Adapted from the legendary comic strip, The Spirit is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister Frank Miller, the creator of 300 and Sin City.
It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City.
His arch-enemy, the Octopus (Samuel L Jackson) has a different mission: he’s going to wipe out Spirit’s beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality.
The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City’s rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront, all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader.
Aiding and hindering him at every turn are Ellen Dolan (Sarah Paulson), the smart girl-next-door; Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; Plaster of Paris (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; Lorelei (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and Morgenstern (Stana Katic), a sexy young cop. Then of course, there’s Sand Sared (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves.
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