The idea sounded so good: wannabe superhero Ed (played by Justin Whalin from Lois & Clark) is sentenced by The Judge (Michael Rooker, the bald guy from Mallrats and the biker in The Walking Dead) to become part of the Super Capers, a rag-tag group of superheroes in training.
I was hoping for something like The Watchmen meets "Seinfeld," but what I got was "Scooby Doo" meets 1960s "Batman." (Which, for the record, did happen and was awesome.) The movie is waaaay too corny and cartoony; as an example, I'd say well over half of the sound effects were blatantly lifted from old episodes of "Loony Toons."
Sam Lloyd, who played the sad sack lawyer Ted who lived with his mother on "Scrubs," now plays the sad sack superhero Brainard, who also lives with his mother. It's such a stretch, I know.
Ray McPartlin, who plays the confidence-oozing and somewhat looks-obsessed Devon on Chuck now plays the confidence-oozing and somewhat looks-obsessed Will Powers. Try to keep your mind from boggling.
Like a dyslexic kid doing algebra, Super Capers tries really hard, struggles, and fails. The writer/director Ray Griggs was obviously trying to emulate the humor from the Adam West era "Batman" show, but what most people don't realize is "Batman" was funny because it wasn't trying to be funny, it was like a puppy chasing its tail, it makes you laugh but the puppy was never trying to make you laugh.
The best part of this movie is when I recognized the beautiful Danielle Harris as the little girl from Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Meyers.
1.8 exploding home planets
Much better than Super Capers
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