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After a bite from a genetically altered insect gives him superhuman abilities, teenage loser Rick Riker (Drake Bell) decides to use his powers for good. Donning an uncomfortably tight costume, Rick becomes a mysterious crime fighter known as The Dragonfly. But standing in the way of truth, justice and the American Way is an evil villain known as The Hourglass, who plans to become immortal by sucking the life force out of anyone who gets in his way.

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Superhero Movie is not the worst of the spoof genre, but relies on tired gags and lame pop culture references all the same.

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Superhero Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Hank Sartin Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Superhero Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Tony Horkins Empire Magazine This super-powered spoof just doesn't fly. Rated: 2/5 Jun 5, 2008 Full Review Superhero Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly There are a few lively bits, and one joke with an edge: a slap at Stephen Hawking and his computer-drone voice. Mostly, though, this is super-lame. Rated: C- Apr 2, 2008 Full Review Superhero Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Isn't it a bad sign when the most entertaining aspect of these spoof films has become the celebrity spotting rather than the actual film itself? Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 24, 2020 Full Review Superhero Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Manages to be a much more creative and coherent superhero picture than "Spider-Man 3" ever hoped to be. Feb 9, 2016 Full Review Superhero Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Dave White Movies.com Rated: 0.5/5 Apr 4, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mark B I laughed at a good amount of the gags. This is not a good movie, this is a good time. 3.5 stars not for ground breaking cinema, it is mindless and funny. Some of the jokes don’t hit but enough do. A spoof of super hero movies ( mostly Spider-Man) and a send off to Naked Gun movies. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/27/24 Full Review Amir S A funny movie worth rewatching, good and funny jokes, it's a shame they don't make movies like this nowadays. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review marcus s It was a funny and creative movie. Much better than most superhero movies because it has a comedic script. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Early W For the Gen Z crowd who only grew up with the MCU movies don't expect to find any of those references here. This movie came out the same year as Iron Man (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). The MCU hadn't even been conceptualized and bought by Disney at it's release.Instead this movie's focus is on spoofing the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man film. There are some references to other Super Hero films such as The Fantastic Four, Batman, and Fox's X-Men films. The humor is juvenile and relies too much on obnoxious toilet humor and cartoonish slapstick. I think I only "chuckled" once during the whole film.Nothing to note about the acting except the late great Leslie Nielsen got roped into this project. I think at this point he was willing to take any role he could get to milk out a few more paychecks to leave his family. That's the only reason I can think of as to why he would ever agree to be in this horrible film.Save yourself a hour and a half and watch a funnier spoof movie like Airplane, or Spaceballs. Or anything Mel Brooks was involved with. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Dimitris T This film doesn't give you a single minute to rest from cackling. It seems physically impossible for a parody to serve so many jokes in such small timespans over a duration of nearly one and a half hours. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/27/24 Full Review Ruan L I really enjoyed the movie. I loved the idea that it was a parody of famous movies. I think that the comedy in this movie was a stroke of a genius. They've used the sarcasm very well and i will watch this movie again! I wish that other peoples could see this masterpiece because it's worth it. I liked how light the vibe of the film was. My final answer is that this movie was a 8/10. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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David W. Zucker Director Craig Mazin Director Drake Bell Rick Riker Sara Paxton Jill Johnson Leslie Nielsen Uncle Albert Christopher McDonald Lou Landers
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Synopsis After a bite from a genetically altered insect gives him superhuman abilities, teenage loser Rick Riker (Drake Bell) decides to use his powers for good. Donning an uncomfortably tight costume, Rick becomes a mysterious crime fighter known as The Dragonfly. But standing in the way of truth, justice and the American Way is an evil villain known as The Hourglass, who plans to become immortal by sucking the life force out of anyone who gets in his way.

Director
David W. Zucker, Craig Mazin

Producer
Craig Mazin, David W. Zucker, Robert K. Weiss

Screenwriter
Craig Mazin

Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Co
Dimension Films

Rating
PG-13 (Crude and Sexual Content|Comic Violence|Drug References|Language)

Genre
Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 28, 2008, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 7, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.9M

Runtime
1h 25m

Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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