Dec

The Spirit

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Director:
Frank Miller
Stars: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson

Studio: Lionsgate

The Plot: A rookie cop (Macht) returns from the dead to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His main opposition is a former lab technician who has reinvented himself as The Octopus (Jackson), an elusive criminal mastermind who knows the secrets behind his nemesis.

While we still don’t know if those Sin City sequels will ever get made, The Spirit’s projected box-office failure will either speed up or slow down development on the project(s), depending on Frank Miller’s perceived bankability in a few months. We fear Miller isn’t quite ready to sit alone behind the director’s chair, as early reviews and misc. word-of-mouth echo what I originally thought about the Spirit footage I saw at Comic-Con last July: While the movie’s aesthetics earns top marks, the writing and performer direction oversteps the fine line between homage and, well, fromage. Brave the sharky reviewer waters and you’ll find a dearth of positive reviews for this one.