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When rookie cop, Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht), mysteriously returns from the beyond as The Spirit he vows to fight crime from the shadows of Central city. But his arch enemy the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) has other ideas... Intent on pursuing immortality the Octopus is systematically wiping out The Spirit's beloved city - but can the Spirit stop him?
And what of Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She's the love of the The Spirit's life turned bad... Will he be able to save her before she kills him?
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Pale in comparison to Sin City. Frank Miller clearly didnt have the same support for this film. Poor script, poor plot, poor acting.
26 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The easiest thing in the world is to crticise something negatively, we're all good at that, so here's a more difficult to put together positive critique.Forget all the basically "What a load of rubbish" reviews. Ok it's not faithful to the original stories (how many movies are?), and he wears a black suit not his iconic blue one (a very major sin in some people's minds but it suits the muted colours better), but this is a comic story put onto the big screen after all. How logical do you expect it to be. It's about a man who's dead after all and can't die again, how realistic is that!! I have to agree, the Nazi bit came straight from the left field and some of the acting could be a bit better, but they are playing comic book characters don't forget. That aside I actually liked it... a lot. Sure the dialogue isn't up to the standard of Shakespeare, but remember neither were Sin City or 300; they used the original text from the comic books and were equally unusual; Miller wrote the script for this movie in a similar style. Let's be fair, the acting in 300 and Sin City didn't exactly set the world on fire, but really suited those films; it's the same here. Sure it's nothing like other comic adaptations like Spiderman, Batman, X-Men, Iron Man and so on, but that doesn't make it bad. It's just different; a little more arty if you like. I find that when people are very fond of something, be it a type of music, book, tv show or in this case movie, they can get a bit precious about things and become unnecessarily, sometimes vitriolically, damning of something which doesn't match their own idea of how it should have turned out (We've all seen Comic Book Guy on the Simpsons). Relax, open your mind and consider if you really would have done anything differently or better (and that's subjective remember)... I doubt it. The greenscreen documentary in the extras will explain everything to sceptics. A bold movie in my view, and if you're not precious, enjoyable... but hey, I also like progressive rock, so what do I know!!!
15 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Save the best for first: in pure sound and vision terms this is the greatest Blu-Ray produced to date. The picture quality shows sharpness, depth and contrasts above and beyond "The Dark Knight", "Casino Royale" and, in my eyes, even "Sin City". The sound quality is also in a class of its own: DTS HD Master Audio 7.1! The first BD I've come across with this quality, edging out X-Men 3's 6.1 effort for multi-channel HD class. I think most home cinema fetishists will have to buy this disc, whatever they think of the film.
The film is good, but very much an acquired taste. Contrary to many reports I had read in magazines and on the net "The Spirit" is free of bad acting, but the director has chosen and accomplished a very camp, tongue-in-cheek style for his mid 20th century heroes, and this sure as hell looks like bad acting until you size up the film's specific gravity. It is a film that takes neither itself nor the superhero genre seriously, endlessly self-parodying and always aware of the most typical cliches and how to play with them. If you just want a good superhero/comic-book flick, you may very well hate this and find it truly annoying. But if your sense of humour is generous enough you will find a lot of laughs in this film, and yet still a fair amount of the compelling and gripping; just know that the film will always let go of that grip and laugh as you fall a moment later.
As another reviewer on here states, an open mind is the key. Perhaps rent it first, if you can, it will not please everyone. But it is an entertaining and original film, think of it as a Charles Hawtrey to Sid James's "Sin City". And for anyone who lays great weight on picture and audio quality, it is a revelationary sensory experience. Great value too at the moment. Enjoy.
The film is good, but very much an acquired taste. Contrary to many reports I had read in magazines and on the net "The Spirit" is free of bad acting, but the director has chosen and accomplished a very camp, tongue-in-cheek style for his mid 20th century heroes, and this sure as hell looks like bad acting until you size up the film's specific gravity. It is a film that takes neither itself nor the superhero genre seriously, endlessly self-parodying and always aware of the most typical cliches and how to play with them. If you just want a good superhero/comic-book flick, you may very well hate this and find it truly annoying. But if your sense of humour is generous enough you will find a lot of laughs in this film, and yet still a fair amount of the compelling and gripping; just know that the film will always let go of that grip and laugh as you fall a moment later.
As another reviewer on here states, an open mind is the key. Perhaps rent it first, if you can, it will not please everyone. But it is an entertaining and original film, think of it as a Charles Hawtrey to Sid James's "Sin City". And for anyone who lays great weight on picture and audio quality, it is a revelationary sensory experience. Great value too at the moment. Enjoy.
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"..GOOD FUN.."
Ok this may not be quite as good as sin city or 300, but it is a very cool comic book film none the less! Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
Perfection
I can't believe the film got so much stick..
I'm quite the film buff; into Godard, Bergman, Allen, Independent/Arthouse etc. Read more
I'm quite the film buff; into Godard, Bergman, Allen, Independent/Arthouse etc. Read more
Published 4 months ago by CD
Terrible
I loved Sin City and was drawn in by the hype for this one. I feel massively let down. It is absolutely terrible. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Random
Terribly boring comic hero action
This threw me completely. The trailer made it look good. The poster campaign was sassy. It was a major release. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Benminx
A complete disappointment.
I was a big fan of Frank Miller's `Sin City', and considering `The Spirit' is directed and written by Frank Miller, I was expecting a film very much in the same vein as `Sin City',... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ernie
hey, it's really rather GOOD
it's possible that director frank miller has turned out to be his own worst enemy.
without miller's comic books (namely 'dark knight returns' and 'batman: year one') we... Read more
without miller's comic books (namely 'dark knight returns' and 'batman: year one') we... Read more
Published 24 months ago by a-to-the-d
Terrible - nothing like the original
Terrible film. Had no value whatsoever (other than perhaps to show how not to make a movie).
It was nothing like the comic. The Octopus.. what were they thinking. Read more
It was nothing like the comic. The Octopus.. what were they thinking. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Mr. A. Buckle
If someone recommends this to you they don't like you.
How this cast got dragged into such massive rubbish is baffling.
Rubbish on every level. Just Rubbish. Read more
Rubbish on every level. Just Rubbish. Read more
Published on 11 May 2010 by Movieman
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You shouldn't conmpare "The Spirit" to "Sin City"?.. Why not!?.. When It's clear that the makers of this movie so desperately wanted it to be!.. Trouble is it failed miserably. Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by W. Nash
Just what I expected
If you have seen the trailer then you have seen all of the worthwhile moments in this film. I loved sin city and the trailer make it look like sin city but it is not sin city. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2010 by Craig
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