Honestly, I really don't understand why this movie has such a low rating. I theroughly enjoyed this movie. John Leguizamo was hilarious! In fact, I think Leguizamo and White and great acting chemistry. Lots of action, great special effects for it's time, and it had a perfect blend of dark comedy that not that many writers can pull off. Guys, lighten up, this has got to be my ultimate favorite Michael Jai White move.

So yeah I got done watching this movie and I found few problems. That damn clown in that movie is annoying thank god he got killed at the end. The make up is good but the CGI is bad like a PS1 cut scene. I wonder why this movie is the most forgotten like no one talk about it. The visual are good like it remind me of Hulk (2003) but without the comic style just a hellish type. Not the best movie but it's enjoyable.

Much hoopla attended this film when it first came out. It was the first Image Comic book character to be made into a movie, probably most remarkable today for beating out the Marvel franchise by a full three years prior to 2000's "X-Men". The hoopla quickly died out however, and hopes for a much anticipated sequel even before this movie's release was confined to the dust bin along with the hopes for any other Image movie follow-ups.I followed the comic for a time, and the movie pretty much took on the aspect of the early story line from what I remember. It had the regular characters like the Clown/Violator (John Leguizamo), Jason Wynn (Martin Sheen), Cogliostro (Nicol Williamson) and Terry Fitzgerald (D.B. Sweeney). But much like the comic book, the story was not easy to follow, and the characters seemed to pop up at random without much coherence. The main issue I have with the character of Spawn (Michael Jai White) is not so much with the assassin turned minion of Hell, but the idea that not a single person seemed to be turned off by his grotesque appearance. Not even kids like Zack (Mike Hughes) or Al Simmons' own daughter Cyan (Sydni Beaudoin). You would think Spawn would at least get a 'Eeeuuuwwww' response from some mere mortal on earth, given he had a brutally scarred face that even a mother couldn't love.With that, most of the story's credibility goes down hill, especially given the main premise. Spawn is recruited by Malebolgia, Master of Hell to lead Hell's army against Heaven in a final Armageddon-like showdown. Spawn/Al Simmons' former employer Wynn has a device implanted in his heart that's linked to deadly Heat-16 explosives, the idea being that if someone were to kill him, the explosives would detonate, releasing a deadly virus that would start Armageddon and initiate Hell's attack on Heaven. But wasn't that Malebolgia's point anyway? Why involve a middle man when they could have begun the assault at any time on their own terms? Why didn't the screenwriters think of that? The best I can say for the film are some of the neat special effects, notwithstanding the gross make-up job on Spawn himself. His cape was a whole lot cooler than Batman's, having a life of it's own it seems, and morphing into a number of varied effects. But it's not enough to salvage the picture, even if you were a fan of the comic book character. But the good news I guess, is that the Spawn comic lives on, still going strong as I write this with it's two hundred and seventy eighth issue!

Spawn sucks, did you see my summary? It's like right above this part. Spawn sucks, here's why- The comic book isn't that great, then they made a movie based off that comic book; if a movie is the gutless version of a lame-ass comic book you know there is a bag of dicks about to be sucked by you, the viewer. Spawn sucks, here's why- John Leguziamo. His portrayal of the Clown/ the Violator is so profoundly sh*t, just big piles of sh*t, it physically causes pain to watch him as the Clown. Why did the director encourage this performance? Was no one able to stop Mr. Leguziamo like once he got started? The cascade effect? Also, did you read the IMDb summary of the movie, a page back? That plot sounds so stupid, is that what happens in the movie? Full disclosure: I've never been able to watch more than an hour of this awful movie so I don't know how it ends, but I can live with that, easily.