VHS : Spawn [1997]

Rating: - Not for spawn fans
So if you take one of the greatest comics created and make it into a feature film surely you will have one of the best adaptations right? definately wrong!!!
this unfortunately did not do justice to the comics and spawn series! as a major fan i heard mixed reviews but decided to buy it especially as it is cheaper now.
to be fair the acting in Spawn is good and they have got most of the characters likeness spot on! but the script was very badly written and the actors would have a hard time making anyone believe any of it!
I also believe if spawn had better CGI it would have been much more enjoyable. but most of the CGI made me think i was watching an epsiode of charmed.
i did enjoy the first half of the film and they are some parts i think was ok, like the first scene where you get to see his cape! but overall the film is poorly made and the ending was ridculous.
what the film achieved was taking an excellent dark gritty comic into a childish unbelieveable film.
after all this said i didnt think it was total rubbish (close though)but its not a worthy adaptation. its a shame, spawn as a film could have so much potenial. i hope another one is attemped!

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Rating: - Decent sci-fi movie.
I watched this on the recommendation of a mate, he loves it sadly i dont share his enthusiasm. Im taking into consideration it was made 10 years ago so didnt expect much from the cgi and costumes.
The cgi was ok and i wasnt dissappointed because i didnt expect much but the costumes for the violator and spawn were excellent. The acting is fairly suitable for a comic book based movie.
This movie has a lot of potential and would be ideal for being remade now with a decent budget, longer running time and most importantly an 18 rating because hearing demons from hell saying "frigging" instead of the obvious is really a let down.Decent little popcorn movie but dont expect a masterpiece on the level of spiderman/batman begins.

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Rating: - Diabolical in every way
I'm quite a fan of good comic book adaptations, but sadly this isn't. The script is appalling, particularly the dialogue, the villains are laughable, the acting is worse (with the exception of the lead, who does his best given the lousy material). Even Martin Sheen as the villain looks if he'd rather shoot his agent than Spawn. Avoid like the plague, and rent Hellboy instead.

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Rating: - okay
when i first saw this when i was younger i thought it was brilliant so when it come out on dvd i had to get it but when i watched all these years later i thought it was pretty rubbish and boring this could have been brilliant with lots of gore like the comics and some bad language and thats all it needs overall an okay film but could have been a lot better

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Rating: - No No No No and No again!
Nice try but No! This is one wierd film about hell, reincarnation, revenge and some short fat hyper freak running round in a clown suit. I just about managed to survive the first 45 mins, could not survive a minute longer. Considering the attempted storyline, the acting isn't bad really, and the special effects that i saw were pretty good but the real problem lies with the script. Cant really see how this could ever have been a success. On the back it compares it to MiB, saying its the funniest thing since - didnt laugh once in those 45mins to be honest. You'd be better off keeping your £18.99 in the bank and collecting the interest.
2 Stars for the special effects, -1 for the storyline to leave 1 big NO!