i rent this video due to the presence of jefferey comb and who be the guy who play the demented federal agent in the frighteners . the fact that one of the creator of the all time b movie re animator be direct it . boy and be i wrong . i have not read the original comic book this film be base on . but judge from the acclaim it get and i have to assume that this film be an inferior adaptation . this film be a dull and shoddy mess and fill with every comic book you can think of . the script be skeletal and a ramshackle construction that rip off many of the most popular recent comic and comic base film . take a little bit of batman and darkman and mix in large dollop of spawn and the crow and add some cheap effect and bad acting and presto . you have this thunder bore of a film . not even the performer can save it . mark snow and who play the lead and be so wooden and ridiculously self serious and there isn not even any good camp value in his portrayal . jeffery comb and who should have be the best part of this and be waste a a stalwart cop . why use this guy if he just go to play the straight man . the rest of the cast be just plain amateur hour . they appear to be foreigner of various nationality and so the already silly dialog be make even bad by their wooden reading in a babel of thick and impenetrable accent . i can not see how this film can appeal to anyone . it not bloody or sexy enough for gore and t and a hound and the comic book element be nothing you haven not see in good film and the special effect be laughable . it not even good for mst style humor and because the cast and crew seem to be take themselves far too seriously . it more boring than inept . skip this turkey .