Four Super Heroes find themselves abducted by their Arch Nemesis and are forced to compete in a series of challenges in order to save an abandoned town full of kidnapped innocent civilians.
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Four Super Heroes find themselves abducted by their Arch Nemesis and are forced to compete in a series of challenges in order to save an abandoned town full of kidnapped innocent civilians.
Every once in a while, a surprise comes along which blows me away. This was one of them.
With the small budget, it's unsurprising that this flick received little or no advertising, so when this was given to me, I'd rightfully never even heard of it.
The problem with most superhero films - especially trash like Wolverine
is that the belief is: known stars, big explosions, CGI, expensive
sets, and money, money, money thrown around like cheap confetti will make a highly entertaining 90 minutes.
Wrong.
What the writer here understood, is that CONCEPT truly is king, and was able to create a compelling screenplay with none of the above.
So, no Jackman, no millions, but a sound thriller which takes the superhero formula and shows the big boys that well-crafted characters and a good plot are - SURPRISE! - the key ingredients to a good film.
I could now go on about how the fights were a little bit of a let-down, and how I'd have liked to have known for sure that a couple of the villains were really killed and wouldn't be getting up again after a nap, or even how the budget forced certain effects to have less impact, but none of these detract from the story or the end result: a solid 90 minutes of entertainment. Recommended.
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Every once in a while, a surprise comes along which blows me away. This was one of them.
With the small budget, it's unsurprising that this flick received little or no advertising, so when this was given to me, I'd rightfully never even heard of it.
The problem with most superhero films - especially trash like Wolverine
- is that the belief is: known stars, big explosions, CGI, expensive
sets, and money, money, money thrown around like cheap confetti will make a highly entertaining 90 minutes.Wrong.
What the writer here understood, is that CONCEPT truly is king, and was able to create a compelling screenplay with none of the above.
So, no Jackman, no millions, but a sound thriller which takes the superhero formula and shows the big boys that well-crafted characters and a good plot are - SURPRISE! - the key ingredients to a good film.
I could now go on about how the fights were a little bit of a let-down, and how I'd have liked to have known for sure that a couple of the villains were really killed and wouldn't be getting up again after a nap, or even how the budget forced certain effects to have less impact, but none of these detract from the story or the end result: a solid 90 minutes of entertainment. Recommended.