Though they try to make it "true" to the character (by far the only point in the movie where they accomplish this is the bridge scene in the beginning) its based on too much the radio version and not enough of the original pulp character for my tastes. Numerous continuity errors make it even worse.

It's watchable and John Lone is cool, but they really missed a chance to make something interesting. I'm a sucker for the whole 1930's/40's Art Deco pulp style, and this is chock full of it, so if you're into that too and don't have high expectations you might be pleasantly surprised. In an ideal world this would be remade without the goofiness, with someone like Michael Fassbender in the lead, and go wayyy darker with the psychic stuff and violence.

Haven't seen it in awhile but I thought it was okay at the time

I have a replica of the dagger from this movie... and absolutely no idea how I obtained it. But this movie seemed like a movie similar to the dark superhero movies they make today, like sin city, the spirit, and the watchmen. But this one just fails at it. I was fairly bored throughout.

While the grounding of the film isn't that bad and the visual components work quite well, it really isn't all that interesting between the occasional action scene. Baldwin spends his time looking dark and sinister while fighting levitating daggers with teeth and some strange rejects from Mongol. The comedy elements mostly fall flat, although there are a couple of sniggers to be had at the film's expense. Basically held up by the cast and budget, elevating it just above the B-movie standard.

An underrated fantasy adventure with a smart script and some great visuals.

Mildly entertaining, but a poor adaptation, not very well made.

A cool fun movie based on the radio plays and comic book character of the same name. Alec Baldwin turns a suprisingly good performance, which is unexpected for this type of film, and we get the sexy Penelope Ann Miller as his love interest. The plot fits this brilliantly, and makes you think why hasn't there been a resurgence of interest in this property as of late, or why was there never a sequel. But this is a fun movie to watch, and would greatly complement an evening of super hero films.

A ghastly disappointment. This should have been easy. They actually lifted great hunks of material from the pulps -- but then tried to combine the radio and pulp versions of the character and ended up getting them both wrong. Alec Baldwin's ego dictates that he won't wear the face except for a few fleeting moments. Mix in some really lousy comedy setpieces and you have a complete mess. I wonder what it feels like to screw The Shadow.

I guess I'm in the minority here but The Shadow is a pretty damn fun film. No, it's nothing stupendously great but the central character has a great power with an equally great weakness. Additionally I have to say it's quite unintentionally hilarious watching the Shadow try and mind-wipe someone and then have it not work. "YOU WILL FORGET EVERYTHING ABOUT ME." "Why would I do that?" "I uh... I... I have to go."

Starts out extremely cheesy, with sets so fake that at one point a character slams up a rail and shows that it's made of rubber. Baldwin is comically miscast as well. But it gets better. When it can't be taken seriously, it has enough intentional and unintentional humor to provide good entertainment anyway.

Ok, just ignore the logistics to it (i.e. what year is it? why chinese? why new york? telepathy, really? the list goes on) and enjoy it for what it is: a fun Saturday afternoon matinee-type flick. No character development, oscar-worthy performances or pretentious messaging, just solid funness.

Pulpy and surprisingly cute.

I can see what they were trying to do here but it doesn't work. It needed to be darker. An excellent cast though makes it almost decent.

A dull cliché.

Points because I had an action figure of the Shadow that was really cool.

A really great concept for a film, just nothing seemed to come together the way it should have.

I remember seeing this film, but don't remember anything about it. So I'm guessing it must've been pretty bad.

hokey, but kinda cool