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The Spirit

2008

Frank Miller

Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes ...

3.7

13,928

Film noir. Fantasy. Action. Adventure 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 ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"'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)."
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"One thing about 'The Spirit' is that it's never dull. Then again, the same can be said of Chinese water torture."
		Kim Newman Screendaily	"[It] misses much of the quirky charm and humanity of Eisner’s originals (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Xan Brooks The Guardian	"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)"
		Kyle Smith New York Post	"It makes 'Max Payne' look like a gleaming jewel of storytelling"
		Carina Chocano Entertainment Weekly	"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"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"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."
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-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)"

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