Classic Friday : Mystery Men (1999) 8/10

Starring : Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear, Eddie Izzard, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi, Claire Forlani
Director : Kinka Usher
Running Time : 116 mins

In order to boost his popularity, Captain Amazing (Kinnear) organises for the evil Casanova Frankenstein (Rush) to be released from prison so that he can be given an actual challenge. Unfortunately, Casanova decides to capture Amazing, so a group of inept superheroes band together in order to save him.

This is one of the best comedy super hero movies ever made, without going too over the top with the humour, and was surprisingly based on a little known comic book. Despite featuring a lot of silly characters with silly powers, at no point does the film meander into slapstick for no good reason.

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