Sparks

2013

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 5962 6K

superhero based on comic based on graphic novel pulp neo-noir

Plot summary

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.

Director

Todd Burrows Photo
Todd Burrows

Top cast

David Sobolov Photo
David Sobolov as Jason Driver
Clancy Brown Photo
Clancy Brown as Archer
Lynne Marie Stewart Photo
Lynne Marie Stewart as Sparks Grandmother
William Katt Photo
William Katt as Matanza
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
754.87 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Chas_Wolf 6 / 10

Not a bad little indie superhero film.

Okay, if you're looking for "The Avengers", or even "Watchmen", forget it.This is a shoestring indie film and it shows. Most of the special effects are crude, the acting is a bit wooden, and some of the props just don't fit in well (Jake Busey's mask and the like stick out, literally, being somewhat cockeyed whenever he's wearing them).Still, for what it is, the film isn't half bad. Sure, it can seem a bit campy or schlocky. But, as Grindhouse (and its legacy films) have shown us, there is still room for that sort of thing in cinema.If that's not your cup of tea? Go get a coffee.This story is about a young man who's motivated to do good, but in many cases winds up making all the wrong choices, or being given false choices. He dances back and forth over the line between good and evil throughout the film deciding what he really wants, and then going for it with no remorse.All in all, not a perfect film. But I enjoyed it.
Reviewed by haosstoposto 4 / 10

Crappy indie superhero movie

I always loved noir movies and I thought that this movie will be good indie movie but sadly, it fails on many levels to create suspenseful story. I will not go into detail, but anybody who has seen a film noir knows what to expect: broken heroes, femmes fatale, murder, revenge and so on. It is a mixture between The Watchmen and Phillip Marlowe, with a city with masked vigilantes (but not so many as we expect), people with superpowers, mass murderers. The story itself is really not that bad, but executed poorly with much predictable storytelling and dialogues. Stuff already seen before, and much better. The actors are not exactly miscasted but it is no big surprise when we discover that Jake Busey and Clancy Brown play bad guys. Fist-fighting is so crappy in the movie, they could really have done much better, and the costumes! No comment! All in all, no wonder there aren't many reviews for this movie, not many people have seen it. Looks almost like a direct-to-video stuff. Watch it if you will, you will not feel too cheated for your spent time.
Reviewed by Ckn48 6 / 10

B Movie, that's actually pretty good. ?

Shape Sifter Fire Starter ImmortalWhat more could you want. Supposedly an event caused several people to turn bad and get powers. This led to a bunch of wanna be's pretending they have powers but they're just vigilantes. The we meet a couple with actual powers and things get a bit more interesting.The special effects are B The acting is B The plot is almost A The sound is ok The photography is let down by the special effects.I would recommend this ?
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