Siskel & Ebert: Spawn (Year 1997)

Siskel and Ebert review the 1997 Superhero film, Spawn starting Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, and Martin Sheen. This film got a mixed review from both of them, Gene hated the film because he found the story too confusing to understand it, and Roger liked it because he liked the style of the movie.

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[MrPhukyou]

The original animated series from HBO was much better than this movie.

[lewisejackson]

Ugh, an absolutely terrible movie. I liked the comic, but this movie lacked all of the macabre thrills, characters, and humor that made the comic so much fun. It also had a lousy, lousy story and really bad special effects. I remember at the time, everyone was talking about Spawn's cape. It looks terrible! Its obviously CGI and has no believable physicality. Plus, the fight in cell was pretty laughable. Avoid this movie at all costs!

[rss313]

Wow. I love Ebert, but fuck is he wrong on this one. Compares the scenes in hell to Bosch? What the fuck was he even watching, and with what inebriates?

[TarlZaralka]

The movies not that good but it's great for a quick action film fix.

[12AX74Life]

"That's funny to you? At this point in your life??"

[juffan]

The only thing I remember about this movie is the clown and the hell scene. So i have to agree with Ebert about those two things. But the rest was junk

[702mousie]

What i did not like form the film was spawn peeled back his face every now and then

[METALLERhates2332]

i thought this movie was awesome! to this day it brings me back to those memories when i was a kid!

"the effects sucked" dude, this was 1997 were talking about here. thats not bad for that time.

now, i havent seen the animated series or the comics but i thought the movie was sick and the Clown/The Violator was awesome and hilarious as hell!

this is a opinion but im giving mine out because i still think this movie was awesome and funny.

there.

[nightcrow90]

Animaed series from HBO will always be the best!

[MrKevinlclayjr]

@camaroman101, You can watch the interview with Todd McFarlane talking about the Spawn rebooted film that is in the works from what I heard in the Hollywood news. They showed a picture of Spawn and the new enemy that Spawn will face in the rebooted film much like Nicolas Cage's return as Johnny Blaze/Ghostrider taking on a dark tormented and demonic side of his Ghostrider good guy alterego. Everyone has a darkness within themselves Christopher Reeve had one and Tobey Maguire.

[camaroman101]

@MrKevinlclayjr where is this interview? he said he was doing a reboot in a darker comic style theme ever since the first movie came out but has never able to get the finincial support for it

[MrKevinlclayjr]

@Batman8657, I don't think ebert was on drugs dude talking about Todd McFarlane's "Spawn" film. He did however take a 180 turn into a trash can trying to badmouth Tim Burton's 1989 film which came out 7 years before Spawn's film. Movie critics should never compare a garbage comic-book based, movie to a comic-book blockbuster film that made Academy Award nominations with it. I mean that is utterly disrespectful Batman8657 wouldn't you agree buddy?