Reviews

LastCaress1972

August 11, 2013
0.0
I picked this up in my local supermarket for a fiver, and really glad I did. A ninety-minute HBO documentary, it's a light yet loving look at a whole bunch of people across America who have chosen to spend their spare time patrolling the streets as "real-life superheroes". Try to think Defendor, Super or Kick-Ass, if they were real. Gently piss-taking - it's hard not to in fairness when some of these heroes are running into traffic or conducting interviews on random people's gardens ("Get the **** off of my property!") - but generally with a caring eye for these strange social outcasts who nevertheless undoubtedly mean well, the documentary mostly follows the fortunes of Mr. Xtreme in California (whilst watching Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers in his absolute tip of an apartment - the XtremeCave, he calls it - he proclaims: "Yeah! They're gonna MORPH now!" with the enthusiasm of a five year-old) as he tries to recruit new members into the XJL (the Xtreme Justice League, of course), and Master Legend in Florida, the leader of Team Justice (himself, Symbiote, Super Hero and a female who's name escapes me now; there are loads of these oddballs in this film) with a eye for the ladies and a stomach for a cold beer or three whilst on patrol ("I always keep beer for the night ahead in my van...Never drink to drunkenness though (gulp, gulp)... Now, if you don't mind, I need to quench my thirst in this bar..."). It intersperses the fun and games with numerous police/legal experts' concerns about what use if any these vigilantes are, and what probable dangers they're either walking into or inadvertantly causing themselves. The whole thing seems ripe for a Louis Theroux-style cautionary, told-you-so tragedy to occur, and indeed a quartet of Supers (The New York Initiative, featuring an openly gay hero) take to the street openly committing the act of entrapment (trying to entice potential gay-bashers). Fortunately it doesn't come to that ("Well, it's started to rain, so we're going home now") and the documentary retains its light heart throughout. 9.5/10, thoroughly recommended. It's a fiver well spent, I promise.

Recommendation Movies

7.7
Drama
View
7.7
Holding the Man
Holding the Man2015
6.3
Drama
View
6.3
Hope Springs
Hope Springs2012
7.6
Drama
View
7.6
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly2007
7.2
Documentary
View
7.2
Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story
Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story2014
6.8
Science Fiction
View
6.8
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau2011
7.5
Action
View
7.5
Apocalypto
Apocalypto2006
8.4
Adventure
View
8.4
Interstellar
Interstellar2014
7.8
Action
View
7.8
Logan
Logan2017
7.6
Action
View
7.6
Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow2014
7.5
Action
View
7.5
Avatar
Avatar2009
7.6
Mystery
View
7.6
Get Out
Get Out2017
7.6
Science Fiction
View
7.6
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water2022
7.8
Comedy
View
7.8
Knives Out
Knives Out2019
7.3
Horror
View
7.3
Carrie
Carrie1976
7.5
Adventure
View
7.5
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element1997
7.9
Drama
View
7.9
Titanic
Titanic1997
7.6
Action
View
7.6
Deadpool
Deadpool2016
8.2
Adventure
View
8.2
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame2019
7.3
Action
View
7.3
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming2017
8.2
Drama
View
8.2
Shutter Island
Shutter Island2010
© 2024 MoovieTime. All rights reserved.Made with Nuxt