
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. He's going to wipe out the entire city. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the wi... (Full plot summary below)
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Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. He's going to wipe out the entire city. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill the masked crusader.
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| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesI guess a movie this brassy, sumptuous, and unafraid of what-the-hell effects, gags and visuals isn't enough for a lot of people. I don't really know why. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe ultimate geek movie...Frank Miller's take on Will Eisner's semi-spectral crime-fighter comes DOA and never springs back to life. |
| Village VoiceRobert WilonskyThe fanboys will find room in their heart to forgive the desecration. Everyone else won't care at all. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceAs one of the film's characters might say, there's bad. There's really bad. There's ridiculously bad. And then there's The Spirit bad. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonThe Spirit does not believe in itself. It thinks comics are a joke -- and it appears to thinks that movies are a joke, too. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttScenes begin seemingly at random and end abruptly. Actors play characters at full bore. Dialogue has the crude energy of '30s Hollywood melodramas but rarely any wit or engaging subtext. All emotions are forced. |
| FilmJerk.comEdward HavensMore interested in being a technical marvel than a coherent story. |
| MovieTime, ABC Radio NationalJason Di RossoIt's a plot from the 'more is more' school of scriptwriting and while the live action crossed with stylised graphic novel effect is sublime, it can't distract from the clunkiness of it all. |
| OregonianMike RussellThe Spirit is a loony, embarrassing mess that takes the late Will Eisner's classic comics creation and beats it senseless with a giant toilet bowl (literally, at one point). |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfA blissfully coked-out-of-its-mind spit-take on Eisner and the modern world of superhero cinema, The Spirit is wet bag of hot breath. |