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Spawn (1997) 5.1
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Metascore: 34/100
Reviews: 192 user | 66 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com A mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil. Director:Mark A.Z. Dippé |
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An assassin named Al Simmons is double-crossed and murdered by his evil boss Jason Wynn. Al makes a deal with the devil and returns to earth as Spawn to see his wife. He is ordered by the devil's minion, The Clown, to kill Wynn. Wynn has made a deal with the clown too and is suppose to destroy the world with a deadly virus that will help start Armageddon and allow Hell to attack Heaven. Spawn must choose between Good & Evil. Written by Keith Haney <kbhaney@inconnect.com>
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From flesh to steel. From blood to blade. From man...to Spawn. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving the demonic underworld, violence, intense fantasy action and crude humor | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 August 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
O Justiceiro das Trevas See more »Filming Locations:
Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$40,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$7,300,000 (Non-US) (31 October 1997)Gross:
$54,967,359 (USA) (28 November 1997)Company Credits
Production Co:
New Line Cinema, Pull Down Your Pants Pictures, Todd McFarlane Entertainment See more »
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Cogliostro: The battle between Heaven and Hell has waged eternal, their armies fueled by souls harvested on Earth. The devil, Malebolgia, has sent a lieutenant to Earth to recruit men who will turn the world into a place of death in exchange for wealth and power, a place that will provide enough souls to complete his army and allow Armageddon to begin. All the Dark Lord needs now is a great soldier, someone who can lead his hordes to the gates of Heaven and burn them down.
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Written by Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies
Performed by Silverchair and Vitro
Produced by Silverchair and Vitro
Silverchair appears courtesy of Murmur/Epic Records
Vitro appears courtesy of Independiente
by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited
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Did You Know?
Trivia
During the business party, a woman in a green dress is seen, wearing earrings (bearing the Spawn emblem) that are worn by the character Angela in the comic book. See more »Goofs
When Wynn first meets Clown in his office, there's an American flag in a triangular case on a shelf behind him. The flag's stars are impossibly aligned. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Cogliostro: The battle between Heaven and Hell has waged eternal, their armies fueled by souls harvested on Earth. The devil, Malebolgia, has sent a lieutenant to Earth to recruit men who will turn the world into a place of death in exchange for wealth and power, a place that will provide enough souls to complete his army and allow Armageddon to begin. All the Dark Lord needs now is a great soldier, someone who can lead his hordes to the gates of Heaven and burn them down.
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Credits shake, are being scratched over and turn left-side and right-side up and down. See more »Soundtracks
"Spawn"Written by Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies
Performed by Silverchair and Vitro
Produced by Silverchair and Vitro
Silverchair appears courtesy of Murmur/Epic Records
Vitro appears courtesy of Independiente
by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited
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Take a great story about someone being damned for his sins and brought back as a demon. Then take out all the spooky dark stuff and add a bunch of sweetness-and-light tenderness that adds absolutely nothing to the story. Tone down the comic-book atmosphere to a more believable level, something around the level of the town of Mayberry. What you're left with is a watered-down, listless waste of time that's guaranteed not to offend anyone, and has all the entertainment value of a cup of oatmeal. I can almost see a bunch of guys sitting around a table, discussing a live action version of "Spawn", and then someone says "But let's make it a lot more like 'Lassie Come Home' so people can take their kids to see it." Stick with the animated version, don't waste your time and money on this saccharine yawn-fest.