Spawn 1997

Stephen Holden, New York Times: ... an incoherent blitz of noise, chintzy special effects and bargain-basement allegory. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: This hopelessly redundant action gross-out aspires to a form of hip vacuousness -- and may achieve it. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The film gives you the pleasurably junky sensation of living inside an apocalyptic videogame. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: As a comic book, Spawn may be first rate, but, as a movie, it's a retread. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: As a visual experience, Spawn is unforgettable. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: ... a nonstop bombardment that recalls Judge Dredd, but with better diction. Read more

Time Out: Dippe, an old SFX hand, needs to think about how to tell a story. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: A moodily malevolent, anything-goes revenge fantasy that relies more upon special visual and digitally animated effects for its intended appeal than any comics-derived sci-fier to date. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: The nonsensical screenplay can barely stand-up to the hellzapoppin,' Beelzebubbin' effects mustered by first-time director Mark Dippe. Read more