Looks like Sin City. In parts, it feels like Sin City. But this aint no Sin City. By the time you get to the end of the first confrontation between hero, The Spirit, and villain, Octopus, you know your watching something really, knowingly silly. And like Hudson Hawk or SpeedRacer that came before it, your ability to enjoy "silly" will determine how much you enjoy this.
The cast are uniformly great. Sam Jackson hasn't been this fun in years and its a blast seeing him in Nazi gettup. Scarlett is yummy in a snooty sidekick role. Eva Mendes is, hands down, the sexiest woman of 2009. Pure and simple.
Its fun and its funny...in a kind of Batman The Movie kind of way. The Spirit talks plot points ernestly to himself, much like Adam West might to Burt Ward...except The Spirits companion is the city itself. The Octopus's clone henchmen are only there for comic relief and the dialogue is self referencial (mention of The Elektra syndrome / Scarlett drives a Ditko van).
An aquired taste then. A taste not to everyones liking. But if you understand comic book, FRank Miller's warped brain and have the capacity for silliness...this just might be for you.
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