My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising vs The Shadow

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.1/10 for The Shadow). My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 1h 48m. The Shadow is the older of the two (1994 against 2019). Both are action, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising posterMy Hero Academia: Heroes Rising2019 VS The Shadow posterThe Shadow1994
My Hero Academia: Heroes RisingThe Shadow
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 6.1/10
Year20191994
Length1h 44m1h 48m
GenresAction, Adventure, Animation, FantasyAction, Fantasy
Country––
DirectorKenji NagasakiRussell Mulcahy
Main castYuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuka Terasaki, Tasuku HatanakaTim Curry, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Winters, James Hong, Alec Baldwin

Synopsis

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the…

The Shadow

Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.

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