在黑暗冰冷充满歌特味道的中心城,身穿黑衣的闪灵侠(Gabriel Macht 加布里埃尔•马赫特 饰)无声无息保护这个他所钟爱的城市。闪灵侠曾是一个名叫丹尼•寇特的联邦警察,凶恶的匪徒夺去了他的性命,借助一项神秘的技术,丹尼重返人间,并以闪灵侠的身份游走在灰色地带,帮助警方处理各种棘手案件。 绰号“章鱼”(Samuel L. Jackson 塞缪尔 L 杰克逊 饰)的疯狂科学家是中心城最大的邪恶势力,也是闪灵侠的头号敌人。他正四处寻找大力神之血,以完成其研究多年的永生试验。丹尼的旧情人珊德•沙瑞芙(Eva Mendes 伊娃•门德斯 饰)的出现搅乱了章鱼的计划……Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. He's going to wipe out the entire city. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill the masked crusader.