I was pleasantly surprised. This movie is from a little known production company that isn't too unlike the 90s direct to video attempts by BBV (The Stranger, The Airzone Solution). Shot on video and on a very low budget. But it works in a nostalgic sense. There are no expensive visual effects or CGIs to fall back on. And it clocks in on a nice lean 79 minutes. I do remember when the average genre film had production values no different from The Superhero. But that was back when a movie ticket and popcorn cost no more than about four dollars. This was probably an extension of a student film project, given that the actor playing the doctor looked no older than our young protagonist Luke, who was probably in his early twenties. But some of the performances do stand out. The very kindly Reverend Mary Stone is definitely the most stand out performance. The other, amusingly, being the newscaster, who subtly chews the scene in what is usually a forgettable minor role in any movie.
The animation in the film is clearly done on software that is available to the average person who wants to be an amateur animator. It could have been Anime Studio, Photoshop, or one of the various freeware open source packages out there such as Synfig. If anything, the filmmaker deserves kudos for actually improving on an idea that actually originated in a much earlier, equally low budget film: J.R. Bookwater's Robot Ninja. The fight scenes are interspersed with comic book art, but this time it's animated and in color. Also, the artwork is by a more competent artist. And Luke Lang is way more sympathetic than Robot Ninja's protagonist. The limited animation is really more of what some call "animatic". Movement is accomplished with pans, zooms, and sliding frames. But then again, much television animation from the sixties and seventies was like that.
For us Americans, the accents can be a little hard to understand, sometimes. They talk the way average, working class UK folks talk. No midatlantic or theatrical RP accents here. The average Joe Brit does not sound like Patrick Stewart.
If you approach this film as a low budget art film, you will be pleased and maybe, if you're a certain age, nostalgic. If you're expecting something like a low budget version of The Marvel Studios films, you're in for a big disappointment. Despite the name of the film, this is not an escapist comic book romp with heroes and villains. It's very character oriented and the "superhero" aspect is actually downplayed in favor of some down to earth themes, such as drugs, HIV, and family responsibility. Highly recommended as a change from the usual and a reminder that a film's enjoyability has nothing to do with how much it cost to make.