Comic book artist Todd McFarlane sends his dark and tortured antihero from page to screen. When CIA operative Al Simmons is set up to die on assignment, he gains back his life by striking a deal with the devil -- and the demonic Spawn is born. He agrees to lead hell's armies in a march against heaven -- just to see his wife again.
But in a cruel twist, Spawn returns to Earth five years after his death to find his wife married to his best friend.