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- 1997
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 36 m
- 1997
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 36 m
Summary A government assassin is brought back to life as a black superhero with supernatural powers. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Mark A.Z. Dippé
Written By: Todd McFarlane, Alan B. McElroy, Mark A.Z. Dippé
- 1997
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 36 m
- 1997
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 36 m
Spawn
34
5.4
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Summary A government assassin is brought back to life as a black superhero with supernatural powers. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Mark A.Z. Dippé
Written By: Todd McFarlane, Alan B. McElroy, Mark A.Z. Dippé
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
34
24% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
47% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
34
24% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
47% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
It walks and talks like a big budget horror film, heavy on special effects and pitched at the teenage audience, and maybe that's how it will be received. But it's more impressive if you ignore the genre and just look at what's on the screen.
Spawn doesn't make a lot of sense, but the imagery whooshes by in glitzy psychedelic torrents.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 101 User Ratings
5.4
41% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
31% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 101 User Ratings
5.4
41% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
31% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
It's a great movie, as a fan of Todd McFarlane works I loved the comics, but what really sells this movie is the performance of John Leguizamo brings so much charm and humor to the movie, and ofc Martin Sheen. Also Michael Jai White is a great actor that pulls of Spawn's character. Only reason I don't give it a 10 is that the movie should have been 10min longer to flesh out some more of the side characters, especially Nicol Williamson should have been given a much better fight scene before he died.
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The adventure is vulgar and violent, although the special effects are impressive.
It's all one big blur: sound, fury, and Martin Sheen devouring scenery as if it were going out of style (and in Spawn, it's definitely not).
Otherwise, the movie, which borrows from a dozen pop sources and improves on none of them, is pretty much a washout.
Spawn is a moodily malevolent, anything-goes revenge fantasy that relies more upon special visual and digitally animated effects for its intended appeal than any comics-derived sci-fier to date.
The special effects look model-shop cheesy, as if they'd been created using a handful of action figures and MacPaint, and the rest of the picture has the flat visual finish and phoned-in performances of a TV movie.
By Laura Miller
FULL REVIEW
A movie based on comic Image, about a hero returning from hell. He is "Born of darkness, but sworn to justice." This movie is one of my favorites.
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I'll be honest, there are many of them and this is not one of the best comic book movies. Realistically, there are narrative issues in the various finished edits of this movie that prevent the audience from really connecting to Simmons. HOWEVER as a massive Michael jai white fan this movie holds a special place in comic fans core.
There are some impressive makeup and vfx in this picture, soundtracks decent too. Its a shame we've never had a truly R rated take on this material instead of yet another studio guided cash grab.
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Spawn as a character is very 90s edgelord in design and character which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your preference but it does date the character the CGI is awful buts this is also from 97 so its not surprising and the story was meh imo I watched it an hour ago and cant remember much from it
I can only suggest this movie if you really like Spawn or if you like edgy things in general but if you don't know the character or don't enjoy Edgy things don't watch this you wont have a good time and if you want to get into the character just watch the Animated Series
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John Leguizmo's performance is good. Some of the special effects are very good. However, most of the other aspects of this movie fall flat. The music seems last minute, Martin Sheen acted like it was a joke, the pace is spotty and the directing is sloppy. Overall, not a movie to buy anytime soon. It is worth it to see it once just for the acting of Leguizmo. There was a lot of potential wasted in this film. Definitely a failed attempt at adapting a comic into a movie.
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The over exaggerated performances take away the overall mobility in character depth from the movie, leaving the broad span of violence and moderate special effects the task of bailing it out from near complete disaster.
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Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 3 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations