(2010) dir James Gunn w/Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon [96 min]
Only slightly more conventional than RUBBER, James Gunn’s SUPER features Rainn Wilson as Frank, a man pushed too far by the evils of the world who, encouraged by a budding teenage sidekick (Page), becomes The Crimson Bolt, a homemade superhero. Though he has a tendency to overdo it – he nearly bludgeons to death a series of everyday rule-breakers – Frank soon embarks on his most important adventure: saving his beloved ex-wife (Tyler) from her sleazy, drug-dealer boyfriend (Bacon). Funny and exciting but also deeply unsettling, Gunn’s film stands on its own in a year packed with big-screen superheroes.
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(2010) dir James Gunn w/Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon [96 min]
Only slightly more conventional than RUBBER, James Gunn’s SUPER features Rainn Wilson as Frank, a man pushed too far by the evils of the world who, encouraged by a budding teenage sidekick (Page), becomes The Crimson Bolt, a homemade superhero. Though he has a tendency to overdo it – he nearly bludgeons to death a series of everyday rule-breakers – Frank soon embarks on his most important adventure: saving his beloved ex-wife (Tyler) from her sleazy, drug-dealer boyfriend (Bacon). Funny and exciting but also deeply unsettling, Gunn’s film stands on its own in a year packed with big-screen superheroes.