Spawn 1997

Born in darkness. Sworn to justice.

5.4 / 10   1265 vote(s)
PG-13
Action Adventure Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Thriller

After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected to see his beloved wife Wanda. In exchange for his return to Earth, Simmons agrees to lead Hell's Army in the destruction of mankind.

Release Date 1997-07-31
Runtime 1h 36m
Directors Guillermo Navarro, Joseph P. Lucky, Mark A.Z. Dippé, Scott Leberecht, Jonathan Taylor, Emiko Miki, Ed Lee
Producers Michele Maples, Clint Goldman, Todd McFarlane, Tom C. Peitzman, Casey Cannon, Bruce Jones, Paul Patrick Quinn, Sandra Almond
Writers Alan B. McElroy, Todd McFarlane

This hurt. Spawn was a really cool character, well, he still is. He was a character for the 90s and...it was really the 90s that killed this movie.

It tried really hard to look like the Crow, which was also an unbelievably 90s film, but one that worked well with the look that certain movies in the decade had.

Spawn just didn't. It wasn't really suited, it didn't really match and the result was a big...meh.

But the thing is, now they are remaking it and...Spawn as a character doesn't really fit today very well either.

There is a time and a place for Spawn, and, like Maxx it was the 90s and MTV, but not the big screen and not today either.

GenerationofSwine