Superhero Movie
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Superhero Movie |
| Original title | Superhero Movie |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 81 (theatrical version) minutes, 87 (extended version) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Craig Mazin |
| script | Craig Mazin |
| production | Craig Mazin Robert K. Weiss David Zucker |
| music | James L. Venable |
| camera | Thomas E. Ackerman |
| cut |
Craig Herring Andrew S. Eisen Dan Schalk |
| occupation | |
Superhero Movie is an American spoof by David Zucker from 2008. The plot essentially follows Spider-Man . The screenwriter was Craig Mazin , who worked with Zucker on Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4 .
action
Rick Riker lives with his aunt Lucille and his uncle Albert Adams. He's shy and unpopular at school. On a school trip he is bitten by a genetically manipulated dragonfly and develops superpowers: the proportionally increased power, speed and agility of a dragonfly, the ability to climb walls and a special “dragonfly sense” for danger.
Without further ado, Rick fights evil as "Dragonfly", but someone stands in the way of his fate: Lou Landers. After a failed experiment, Lou also develops superpowers. He can steal a person's life force and so seeks immortality under the name of "hourglass". He also kills Rick's aunt in the film. Jill falls in love with Dragonfly, but doesn't know that Rick is Dragonfly. At the same time, Jill also gets closer to Rick, but after the two are as good as together, Rick decides that they can't be together after all, probably so as not to endanger Jill. Finally, Rick Riker is tired of Dragonfly and quits. But after a few days Uncle Albert managed to persuade Rick Riker that he should start again with Dragonfly. Dragonfly then goes to a peace award ceremony. There he can still do the hourglass. Eventually Jill finds out that Rick Riker is Dragonfly.
Cast / voice actor
| role | actor | German Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Riker / Dragonfly | Drake Bell | Marius Clarén |
| Jill Johnson | Sara Paxton | Dascha Lehmann |
| Lou Landers / Hourglass | Christopher McDonald | Engelbert von Nordhausen |
| Uncle Albert Adams | Leslie Nielsen | Klaus Sunshine |
| Aunt Lucille Adams | Marion Ross | Christel Merian |
| Mrs. Xaviar | Regina Hall | Bianca Krahl |
| Bank clerk | Kurt Fuller | |
| Invisible girl | Pamela Anderson | Christin Marquitan |
| Human Torch | Simon Rex | |
| Carlson | Dan Castellaneta | Uwe Büschken |
| Dr. electricity | Brent Spiner | Bodo Wolf |
| Lance Landers | Ryan Hansen | Tommy Morgenstern |
| Trey | Kevin Hart | Marcel Collé |
| Professor Xaviar | Tracy Morgan | Thomas Petruo |
background
- The film started in Germany on July 24th, 2008. In the USA, the unrated version was released on DVD before that .
- In the film, some films of the superhero genre - especially Spider Man - are parodied. Amongst other things:
Reviews
Similar to the films Fantastic Movie , Date Movie, and Meine Frau, die Spartaner und I , Superhero Movie also received mostly negative reviews.
"Largely based on Sam Raimi's film" Spider-Man ", a poorly successful parody of superhero films that primarily derives its joke from a series of stale gags. Well-known scenes from the relevant genre models are mockingly "re-enacted" without the film achieving bite or even independence. "
"The" Spider-Man "parody produced by David Zucker (" Die nackte Kanone ") never reaches the class of his earlier films, and some gags make no sense even for those who know the original. But there is a delicious Tom Cruise piss, a reunion with Leslie Nielsen and funny bonus scenes after the credits. "
“ Superhero Movie works, as long as the viewer approaches the film with realistic expectations, as a Spider-Man parody. But anyone who hopes for an entertaining parody of the comic genre as a whole will be disappointed. The characters from X-Men & Co. are included in the plot too carelessly and arbitrarily, so humor almost inevitably falls by the wayside. At least total failures like my wife, the Spartans and I leave Superhero Movie behind. "
Awards
- 2008: Teen Choice Award , Choice Movie Breakout Male , for Drake Bell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Superhero Movie . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2008 (PDF; test number: 114 615 K).
- ↑ Superhero Movie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Superhero Movie on cinema.de
- ↑ Superhero Movie on filmstarts.de
Web links
- German homepage
- Superhero Movie at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Superhero Movie at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Superhero Movie at Metacritic (English)
- Superhero Movie in the online movie database
- Superhero Movie in the German dubbing file