacks the visceral appeal of Batman and won't strike the same chord.
eFilmCritic.com
September 23, 2007
What's on the screen is so tired by now that you've seen it before even if this is your introduction to the Shadow.
Despite handsome production values and a crackerjack supporting cast, "The Shadow" remains a temperamental trinket that lacks the temerity to truly explore, as its titular hero would say, what evil truly lurks in the hearts of men.
It has enough of the innocent exoticism and splendor of silent thrillers to suggest a continuity with the past missing from most other movies; all that's required is a capacity to sit back and dream.
Baldwin's low-key performance lacks charisma, Lone alternates between lip-smacking villainy and camp humour, and Miller is chiefly a clothes-horse for a series of slinky '30s frocks.
