Above shadowy, crime-infested streets a masked avenger watches. Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht) was Central City's finest until a gangster's bullet ended his life. Now fate has brought him back from the beyond as The Spirit, a street-hardened hero who faces off against seductive foes like the voluptuous Sand Saref (Eva Mendes) or the alluring Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson) in this graphic action-thriller.