Superhero Movie (2008)

Director:

Craig Mazin

Writer (WGA):

Craig Mazin (written by)

Release Date:

28 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The greatest Superhero movie of all time! (not counting all the others)

Plot:

A send-up of superhero films, from Batman Begins to Fantastic Four. |

Plot Keywords:

Laboratory | Loss Of Wife | Super Villain | Brawl | Scientist

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Drake Bell	...	Rick Riker / Dragonfly
Sara Paxton	...	Jill Johnson
Christopher McDonald	...	Lou Landers / Hourglass
Leslie Nielsen	...	Uncle Albert Adams
Kevin Hart	...	Trey
Marion Ross	...	Aunt Lucille Adams
Ryan Hansen	...	Lance Landers
Keith David	...	The Chief of Police
Brent Spiner	...	Dr. Strom
Robert Joy	...	Dr. Stephen Hawking
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Dr. Whitby
Robert Hays	...	Blaine Riker
Nicole Sullivan	...	Julia Riker
Sam Cohen	...	Young Rick Riker
Tracy Morgan	...	Professor Xavier

Also Known As:

Superhero! (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, comic violence, drug references and language.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44303) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Not screened for critics.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the Youtube scene, you can see the video time is 22:00, instead of 00:22.

Quotes:

Uncle Albert: With great power comes... ow!
Rick Riker: Great responsibility? Try to breathe!
Uncle Albert: I can't. You're kneeling on my balls!

Movie Connections:

References Airplane! (1980)

Soundtrack:

I Need A Hero

Superhero movie!

The recent spoof movies like Date move, Epic movie and Meet the spartan and now Superhero movie. There are two types of spoof movies- crappy spoofs like Epic movie and Meet the Spartan which have almost no plot just the stupid and disgusting jokes chunk into 1 hour and 15 minutes and the other type is the serious spoof movies like Scary movie and the recent Superhero movie which have the element of the movies they spoof, Superhero movie is spoofing about superheroes and it mainly do that and it is good to see them do a main spoof not like Epic movie or Meet the spartan where the director just chunk any movie into it.

The story: It has the potential to develop its story but it just chooses to stick to its usual spoof plot, disgusting plus sex jokes and stupid unrealistic plot. It mainly spoof spider-man and other superheroes like Fantastic 4, X-men and many more as the background spoof. Since it mainly spoof on Spider-man, you will know what the story is. I find it quite disappointing, I expected some fight scenes which it does not really feature. The trailers look promising but it does not really live up to my expectations.

Overall: It is not a bad spoof movie but it can do much better of developing the story. It is currently one of the best spoof movies recently. Those who like spoof movies including Meet the spartan, they should catch this. Those finding a comedy, probably this would perk you up and do not expect much. Those who totally hate spoof movies, they should probably rent it on DVD if they feel bored. Try not to expect too much, just leave your brain at the door and relax watching it.