The Spirit (DVD, 2009, Widescreen and Full Screen Formats)

I was very excited about The Spirit because I am a big fan of Sin City and was looking forward to see Frank Miller in action again. Also, the cast seemed to be a great lineup. However, it doesn't matter how good the actors are if the plot and script are lame, and I am here to tell you -- I don't even think the likes of Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep could have saved The Spirit for this reason.

I kept waiting for the story to intrigue me and for the characters to develop. I watched a couple of people walk out of the theater about an hour through... Finally, I checked the time (never a good sign when you're watching a movie), only to discover that the movie was nearly over, and there would be no chance for redemption.

Aesthetically, The Spirit was interesting, but I couldn't help feeling like I'd seen it all before. The cinematography and graphics were pretty much a carbon copy of Sin City. I expected to see similarity (Frank Miller's style is distinct, after all), but not identical visual imagery.

Features Actors:Scarlett Johansson,Eva Mendes,Sarah Paulson,Samuel Jackson,Louis Lombardi,Gabriel Macht, Dan Lauria
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! :)

A very good Comic book movie that is geared toward the adult audience. Great cast and worth watching and adding to your collection.

The Spirit Dvd is just as described. Very fast shipping. I would definitely buy from this seller again.

A masked avengers shadows over crime riddled streets. 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 beyond as The Spirit, a street-hardened avenger who faces off against seductive rivals. Rated PG-13

never seen the movie in person but looks to be a great movie! based from the directors that directed sin city! along the same exactly lines and format of that movie!

I thought that the movie was VERY CHILDESS. Would not recommend it to anyone over eight years old.The story line was that of a little kids story that you see on seaseme street

Great item, watch once and has to watch again ell direct and good actors and actres, the scene was well selected and choice of location too

This one was a Bigggg disappointment and I feel like I wasted money on it. Couldn't follow it , lousy acting, un-interesting story plot, stopped it after 30 min's.. Bummer..

saw it in theater and loved it just ha dto have it in home collection. big samuel l jackson fan this will be a welcome edition to the rest of the movies already here

can't say ,i never got the product, but they have the money . well what can i say. i bidded for it and payed for it , but never got the product. does that sound right. i hope this not the way ebay does business. all i want is the money back.

the product arrived in excllent condition,although it did'nt come with the artworkit worked perfect,and was a very good movie we enjoyed it very thank you very much.