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This month is “Dark Hero” month at Catching Up On Cinema

All month long, Kyle and Trevor will be reviewing superhero moviesof the antihero or dark hero variety!

This week, Trevor and Kyle are joined by the latter's brother,Nik, to review Mark A.Z. Dippe's, Spawn (1997)!

Adapted from Todd McFarlane's comic of the same name, Spawn (1997)is a messy and often boring superhero film from the nu metal schoolof aesthetics and tone.

Debuting via publisher Image Comics in 1992, Spawn's popularitycontinues to endure to this day, leading to guest appearances invideo games like Mortal Kombat 11, and a long rumored 2ndlive action film currently being pitched to Blumhouse and other filmstudios.

Starring Michael Jai White as the titular Spawn/Al Simmons, thefilm represents the feature directorial debut of Mark Dippe, whoseexperience in CGI animation and compositing likely served as theimpetus for putting him at the helm of an effects intensive film likeSpawn.

Uneven in pace, tone, and consistency of effects quality, Spawn isa frustrating film that's fleeting positive elements are so scant,and zip by with such rapidity, that the film's trailer may very wellconsist of every worthwhile shot in the film.

Financially successful (after rental and VHS sales), Spawn, muchlike the comic from which its, for lack of a better term, spawned,retains a mixed legacy, of being alternately reviled, or laudedas a cult classic, depending on who you ask, and more importantly,how big a fan they are of Korn or Marilyn Manson.

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