'Evil is the other half of a perfect spear.'

RE: DEAD RISING,
You're correct, except that it is spelled "sphere", and either the director, writer, actor or editor goofed. It could also have meant "spear", because a genie would be more familiar with pre-gunpowder weapons than any other, due to his having been locked up for so long. "Spears" and "swords" were judged by their balance, thus making or breaking the reputation of the weaponsmaker - usually a specially trained blacksmith. The most famous are of course Japanese, but perfect balance was essential for any weapon, because it was not the weapon that was good or evil, god or the devil (way back before Christ, Satan did not even exist as a word or a concept, it was "The Adversary"! And so having a "balanced spear" would be correct also. This idea of balance in the series has changed by Wishmaster 3, because the Djinn says that God doesn't care, "The downside to free will", and the ArchAngel Michael says she is the only one who can kill the Djinn, so the whole idea of BALANCE has been lost as a concept, and that is one of the few things that made the first 2 watchable, as opposed to 3 and 4 which have so many plotholes and inconsistencies that they are just embarassing. The young man who plays Greg/Michael in 3 really should have had some other qualification than a manly chest! And again, so much for "balance" between the body and the brain!

Given what's up in the world, you could have fooled me...