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The Spirit (TV)

Original title

The Spirit

Year

2008

Running time

103 min.

Country

United States

Director

Frank Miller

Screenwriter

Frank Miller. Comic: Will Eisner

Cast

Music

David Newman

Cinematography

Bill Pope

Producer

Lionsgate, Dark Lot Entertainment, Odd Lot Entertainment

Genre

Film noir. Fantasy. Action. Adventure | Based on a Comic. DC Comics

Movie Groups

Will Eisner Adaptations

Synopsis

The Spirit is the story of Denny Colt, a murdered cop who is mysteriously reborn as the masked crime fighter called the Spirit. Determined to keep his beloved Central City safe, the Spirit pursues Central City’s villains from the shadows and seeks to remove to the worst of them all: the psychotic megalomaniac known as the Octopus. Yet as busy as his ongoing mission keeps him, the dashing crusader always manages to make time for beautiful women, though he never quite knows if they want to seduce, love or kill him. But there is one lady who will never betray him, and to whom he will always be true: Central City, the proud old metropolis where he was born – twice.

Rankings Position

#99 Best Movies Based on DC Comics

Critics' reviews

"'The Spirit' is thrilling, but some characters are weak. (...) 'The Spirit' is uneven, but its campy adventure provides some amusing, escapist fun. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)."

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"One thing about 'The Spirit' is that it's never dull. Then again, the same can be said of Chinese water torture."

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"It makes 'Max Payne' look like a gleaming jewel of storytelling"

Kyle Smith: New York Post
"Doesn't just play like a cheap 'Batman' knockoff, it plays like a cheap 'Batman' knockoff that knows it's a cheap 'Batman' knockoff -- and wants to be sure everybody knows it knows"

Carina Chocano: Entertainment Weekly
"What is most striking about The Spirit is how little pleasure it affords, in spite of its efforts to by sly, sexy, heartfelt and clever all at once."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"The Spirit is mannered to the point of madness. There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"[It] misses much of the quirky charm and humanity of Eisner’s originals (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Kim Newman: Screendaily
"It's about a masked vigilante who wants to be Batman but apparently can't decide whether he's a dark, brooding angel of vengeance, like the Dark Knight, or a camp buffoon in the Adam West mould (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"

Xan Brooks: The Guardian

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50 Worst Movies of All Time (153)

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