Spawn
1997 · Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé
Robin Williams invents sentient green goo and it wrecks a basketball game. An absurd choice for the canon. We're making it anyway.
Why It's Cult
Flubber is not good. It's a 1997 remake of The Absent-Minded Professor and the CGI has not aged well. But there's a whole generation for whom this film defined "Robin Williams energy" — the manic kindness, the scientific earnestness, the willingness to get hit by things. File under nostalgia-cult, aware-of-the-irony division.
The Plot, Officially
An assassin named Al Simmons is double-crossed and murdered by his evil boss Jason Wynn. Al makes a deal with the devil and returns to earth as Spawn to see his wife. He is ordered by the devil's minion, The Clown, to kill Wynn. Wynn has made a deal with the Clown too and is supposed to destroy the world with a deadly virus that will help start Armageddon and allow Hell to attack Heaven. Spawn must choose between Good and Evil.
Starring
Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen
Where to Watch
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