| | Superhero Movie! DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Action Movies, Romance Videos, Satire, Superheroes, Spoof | | Starring | Drake Bell, Jeffrey Tambor, Leslie Nielsen, Brent Spiner, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart, Pamela Anderson, Robert Joy, Sara Paxton, Marion Ross, Regina Hall | | Director | Craig Mazin | | Composer | James Venable | | Director of Photography | Thomas Ackerman | | Executive Producer | Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Matthew Stein | | Producer | David Zucker, Robert K. Weiss, Craig Mazin | | Screenwriter | Craig Mazin |
Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; DVD Included; Special Edition In this spoof of Hollywood blockbusters, director and screenwriter Craig Mazin (THE SPECIALS) tackles the age-old story of a regular guy who suddenly finds that he possesses super powers. Ricky Riker (Drake Bell) is a typical teenager, except that his luck is worse then most. Basically, he's a loser. He's been in love with beautiful Jill (Sara Paxton) for years, but is sure she doesn't know he exists. Even his techie best friend, Trey (Kevin Hart), is willing to throw him over for another clique. But Rick's life changes dramatically when a genetically enhanced dragonfly bites him during a school field trip. In a flash, he becomes the Dragonfly. He can scale buildings, and has immense strength--though he's still a klutz. Rick isn't sure he has what it takes to be a superhero, but it's up to him to save the city from the villainous Hourglass (Christopher McDonald), who literally sucks the life out of people, and threatens to harm those dearest to Rick.
Mazin, who was one of the screenwriters for both SCARY MOVIE 3 and SCARY MOVIE 4, spoofs a gamut of superheroes, including Batman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. Marion Ross and Leslie Nielsen appear as Rick's Aunt Lucille and Uncle Albert, and a multitude of stars appear onscreen, albeit briefly, including Tracy Morgan, Regina Hall, Simon Rex, Craig Bierko, Pamela Anderson, Robert Hays, and Nicole Sullivan. Miles Fisher is particularly amusing as Tom Cruise, and Brent Spiner plays Hourglass's sidekick. Stick around after the credits start rolling for some additional footage. Superhero Movie! Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "The film-makers are masters of parody and shamelessly cram the movie full of satirical wit, endless cinematic spoofs, funny comic book-inspired one-liners, and sharp-edged lampoons of every superhero movie we've ever seen."-- Ultimate DVD Staff, Ultimate DVD Superhero Movie! | List Price | $14.95 (You save $4.86) | | Studio | Weinstein Company / Genius | | Orig Year | 2008 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  18374  | | CD Universe Part number | 7661684 | | Catalog number | 81339 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 08, 2008 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for crude and sexual content, comic violence, drug references and language | | Also Known As | Superhero! | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled; Unrated | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Subtitled; Unrated; Extended Edition |
Superhero Movie! Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   It's a spoof, It's a lame...No, it's Superhero Movie!
Sure, some of the jokes and gags are lame, but, enough of them were so laugh-out-loud funny that I enjoyed it very much. Drake Bell did a great job as the hero, and the movie even has Marion Ross of Happy Days fame, and Leslie Nielsen in it, who I can't believe is still making movies after all these years! Leslie Nielsen has some of the best lines in this movie by the way, especially if you watch the deleted scenes. All in all, if life is getting you down, and you want to forget your troubles for a little while and have some chuckles and laughs, this movie will put a smile on your face.
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 Suprisingly better than I thought
I wasn't expecting much from this comedy,but it actually wasn't that bad.There are a few moments when you laugh so much your stomach will hurt.
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