Spawn (1997)

Directed by

Mark A.Z. Dippé

Genre

fantasy film, action film, horror film, adventure film, superhero film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 1,501 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A murdered US Marine makes a deal with the devil and returns to Earth as a hellspawn. He must decide whether to lead Hell's army or fight against it.

darkaction-packedatmosphericbroodinggrittysupernaturalintenseserious

What happens

Spawn is a 1997 American superhero film based on the Image Comics character of the same name. Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé from a script by Alan B. McElroy, the film stars Michael Jai White as the titular character, alongside John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, D. B. Sweeney and Nicol Williamson in his final film role. Spawn is one of the first films to feature an African-American actor portraying a major comic book superhero. The film depicts the character's origin story as a murdered US Marine who returns from Hell as its army's reluctant leader. Spawn was released in the United States on August 1, 1997. It received generally negative reviews but was a box office success, grossing $87.9 million worldwide against a production budget between $40–45 million. A reboot, entitled King Spawn, is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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