Made off a $40 million budget, Spawn, which depicted Al Simmons’ origin story and included important characters like Jason Wynn and The Violator, only made $87.8 million worldwide, and it ranks at a dismal 18% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The elements from the Spawn comics may have been in there, but thrown together, they weren’t enough to impress White and the general public, and the final product certainly put the kibosh on sequel plans.
Not every superhero movie ends up being a critical hit, but rather than lie and say he’s pleased with how Spawn turned out, Michael Jai White noted in his interview with THR that he’s never gone on record saying that he liked the movie.
White didn’t elaborate on what specifically about Spawn he doesn’t care for, but one can imagine those issues fall in line with the main criticisms thrown at it, from its lack of coherent story to its subpar effects.