The Spirit |  | Director: Frank Miller
Actors: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jaime King, Dan Gerrity
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 15725
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 25323
UPC: 031398108436
EAN: 0031398108436
ASIN: B001RHGRT8
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: April 14, 2009
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 04/14/2009 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Above shadowy, crime-infested streets a masked avenger watches. Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht) was one of Central City’s finest cops until a gangster’s bullet ended his life. Now Fate has brought him back from the beyond as The Spirit, a street-hardened hero who faces off against seductive foes like the voluptuous Sand Saref (Eva Mendes) and the alluring Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson). Then, of course, there’s his evil archenemy, The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), with a mission to wipe out Spirit’s beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality in this graphic action-thriller.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 56
 Really, really bad December 28, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
The Bottom Line:
Frank Miller clearly learned nothing from Robert Rodriguez, for this leaden and awful comic book film shows nothing of the tongue-in-cheek flair of Sin City: I was the only person in my family who wanted to see this film when it came out and they all thought I was stupid--upon finally seeing it (alone) I realized they were all right.
1.5/4
 The Spirit December 18, 2009
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Spirit, in its dark artiness, works well. This film has sleek angularity, but it's the film's clichés that seem to have lived forever.
Frank Miller kills The Spirit. December 5, 2009
Ixion28 (N. Wilkesboro, NC USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's really hard to believe that I waited twenty-five years on a long-rumored film of Will Eisner' definitive "Comics Noir" "The Spirit", only to get this...thing. When I first heard that Frank Miller was going to direct an adaptation of Eisner, I was split. On the one hand, it made sense: Miller's work has always been heavily influenced by "The Spirit", especially his "Daredevil", which drew much of it's visual style directly from Eisner's strip. On the other hand, Eisner's work has a kind of humor, sentiment, and, at times even whimsy that Miller's work has never shown at all. So I wasn't overly surprised when we got a movie that's nearly all Miller rather than Eisner. That might have (almost) worked on its own terms, if the movie just hadn't be so flat-out dreadful. Really, it almost makes one glad that Eisner is gone, so he can't see the hellish mess that Miller, a man Eisner was friendly with in life, managed to make out of his life's work. Two stars for a few moments here and there that (almost accidentally, it seems) capture some of the essence of the Eisner's masterwork. If you want to see a modern adaptation of "The Spirit" that works on it's own terms, check out Darwyn Cooke's recent comic series, but this movie just a heartbreaker.
 Terrible movie! November 9, 2009
Bernard Lee (Hong Kong)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed 300 and Sin City but this movie was just plain terrible.
The acting was terrible. Plot was terrible. Cinematography was terrible.
It was a shame that you have good actors (Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson) appearing in this terrible movie.
Please save yourselves even the cost of rental. It will be a sad waste of your time and money.
What a waste. October 1, 2009
Doug J. Mack
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First off I want to say that I usually give movies the benifit of the doubt and I am normally not too harsh on movies. After stating this I must say that this movie is the perfect example of waisted talent and effort. The movie had a great cast of actors who gave the most awful performances of their careers. At no time was the story even interesting. Seeing that the effects are parrallel to Sin City, I thought this movie had to have some quality to it. This movie is the G rated version of Sin City. The special effects are totally waisted by a bad script and performances. I was warned that this was not a good movie, but this movie truly owes its audience an apology.
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