Adapted
from the legendary graphic novels, Will Eisner's The Spirit is a
classic
action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister Frank Miller (creator of
300
and Sin City). It is the story of a former rookie-cop who returns
mysteriously from the dead as The Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime
from
the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, The Octopus (Samuel L.
Jackson)
has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city
as he
pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this
cold-hearted
killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs,
to the
windswept waterfront ... all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women
who
either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding
him at
every turn are Ellen Dolan, the whip-smart girl-next-door; Sand Saref
(Eva
Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves; Silken Floss (Scarlett
Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; Plaster of Paris, a
murderous
French nightclub dancer; Lorelai, a phantom siren; and Morganstern, a
sexy
young cop. In the vein of Batman Begins and Sin City, The
Spirit takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is
born,
murdered and born again.
The
Spirit is a fictional American
masked crime-fighter, created by writer-artist Will Eisner
in 1940.
The
Spirit chronicled the adventures of a masked vigilante who fought crime
with
the blessing of the city's police commissioner Dolan, an old friend.
Despite
the Spirit's origin as a detective named Denny Colt,
his real identity
was virtually unmentioned again and for all intents and purposes he was
simply
"The Spirit". The stories ranged through a wide variety of styles,
from straightforward crime drama and noir to lighthearted
adventure, from mystery and horror
to comedy and love
stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and expectations. |
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