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The Spirit
Runtime	:	100 Min.
Type of Movie	:	Action
Language	:	English
Release date	:	25/12/2008
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Posted on 12/26/2008 4:45:14 AM by jaycelle123

By Robert Waldman

Sweet revenge may well come Maple Films way with the release of The Spirit, a dark tinged thrill ride steeped in comic lore. Taken from the hit comic books written by Will Eisner crafty director Frank Miller (Sin City) effectively brings these graphic stories to the big screen with a bang. Forget what some high brow critics have said coming down rather hard, unceremoniously on this movie. My advice to these well paid critics is take a deep breath and relax. Movie goers should always make up their own minds about whether or not to see a particular film. Fair-minded folks with open minds should fully enjoy the send-up nature of this blast of a movie, now unfolding at Scotiabank Theatre, Empire Studio 12, Colossus and Famous Players Silver City cites around B.C.

Frank Miller has a good eye for bringing new worlds to the screen. Here we have a renegade cop pretending to be some supernatural spirit out to save the city he loves. Called The Spirit, our crime crusader roams the rooftops and evil lairs of the city. Number one enemy of Spirit is a ruthless cad called The Octopus. Aided and abetted by a gang of thugs Mr. Octopus will spare no effort to rid the planet of the Spirit.

Expect lots of fights, ridiculous macho dialogue, sly innuendos and the like in this fast paced comic escapade. There is an obvious dark tone to the film and some plot points may be a bit confusing but that doesn’t take away anything from the scintillating atmosphere Miller has created here. The Spirit soars with all the absurd fight scenes and femme fatales. And for the record, our crime fighter has quite the past and what seems like a very healthy appetite for the ladies.

Leave your minds at home and enjoy this guilty pleasure, made all the more watchable for Samuel L. Jackson’s (SHAFT) ridiculous musings as The Octopus. Just like Jackson achieved internet cult status with the Vancouver shot Snakes on a Plane, again he steals the show as the wise-cracking, Nazi worshipping Octopus. Full of drive and athletic prowess is the man under the mask, Gabriel Macht (The Good Shepherd) who ushers in a new world of comic icons as the caped crusader, well minus the cape with a red tie included for show. Women abound in this grimy world with Eva Mendes (Hitch) particularly hot as the appropriately named Sand Saref.

Any way you slice it, The Spirit is quality B-grade fare and should be popular among the action crowd.

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Director

: Frank Miller

Writer

: Frank Miller
: Will Eisner

Producer

: Deborah Del Prete
: Gigi Pritzker
: Michael E. Uslan

Music Composer

: David Newman

Cinematographer

: Bill Pope

Editor

: Gregory Nussbaum

Casting

: Deborah Aquila
: Jennifer L. Smith
: Mary Tricia Wood

Art Director

: Rosario Provenza

Costume Designer

: Michael Dennison

Wikipedia

The Spirit (also known as Will Eisners The Spirit in promotional materials) is a 2008 American police-superhero film adaptation based on the newspaper comic book supplement of the same name created by Will Eisner. Batfilm, OddLot, and Lionsgate produced the film.Frank Miller wrote and directed the film, which stars Gabriel Macht as the Spirit and Samuel L. Jackson as his nemesis, the Octopus. Filming began in October 2007, with release originally scheduled for January 16, 2009, but on May 6, 2008, it was announced that the release date would be moved up to December 25, 2008.

The protagonist will be involved in a love triangle with Sand Saref and Ellen Dolan, the daughter of Central Citys Police Commissioner Dolan. The controversial character Ebony White will not appear in the film.

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