| Ror Reviews: Super |
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| Sunday, 24 April 2011 08:21 |
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Super is a funny movie. In both senses, HAHA and weird. On the surface it's yet another attempt at deconstructing the super hero genre by focusing on a do gooder with no real powers or training etc taking the law into his own hands by becoming a costumed vigilante. So yeah, kinda like Kick-Ass. The comparisons are inevitable and while they are warranted to some degree, Super goes to MUCH darker places.
This time our "hero" is Frank(Rainn Wilson). A loser, an idiot, a nutcase. When his wife(Liv Tyler) is stolen away by Kevin Bacon's drug dealer Jaques(Frank spells it "Jock", funnier than it sounds), Frank's already fragile mind completely abandons him and inspired by a ridiculous commercial for a holy roller superhero(Nathan Fillion, hilarious)he decides to suit up as The Crimson Bolt to battle evil. Joining him in his crusade is Libby(Ellen Page), an even more unstable comic store worker who Read more: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=35828&t=Ror_Reviews_emSuperem |
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