Spirit, The

Adapted from the legendary comic book series created by Comic Book Hall of Fame Will Eisner, The Spirit fuses masterful storytelling with brilliant CGI graphics, for an exciting stylized world of action, adventure, danger, and romance. It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-energy, The Octopus (Jackson), has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own bid for immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer form Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront...all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love, or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are Ellen Dolan (Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; Silken Floss (Johansson), a calculating and driven vixen; Plaster of Paris (Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; Lorelei (King), an angel of Death; and Morgenstern (Katic), a sexy young cop. Then there's Sand Saref (Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She's the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him? The Spirit takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is born, murdered, and born again. (Gary Reber)