Sparks

2013
4.7| 1h30m| PG-13| en
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A masked vigilante who discovers the dark side to heroism. Going after the nation's most notorious super criminal leaves Sparks' life and reputation in ruins.

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Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Paul Magne Haakonsen Well, "Sparks" is not your typical superhero movie, and that is one of the better things about it. There is something more dark in the deeper layers of this movie. And instead of having picture perfect superheroes, then the superheroes in this movie were every day people with every day problems (more or less).The story told here was adequate and did have some interesting aspects. But it was somehow dropped on the floor because of some questionable effects, and the entire movie had the feel of being shot in front of a green screen and not enough money was used for the effects. That really struck a terrible blow to the movie."Sparks" did have potential for something grander, but it wasn't properly utilized, and that was kind of a shame.As for the acting, well I will say that they had adequate talents to portray the characters in the movie, but the heavy load of the entire movie was resting on the shoulders of Mr. Clancy Brown. And he did do a good job, just a shame that he didn't have more time on the screen. It was also nice to see William Katt on the screen again, I haven't seen him in a movie for a long, long time.Whereas many superhero movies today are driven by CGI effects, "Sparks" is driven by the story.However, I started to slip because of the suppressing feel of being shot in front of a green screen, and that left the movie at a below average experience for me. As such, I am rating it 4 out of 10 stars.
cat-that-goes-by-himself There is nothing new to the plot since the Watchmen were issued some 30 years ago. Adding sadistic scenes of torture does not make it any better, except maybe for a sadistic audience.The film looks like a bad stage play with sub par CGI added in the background. Half of the plot is actually narrated instead of shown or suggested, which is a terrible way of doing cinema.The fight scenes are bad, but not even laughably bad, and the acting is appalling (especially Mrs Bell and her stony face, more suited to another Z movie like "the day").Frankly I cannot imagine people writing 10/10 reviews of this piece of junk or giving these reviews an up vote without being paid to do so.
zif ofoz Sparks .... an odd film .... and I understand why many people trashed it ... but I loved it !It's like watching a 21st Century independent film noir interpretation of mid 20th Century Hollywood grade B or C studio film noir. And they did a good job of it too. If you have any experience watching the old studio police drama's or hero flicks you will understand.All was thought out thoroughly from sets to costumes and accessories (like the hypodermic syringe) even the camera angles. What I liked most was the actors delivery of the script. Somebody did their homework on this style of movie!And there is a distinct message at the end! Just because someone or some organization presents themselves as being an authority doesn't make them good people. We see this in the fundamentalist evangelical Christian minister who murders many and later when the policeman who tricks Sparks into committing a crime!
themadhatter76 From reading other reviews on this film, I feel a lot of people have misunderstood the film and are comparing it to the more prominent superhero films. You can't compare it to Superman, Spiderman, Batman, The Avengers, Captain America. It's dark, it's moody and it's very violent. It's a true old classic-style pulp action hero film that should be taken as such. It's similar to Kick Ass, Defendor and all those films with wannabe superheroes that have no powers whatsoever. They're everyday people armed only with self-made costumes and a passion for fighting crime. I really enjoy these dark 'superhero' films and I thought it was a great indie flick.As for Miroslav Houdek's review on this film... you can't rate a film lower than what you actually think it's worth in order to bring the rating down so that it's closer to your actual rating. That's just nonsense, manipulative and extremely unhelpful. How is it that your opinion is more valid than all of the people that have rated the film higher than you? Anyway, go into this film with an open mind and you'll enjoy it for what it is and not for what it isn't.