The Spirit
2008
Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City. Read more
| Starring | Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes |
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| Director | Frank Miller |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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The Spirit
Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.
| Starring | Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King, Sarah Paulson |
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| Director | Frank Miller |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 25 May 2009 Blu-ray: 25 May 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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From Will Eisner’s 1940s comic strip, Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City. read more »
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47 out of 47 people found this review helpful
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Frank Miller - there IS egg on your face!!
Frank Miller needs to get another director to bring his visions to life, where Robert Rodriguez and Zack Snyder made brilliant adaptations of Millers graphic novels (Sin City and 300 respectivly), on this occasion Frank has gone it alone in the directors chair and the film feels....flat.
The characters are 1 dimentional and feel totally detatched from the viewer, and most of the time from each other too. You nver feel any attatchment to Spirit and dont particularly care what happens to him, further since we dont really see any citizens there isnt much concern for 'his' city either. the acting is ropey and even the stylised visuals feel tired and unimaginative, where dashes of colour were powerful in Sin City the whole film feels awash with blandness.
I highly recommend NOT seeing this film, 3/10 - total snooze fest
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- NativityInBlack from Birmingham
- Posted 02 Jan 2009 02:42
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Poor man's Sin City
Hard not to compare the two as very similar visual style (as you would expect considering Frank Miller's involvement). Sin City boasts better story lines and characters though.
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Miller blasts Hollywood leading men
- 06 Jan 2009
Director Frank Miller has criticised the lack of good leading men in Hollywood, claiming that he struggled to cast the lead role in The Spirit. The Sin City director wanted to give the lead role in the new comic book adaptation to an unknown face, reports Digital Spy. However, Miller said it was "a long process" to find the right person, but he eventually settled on Gabriel Macht for the eponymous role. "We interviewed dozens and dozens of people. It was very difficult because we Read more
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