The Spirit
The Spirit, a comic book character/hero written by Will Eisner with the film adaptation written & directed by Frank Miller.
Gabriel Macht is Denny colt a rookie cop returned from the dead as the detective known as “the Spirit” to fight crime {he cannot deny his city, she is his life, & he is her spirit}
After he finds his nemisis, the Octopus, Samuel.L.Jackson, at the Central City mud flats, the femme fatale, Sand Saref, Eva Mendes, discovers two chests in a nearby pond. She tries to flee with both chests, but the Octopus shoots at her, snapping the line that connects the two chests together. After a fight with the Spirit, Octopus takes the remaining chest that Sand Saref left behind & escapes with one of his henchmen eg: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, SOS, etc.
The Octopus wants the mystical blood of Heracles in order to become immortal, living forever, much like the Spirit quote…”What are you? Thats what the woman asked me. Am I some sort of ghost? I still move. I still breathe. I’m still alive”, & Sand Saref wants the treasure of the Argonauts. Both people end up with the wrong chest, Sand with the blood & the Octopus with the treasure of the Argonauts.
The Spirit fights crime from the shadows of Central City & tracks down the Octopus, who will kill anyone & wants to wipe out the entire city, all the while facing women who want to seduce, love or kill him. A fun comic book film adaptation, similar to, but not as compelling as Sin City{perhaps}.
