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Darkman(Movie), Darkman II: The Return of Durant(Movie), The Phantom(Movie), The Shadow(Movie), Dick Tracy(Movie), Spawn(Movie), Darkman III: Die Darkman Die(Movie), Dark Angel(Movie), Judge Dredd(Movie), Blue Ice(Movie), Soldier(Movie)
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copy paste my review for the rocketeer. works a little less and fails a little more for pretty much the same reasons except here it's art deco nyc (which is good) and telepathic baldwin (which is... eh). it's weird to consider he has a million brothers and is still the most charming/talented one. says a lot about that gene pool. read
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he may not have purple tights, or a rocket pack, but he can confound the minds of men! which is pulp-speak for turning invisible and some limited range of mind control. the shadow plays like a glorious mish-mash of batman and dick tracy, with all the gothic cityscapes, gadgets, lairs, and secret passages that the filmmakers could muster. it's all a blast, and tongue-in-cheek just enough to be self aware. the premise is silly, and requires a full text crawl after the opening scene just to tell us exactly who's who and how the shadow actually got his powers. it's all pulp-speak, and oozing read
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