Over the weekend Marcia and I watched “The Shadow” starring Alec Baldwin and those listed below. This was based off the old radio show/comic strip/pulp novel characters.
The description comes from Amazon.Com:
Alec Baldwin plays the Shadow, a.k.a. Lamont Cranston, who arrives in New York from his decadent life in Tibet, fully reformed and disciplined in his ability “to cloud men’s minds.” A crime fighter who lurks in the dark recesses of the city, the Shadow faces his most deadly challenge when Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the last surviving descendant of Genghis Khan, hatches a plot to conquer the world. The scheme involves a madman (Tim Curry), a hapless scientist (Ian McKellen), and various traps designed to catch and kill the Shadow, who must also contend with his blossoming romance with Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller), a slender beauty capable of a little mind play of her own.
I never heard any of the old shows, or read any of the comic books or novels. However, with our Baldwin kick and some interest growing in like stories, we decided to watch it.
It seems that they paid homage to the pulpiness of the original. Yeah, I just said that I haven’t heard any of the radio shows or read any of the other stories. But it is fairly obvious what the style was like. And pulp comes to mind. And the movie was just that. Not a favorite of mine, but still good.
Nothing spectacular from any of the actors or actresses, but good enough to make it entertaining. Though it is quite interesting to watch Penelope Ann Miller. She seems to be very elegant in different way in all her roles that I have seen her in.
Not the best of Baldwin I have seen, but again entertaining at least.
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