Spawn (film)

Spawn is a film loosely based on the comic book of the same name, by Todd McFarlane and published by Image Comics. It was released in United States on August 1, 1997.

Plot
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 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 Spawn (as Violator calls Simmons) 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 create the sign that will launch Armageddon. 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, having Spawn dedicate himself to justice.

Cast

 * Michael Jai White  - Al Simmons/Spawn
 * John Leguizamo  - Clown/Violator
 * Frank Welker - Malebolgia
 * Martin Sheen - Jason Wynn
 * Nicol Williamson - Cogliostro
 * Theresa Randle - Wanda Blake-Fitzgerald
 * D.B. Sweeney - Terry Fitzgerald
 * Melinda Clarke  - Jessica Priest
 * Frank Welker  - Malebolgia (voice)
 * Sydni Beaudoin - Cyan Fitzgerald
 * Miko Hughes  - Zack
 * Michael Papajohn  - Glen, Zack's dad