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01/15/08
Spawn (1997)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:7
Rotten:26
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Spawn is an overbearing, over-violent film that adds little to the comic book adaptation genre.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The ambitious, visually extravagant big-screen adaptation of comic artist Todd McFarlane's popular eponymous Gothic serial, helmed by first-timer Dippe (formerly of Industrial Light & Magic). After... [More]
Starring: Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle
Director: Mark Dippé
Reviews for Spawn
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01/01/00
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03/26/09
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05/07/07
This hopelessly redundant action gross-out aspires to a form of hip vacuousness -- and may achieve it.
04/26/07
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06/24/06
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04/09/05
A would-be cult film carefully constructed from parts of other cult films.
10/07/04
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01/29/04
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01/13/04
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09/30/03
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01/30/03
Great literature hardly ever translates to the screen ...
11/01/02
Spawn is a far from perfect movie, but interesting enough to make me look forward to the inevitable sequel.
10/15/02
... the filmmakers filled their film with tons of FX, leaving little place to action scenes.
09/10/02
The movie belongs to Jai White, whose eyes, voice and movements lock the audience into his heart and struggle.
06/05/02
The nonsensical screenplay can barely stand-up to the hellzapoppin,' Beelzebubbin' effects mustered by first-time director Mark Dippe.
01/22/02
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01/01/00
Latest News for Spawn
August 22, 2007:
Todd McFarlane, New Wizard of Oz
According to Variety, Todd McFarlane (creator of Spawn) will be working with screenwriter Josh Olson (A History of Violence) to produce what's being called "a revisionist take"... More...
July 06, 2007:
"Bat" Bits: "Dark Knight" Casting, Justice League, and ... Spawn?
Man oh man, "The Dark Knight" just keeps sounding cooler and cooler -- new castmembers, set reports, a casting call and a potential cross-over flick? More...
June 04, 2007:
Todd McFarlane Funding a New "Spawn" Movie?
Apparently "Spawn" creator Todd McFarlane was none too thrilled with the adaptation that New Line released a few years back, and now it looks like he might be... More...
April 12, 2006:
Old School "Wicked City" Makes a Comeback
Classic Japanese manga novel Wicked City is about to be adapted into a live-action, English-language action flick, says Variety. Only ... I think it's being made in Germany. More...
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