Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.
Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.
Robert Hays plays Blaine Riker. In "Airplane!" (1980), he played a character named Ted Striker. Both of these films were produced by David Zucker. See more »
Goofs
When searching for a $300 car, the search engine comes up with a "Nissan Shitbox". The car in the photo isn't actually a Nissan at all. It's (what's left of) a Peugeot 309. See more »
Quotes
Uncle Albert:
[lovingly]
Your thighs look like warm cottage cheese someone threw up on a hot sidewalk.
Aunt Lucille Adams:
And you've always had a tiny penis.
Uncle Albert:
Well, what does it matter when you're in love?
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Crazy Credits
Several minutes of deleted scenes are included in one solid block halfway through the closing credits. See more »
Alternate Versions
The Castilian Spanish edition on DVD/Blu-ray runs 86 minutes. It's not a extended version of the film but actually the theatrical cut with 7 minutes of mixing deleted/extended scenes of the movie during the end credits. It also includes in those 7 minutes the Craig Bierko's scene as Wolverine. See more »
I really liked this one. I wasn't expecting much, being worn out on spoof movies lately because of the layer of crap that's been dropped on us, the movie-going public. "Epic Movie","Date Movie","Meet the Spartans" all sucked.
That being said, the people who made this, made the latter-day Zucker- styled comedies(a la Airplane, The Naked Gun) Scary Movie 3 & 4, and not those other "Movie" movies (which are the domain of Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer).
There were parts of this movie where I laughed so hard I could barely breathe. And that happens SO rarely with comedies lately. Seriously, I laughed hard.
But, it was one of those things that will entertain but never be a classic you'd bother watching again. It was a bit forgettable in that way.
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I really liked this one. I wasn't expecting much, being worn out on spoof movies lately because of the layer of crap that's been dropped on us, the movie-going public. "Epic Movie","Date Movie","Meet the Spartans" all sucked.
That being said, the people who made this, made the latter-day Zucker- styled comedies(a la Airplane, The Naked Gun) Scary Movie 3 & 4, and not those other "Movie" movies (which are the domain of Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer).
There were parts of this movie where I laughed so hard I could barely breathe. And that happens SO rarely with comedies lately. Seriously, I laughed hard.
But, it was one of those things that will entertain but never be a classic you'd bother watching again. It was a bit forgettable in that way.