| Multiple Mirror Effects in Movies | ||
The Shadow (1994) |
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Based on the 1930s pulp fiction and radio dramas, Lamont Cranston (Alex Baldwin) is a vigilante crime-fighter known as The Shadow, who has the power to "cloud men's minds" and control their actions. Similar to a human superhero like Batman he wears a hat, a cape and a mask. He also changes the appearance of his face, carries two large semi-automatic pistols, and becomes invisible, showing only a shadow (and laughing maniacally), and he has a large network of agents helping him throughout the city. Shiwan Khan (John Lone) a villainous descendent of Genghis Khan, recently arrived in New York City where he begins his plan to rule the world by assembling an atomic bomb to destroy the city. At the end of the movie, there is a climactic scene in a mirrored room. Cranston transforms into The Shadow, breaks into Khan's headquarters, kills Khan's army of Mongol warriors (who run around NYC in full armor but nobody notices) then chases Khan into the large silver coffin that Khan was shipped in, but he has disappeared. Cranston then pulls a cord which opens the bottom of the coffin and he drops him down a chute into a laundry room. He chases Khan into a storage area full of furniture and mirrors then into a room full of rows of floor-length mirrors. (There is no explanation why this mirrored room is there but it could be in the basement of the New York Natural History Museum where Khan's coffin was shipped.) Cranston begins to use his mind power to break the mirrors until they all explode in a flying tsunami of glass that surrounds Khan. Then Cranston uses his mind power to elevate one sharp shard of glass and shoot it at Khan. Surprisingly, the powerful mind-controlling Khan, does nothing to stop him. The mirror room scenes are intercut with other action, starting at about 1:35:41. Watch the scene on YouTube |
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