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A 1994 [[Universal]] live-action film based off the pulp hero [[The Shadow]], the movie follows the adventures of Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin), who uses his psychic powers as the Shadow to make up for the atrocities he committed in the past. But all is not well in the Big Apple - Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the last descendant of Genghis and fellow psychic, has come to finish his great-grandscestor's work, and he's not about to let anyone stand in his way. Margo Lane was played by Penelope Ann Miller.
No relation to the [[Hans Christian Andersen]] [[The Shadow (novel)|story of the same name]].
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* [[The Atoner]]: Lamont's work as the Shadow is so he can atone for the suffering he caused as the ruthless drug lord Ying Ko.
* [[Big Applesauce]]: Justified in that Shiwan is also here to test himself against Lamont, and if at all possible, get him to change sides.
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: One of Shiwan's guards willingly falls to his death rather than be captured by the Shadow.
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: Lamont ''knows'' he's a bad person and struggles with his dark side (which manifests as The Shadow, who does bad things for good reasons), while Shiwan Khan is a brutal megalomaniac bent on total world domination.
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* [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide]]: Shiwan uses his powers to off a museum guard who saw him in Genghis's coffin, a cab driver who took him to his lair, and a marine who insulted his fashion sense. The Shadow later uses his powers to {{spoiler|make Farley Claymore jump through a third-story window.}}
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* [[The Renfield]]: Farley Claymore.
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Shiwan comes to the States smuggled in his great-grandscestor's silver coffin.
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* [[Wrong Wire]]: When Dr. Lane first tries to disarm the bomb, he accidentally makes the timer go to warp speed, and fixing it leaves him with only two minutes. Finally, he decides that it's "usually green"... {{spoiler|and pulls the red wire.}}
* [[Yellow Peril]]: Fortunately averted. While the villains are Mongols, Dr. Tam is also Asian.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Shiwan killed one of his warriors hypnotized by Lamont.
** Perhaps more pragmatic than the usual version. A minion who's vulnerable to your enemy's mind control is a definite liability.
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