Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury (2014)

A superhero called Antboy fights against evil in his hometown.

Director:

Ask Hasselbalch

Writers:

Anders Ølholm (screenplay), Anders Ølholm (screen story)

Stars:

Oscar Dietz, Samuel Ting Graf, Amalie Kruse Jensen

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Oscar Dietz	...	Pelle / Antboy
Samuel Ting Graf	...	Wilhelm
Amalie Kruse Jensen	...	Ida
Astrid Juncher-Benzon	...	Maria Musajev / The Red Fury
Marcuz Jess Petersen	...	Allan / Terror Twin
Johannes Jeffries Sørensen	...	Mark / Terror Twin
Hector Brøgger Andersen	...	Christian
Cecilie Alstrup Tarp	...	Amanda
Boris Aljinovic	...	Rustam Musajev
Torbjørn Hummel	...	Maria's Father Dub (voice)
Nicolas Bro	...	Albert Gæmmelkra / The Flee
Nicoline Sharma Rubow	...	Amandas Veninde 1
Mille Rosendahl	...	Amandas Veninde 2
Mira Balloli	...	Amandas Veninde 3
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nathan Harrington	...	Christian (version: English) (voice)

Storyline

His triumph over The Flea, has made Antboy hugely popular. But he is now up against a more formidable foe in the shape of the new boy in school, a smooth charmer who is fully intent on luring Ida away from Pelle. Pelle also finds himself being haunted; a brand new supervillain has announced her arrival.

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Plot Keywords:

non comic book superhero | close up of eye | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some action sequences and rude behavior

Details

Country:

Denmark Germany

Language:

Danish English

Release Date:

25 December 2014 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Antboy II

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,291,188

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nimbus Film Productions, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Is dedicated "In Loving Memory" to Anders Dietz. Anders Dietz was a musician and the father of Oscar Dietz (Antboy). The elder Dietz was in a supermarket shopping for steak when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage . He died in a hospital several days later, on February 21, 2014, a week shy of his 45th birthday.

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Connections

Referenced in Hamburg Journal: Episode dated 15 March 2014 (2014)

User Reviews

Face-off: The Antboy, Beetleboys and the Red Fury.

It's been a year and half since the first part I saw, so I don't remember much. But I know it was short and sweet little superhero movie for children, like this one. A theme like this might end as a trilogy, but I never thought they would make a sequel after the average first film. Still, there is not much different between the two, especially when it comes to the stunts, very light. The story was a decent one, would have made an impact with the stunning action sequences. But keeping the little children in mind, the film falls soft and family friendly.

In this movie, the narration picks-up not too far from where it ended in the previous film. The Antboy is quite famous now, especially among the school kids. So that is where the story develops when he fails to keep the promise he made to one of his fans. The humiliated fan wants to take a revenge. Instead, it complicates further when a couple more supervillains emerge and challenges the town's favourite superhero, the Antboy. Bringing an end to all of this leads to one last battle before the credits roll.

"A real hero is the one that allows all of us on the outside to feel that we're not alone."

In the previous film, most of them were fresh faced and their performances have been only a just acceptable. Especially the Antboy's that I was worried about. I know the story demands geeky kid just like Spiderman and Superman when they were not in the superhero costume to keep the low profile. But now I see well progressed and a very professional lead boy. From the opening title and credits to till the end the visuals were high standards. Sometimes I thought the presentation was imitating the Marvels, mostly the 'Kick-Ass' with those comic pictures.

The Red Fury was introduced in a style, the new superpower character. Along the terror tvilling, whose superpower was inherited by the beetles. Totally a bug's world, the clash of the insects should we say. Listen this film (series) is just for fun, I believe any grownups won't take it a very seriously. If you are not interested, simply skip it, but I advise you to show the film to your little ones. The characters might be based on the Danish children's book, but somewhat looks like a mixed spoof of some of the great Hollywood flicks. Only a slightly betters the first film from the technical side, yet a very simple silly follow-up.

6½/10