Murdered in the line of duty, rookie cop Denny Colt mysteriously returns from the dead and begins cleaning the streets of crime-infested Central City as superhero The Spirit (Gabriel Macht). Assisted and hampered by an alluring bevy of femme fatales, including childhood sweetheart Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), slinky secretary Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson) and mystical siren Lorelei (Jaime King), The Spirit finds his nemesis in The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), a murderous supervillain.