Super (2010)
Shut up, Crime!
I actually enjoyed the movie a great deal. However, I can’t recommend the movie to
light at heart. The movie is as violent
as they come. Actually, the movie might
be more brutal than Kick-ass. Up
until the last 20 minutes, the movie is very much a dark comedy, and I can’t
stress dark enough. People get their
heads cracked in by this “super” hero.
And, I found myself really enjoying the movie because of this.
Frank D'Arbo
(Rainn Wilson) is a guy that
works at as a cook at a restaurant, and has a rather boring life, but he has a
lovely wife. She is a recovering addict
that ends up falling off the wagon and leaving Frank for a drug dealer named
Jock (Kevin Bacon). Distraught by this, Frank starts to lose his
mind and becomes a superhero named The Crimson Bolt. He fights crime by bashing people’s skulls
in with a wrench. While fighting crime,
he even takes on a lovely sidekick (Ellen Page).
This is probably Wilson’s best role yet. You’re not sure if you should be cheering on
this guy or wanting him stop his crime fighting ways. Wilson does a good job balancing the mundane, silly and darkness
of his character. He really seems to
shine when he takes on the character of The Crimson Bolt. Wilson is just outstanding in the twisted
role.
The other actress that
steals the show is a hyper Ellen Page doing something different than her Juno
role. Here, she is a fan-girl that
works at a local comic shop. She knows
her comic books and helps Wilson’s character with his research. There is a dark twisted charm about Page’s
character and her intensity to become a super hero sidekick to the Crimson
Bolt. Her sidekick name is Boltie.
When she dons the Boltie costume, she becomes extremely
crazy to the point of harming a somewhat innocent person. Page is extremely cute as Boltie, if a
little insane. And, there is one scene
that every fanboy talks about involving her, in her Boltie outfit, and an
unsuspecting/sleeping Rain Wilson. I
won’t spoil it, but you will never see Page the same way again…
“It's all gooshy. ”
Kevin Bacon is playing Kevin Bacon. And, I am fine with that too. I find it funny that he’s the main villain
here, and it another big bad villain in X-Men: First Class.
Besides the Ellen Page scene, there is another stand
out scene involving a theater line-cutter that is extremely brutal. I was disturbed by it, and amused with the
fact they showed it.
The story switches to a serious one toward the end of
the movie. The dark humor is replaced
with some serious scenes of life and death when the Crimson Bolt and Boltie
attack the drug stronghold. I was even
shocked the direction they took with one character.
The ending wasn’t what I suspected either. While somber, there is a hint of hope, and I
will leave it at that. I am surprised
how much I enjoyed the movie.
Grade: B+
Side Note:
-Did I mention that Nathan Fillion plays a
parody of Bibleman? I think only a few
people will even get the joke.
At least the outfit is better than the Batgirl outfit in Batman & Robin.
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4 comments:
I found myself having a very similar reaction to the movie. At first I was WTF but it was fresh and interesting.
Page cracked me up. "It's all gooshy" indeed!
Yeah, there were a couple moments when I said, "holy, shit, did that actually happen?"
I have to wonder if this is Page's best acting gig? Probably so.
And, yes, I freaking cracked up with that line.
That brutal line-budging scene was definitely one of those moments.
This was definitely great, but I liked her in Whip It too.
I need to check out Whip It, just never got around to it.
But, I remember watching the rollerball leagues back in the 90s. they were very WWF-ish
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