Blankman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Blankman alternative: stupid man |
| Original title | Blankman |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mike Binder |
| script |
Damon Wayans J. F. Lawton |
| production |
CO Erickson Eric L. Gold |
| music |
Miles Goodman Michael Jay |
| camera | Newton Thomas Sigel |
| cut | Adam Weiss |
| occupation | |
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Blankman is an American action comedy released in 1994 and directed by Mike Binder . The author and leading actor is Damon Wayans . He plays a loser who, with a lot of effort, manages to become a superhero .
action
Darryl is a loser and genius with a talent for making the most incredible devices out of a wide variety of things. After his grandmother is killed in a bank robbery and Darryl accidentally stumbles upon a formula to bulletproof his clothes, he decides to become the first true low-budget superhero Blankman . His brother Kevin, initially not enthusiastic about his brother's idea of fighting crime as Blankman, soon becomes his right-hand man.
parody
While Meteor Man is a parody of Superman , Blankman is clearly a parody of Batman . At the beginning you see young Darryl watching the old Batman series from the 60s with Adam West and Burt Ward with his older brother Kevin . The film has the same combat effects as the series (“Zap!”, “Pow!” Etc.) and Blankman used as well as Batman many tools and weapons he built from household items and junk (such as J-5, Blankmans Robot made from an old washing machine).
On top of that, Blankman set up his own Batcave in an abandoned subway station. The film "Blankman" follows a trend from the early 1990s that combines classic comic book heroes with modern crime and African American heroes (like Meteor Man and RZA's Bobby Digital ). There are also some influences from Superman. Darryl, like Clark Kent (= Superman), uses glasses to hide his secret identity from the public.
The starting point for the film idea was a sketch about a superhero called "Handi Man". Damon played a mentally retarded man who worked in the mail department of a building very similar to the Daily Planet in Superman.
criticism
"A piece of clothing that makes use of the original in a cheeky and abundant manner." A sense of irony only occasionally shimmers out of the chaos of jokes and crude jokes. "
Web links
- Blankman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Blankman in the Lexicon of International Films