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Features Actors:Scarlett Johansson,Eva Mendes,Sarah Paulson,Samuel Jackson,Louis Lombardi,Gabriel Macht Running Time:108 Min. Rating:PG-13 Surrounded by a menagerie of bizarre when not silly fellow citizens, the undead former rookie cop Denny Colt now morphed into The Spirit, runs interference with mixed results against Sam Jackson's fiendish extreme villain, Octopus and his shrewd sidekick Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson). More than evening the odds, Silken surrounds herself with a murderous crew of homicidal fatty clones like an underworld Madonna bossing around an obedient crew of bad and badder boy toys. In the midst of perpetually picking up the pace of all sorts of erotic when not surreal sleuthing, Miller backs up for a coming of age, mean streets interlude when a smitten young Denny got dumped by materialistic teen hottie Sand Saref, (played in smoldering adulthood by Eva Mendes), who'd rather follow a career trajectory lusting after diamonds, when not stealing them. Though turning on the seductive charm in her avaricious vocational pursuits is Sand's prime specialty, as when Eva's aspiring femme fatale shows she really knows how to drop a towel and reveal butt when not kicking it, in squirming her way out of an arrest by that vigilante old flame. Meanwhile, turning up periodically to do the female doormat thing to Spirit's quickie serial monogamy, is moping, unrequited emergency room physician tending to the masked male chauvinist's periodically drippy wounds, Dr. Dolan (Sarah Paulson). In between stints as cooperative cabbie Liebowitz ferrying The Spirit around town for a variety of supernatural, outlandish brawls, Miller decks out his fantastical multiple maniacs in stylish fedoras and even more stylized lingo with wit and attitude to spare. All star cast!If you liked Sin City, this one is for you!Hope this helps you decide.Thanks for reading! :)Read full review
Frank Miller had great success with his other graphic novel to film projects (Sin City & 300), but The Spirit falls far short. Wooden Characters, incomprehensible and long-winded dialogue stiffle the majority of the action. Sam Jackson is wasted as the Octopus (no mention of how he acquired the name or powers that relate to it) as a mad scientist/criminal type. When we first see him, he looks like a refugee from a 1970's Super Fly movie. No matter how hard he tries, he just isn't the villain you love to hate! In all, this reminds me of a glossed-up old TV show (Batman, Green Hornet) There are two positives: Great, inventive cinematography and art direction, and top-notch Blu ray picture and sound quality. Worth a look, but essentially an expensive throw-a-way.
Just What I needed for my movie collection!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This is the best looking Bluray title I have watched to date. It has some great acting and some amazing camera and FX work. No other movies out at the moment can compare to the picture quality of "The Spirit". Don't think about it just buy it. End of story.
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