Product Details

• Actors: Keith David, Richard Dysart, Dominique Jennings, James Keane, Michael McShane
• Directors: Brad Rader, Chuck Patton, Eric Radomski, Frank Paur, Jennifer Yuh
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• VHS Release Date: August 5, 1997
• Run Time: 147 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304520735
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,050 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Adult, stylish, and more than a little mean, this full-length animated tale has one very strong thing going for it--it knows how to milk cool. The animation is superior to anything recently devoted to a superhero...or super antihero, in this case. Al Simmons was a government assassin before he was burned to death and sent to hell (plot summary's starting out nicely, isn't it?). After making a particularly bad deal with the devil--to lead Satan's dark armies in exchange for seeing his wife again--Spawn is let loose upon the world. He immediately whacks three mob hit men, making his presence known and getting himself into all sorts of trouble. Spawn is also visited by the Clown, an obese, disgusting Beatrice, guiding our third-degree-burned Dante through this hellish, topside world. There are other nasty characters, but in this first segment a very gratuitous inclusion of a child murderer goes too far for even this mature fare. Spawn isn't fun; there's very little joy in any of this. But the point isn't fun--it's brutal, adult-comic style. And there's plenty of it. --Keith Simanton

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Better, August 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Spawn (DVD)

"Todd McFarlane's Spawn" really is Todd McFarlane's Spawn unlike the movie "Spawn" which probably is an insult to the character of Spawn (I feel bad for Todd). This movie (cartoon) is a perfect portrayal of the comic book series Spawn. It contains the style, the mood, maybe not the same appearances of characters (mostly Cogliastro) but still it is almost exact which is great. And since it is an HBO cartoon, it needs to be an adult cartoon with bad language, violence and animated nudity. But that's fine with me.

This is definately a must-see DVD and don't get the edited version where it is PG-13...Get this uncut version because if you don't, you'll regret it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The new Noir for a world engulfed in Shadow, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spawn (DVD)

McFarlane's first few issues of the comic series were inspired, but because of his novice status when it came to writing as well as drawing, not fully developed. In creating the series, he was able to create a more cohesive whole - a chapter in an epic that completes its own arc. The whole series is a terrifyingly good jaunt into the nature of redemption from the shadows of true evil. The animation isn't all that it could be, but the voice acting and sound effects, as well as the use of Dolby Surround, create a whole that bleeds beauty. Watch this in the dark and the volume up - alone, and check your cynicism at the door.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comic to screen: done right, August 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Spawn (DVD)

Ive been a big fan of the spawn comic book since the very first issue. Living in England its not so easy to get hold of the books, or this animated series. The unrated version is fantastic, a really good move from the book to the screen, all the darkness as been brought to us in this dvd. The extra features such as the extra audio track that runs along with the show by Todd is great, lots of interesting stuff here. I really recommend this dvd to all spawn fans especially all of us in England who dot want to pay a fortune for the vhs tapes of it. I cant wait for season 2. END