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Spawn

Movie Summary

Released: 1997
The premise of the movie is similar to the initial storyline of the original comics. Al Simmons, a military soldier/assassin, has been betrayed by a covert government agency head named Jason Wynn. Wynn orders his top assassin, Jessica Priest, to assassinate him. After Simmons dies, he is immediately transported to Hell, where Malebolgia, a demonic ruler of the various realms, offers him a Faustian deal. If Simmons becomes his eternal servant and leader of Hell's army in Armageddon, he will be able to return to Earth to see his beloved wife, Wanda Blake. Simmons accepts the offer and is transformed into a Hellspawn, which is a servant of Malebolgia in a necroplasm suit that is not only a living, breathing creature, but is also his only protection in the world.

Once he returns to the land of the living, Simmons learns that five years had passed. Wanda is now remarried to his best friend Terry and living the life he had always longed for, including the daughter he never knew, Cyan. Along his journey in this new life, he encounters a strange clown-like demon called Violator, who acts as a guide to put "Crispy" (as Violator calls Spawn) on the path to evil, and a mysterious old man named Cogliostro, who, as a fellow Hellspawn, teaches Al how to control his energy, which is very sparse. Jason Wynn is now a high-class weapons dealer rather than a government bureaucrat. He is also the ultimate target of the Spawn, who doesn't realize that by killing Wynn, he will activate the signal that will launch Armageddon (a device has been attached to Wynn's heart which will trigger the worldwide release of a deadly virus, should his heart stop beating). After not killing Wynn, a final battle ensues between Spawn and a transformed Violator, ending with the villain going back to Hell and his reputation is ruined, thanks to his mission failed and Spawn revealing himself to Wanda, Terry, and Cyan before Wynn goes to prison after the bomb inside him is destroyed, Spawn now having dedicated himself to justice.

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Posted: 04/10/2006

Michael Jai White was the right actor to play as spawn, especially the way how he use his voice.

Phantasmagoria_3DPosted: 01/01/2008

Yeah, I've seen this movie and it's really not that good. In fact, it was mostly boring. The ending was also a big letdown.

NeoToastyPosted: 09/30/2008

God this movie is one the of the most horrible movies I've ever layed eyes on. During this time, you had two choices when it came to Spawn, the Animated Series or the Movie. A lot of people would think that the Animated Series would bomb and the Movie would rule. Very very wrong they were.

I have a tape of the Animated Series as well as a copy of this awful movie. The Animated Series delivers so much ass kicking, no-holds-barred, uncut, and letting loose. This movie was a disgrace to Spawn, as the casting was horrible, the script was horrible, even the effects were really cheesy looking, and by that time effects were evolving.

Just go and find the Animated Series of Spawn, you will enjoy it. Just make note however, it's very packed with M rated content, which is how Spawn should be. None of this PG-13 stuff that the movie was all about.

Trueblue94Posted: 06/23/2009

When my brother was going through a Spawn obsession, he had an action figure of Malebolgia that let out an evil laugh if you pressed one of the spikes down his back. It used to scare me shitless.

90s kid from thepastPosted: 08/15/2009

This movie kickass SPAWN is badass he the guy who played him was badass

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