Review of The Spirit (1987) by Darren M — 12 Feb 2010

Sin City-lite it may be with no ultra-violence in sight but that does allow The Spirit to exist as a sort of quasi-comedy and as such it actually kinda works! Virtually all of the characters are lovably daft, especially Samuel L.

Jackson's egg-obsessed mad scientist/criminal mastermind The Octopus and even Scarlett Johansson has cranked up the ham factor to play his sidekick Silken Floss. It's silly and over-the-top all around but that does make it quite fun to watch, though as dissimilar to Sin City as it is, with the identical visual style (hopefully they don't milk it so much that Sin City 2 is stale before it's even made) you'll be forgiven if you find yourself pining for Robert Rodriguez's 2005 great.