Review – The Shadow

Who knows what bad movies lurk in the hearts of producers? The Shadow knows! Eh-heh-heh-heh-heh! Actually, it’s hard to say exactly what went wrong here. The budget was big enough. The acting’s not great, but it’s not too terrible. The sexism and racism so endemic to the old pulp stories are present here, but at least they’re toned down a little. The producers spent plenty on the effects and art direction. But still somehow it just comes up a little short. It isn’t a terrible movie, and if I was a younger person still in my comic-book-reading phase I probably would have enjoyed it immensely. As it was, I found it diverting but not much more. Mildly amusing