Review of The Spirit (1987) by James H — 05 Aug 2010

Think Dick Tracy in Sin City, and now imagine it sucks. The Spirit had so much going for it: a classic source material, a good cast, and Frank Miller (who gave us some of the best Batman and Daredevil comics).

However, the film is cobbled together from tired, old cliches and some truly wooden and awful acting. Jackson overacts like it's his last chance to do so, Johansson reads her lines like it's first time she's seeing them, and Macht is painfully bland as the lead.

But the film really does look spectacular; each frame is full of comic book noir beauty. Too bad the rest of the film is cringe-worthy.