Title: Super Capers (2009)Starring: Justin Whalin, Ryan McPartlin, Danielle Harris
Directed By: Ray Griggs
The main problem with these superhero spoofs is that the characters themselves are usually lame ripoffs who take themselves too seriously. It's hard to laugh with a character when he or she isn't laughing at themselves.
This strikes a similar tone to Craig Mazin's 2000 film The Specials. The biggest difference that I could see is in the effects. I'm guessing the majority of the budget for The Specials went to their cast, which had some pretty big names attached (Rob Lowe, Thomas Haden Church, Jamie Kennedy). Since the majority of the cast here is lesser-known's and TV actors, they could put a little more "sparkle" on the screen. There were some notable cameos though; like Adam West, "Tiny" Lister, Tom Sizemore and Clint Howard.
I like the idea of this film, but too many times writer/director/co-star Ray Griggs goes for the easy joke. It ends up being way over-the-top cartoony and not all that funny. Some of these include a deadly short bus, a robot modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger, jabs at religion and fart jokes. They also beat the whole parody thing over the head of the viewer, taking obvious and painful pokes at Star Wars, Back to the Future and Superman among others (going so far as to imitating their famous themes in the score).
I think there was something here at the scripting stage, but somewhere between first draft and final product things went terribly awry. Avoid this.
Score: 4.5/10
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