Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.
- Awards
- 1 win
Craig Bierko
- Wolverine
- (scenes deleted)
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- TriviaJeffrey Tambor filmed his role during a two-day break in the shooting of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).
- GoofsWhen Dragonfly slams a thug's head on the brick wall, the wall gives slightly, revealing it as a softer, rubber-like material.
- Quotes
Uncle Albert: Remember, with great power comes...
Rick Riker: Great responsibility?
Uncle Albert: Well, I was gonna say bitches, but if you want to be a virgin for the rest of your life...
- Crazy creditsThe characters portrayed by many of the actors are listed in the end credits by the sole line they speak in the movie.
- Alternate versionsThe Castilian Spanish edition on DVD/Blu-ray runs 86 minutes. It's not a extended version of the film but actually the theatrical cut with 7 minutes of mixing deleted/extended scenes of the movie during the end credits. It also includes in those 7 minutes the Craig Bierko's scene as Wolverine.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Special Collector's Edition: Superhero Movie (2010)
- SoundtracksI Need A Hero
Written by Michael Jay, Sara Paxton and Johnny Pedersen
Performed by Sara Paxton
Produced by Jam N' Jay
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Auntie Farts
I remember "Kentucky Fried Movie" and then the Zucker projects that followed. The humor was low-brow. The strategy was to cram tons of jokes in because people don't remember the ones that don't work. These, all the way up to say, "Charlie's Angels 2" great fun for movie enthusiasts. It basically meant that you got double the entertainment value from those dozens of bad movies that you for some reason, had watched.
But now the technique is as tired and predicable as your usual standup comic. In this case, the target isn't a whole genre but a single movie. It may still work for kids, for whom any excuse for a fart joke is good enough. But it takes all the engagement out of the thing.
See, when you have to be alert... when you have to continuously search your cinematic memory for the allusion... two things happen. One is that you invest in what you are watching. It is what I call a sophisticated folding technique. But it also brings the cinematic experience into the foreground of your consciousness.
This fails.
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
But now the technique is as tired and predicable as your usual standup comic. In this case, the target isn't a whole genre but a single movie. It may still work for kids, for whom any excuse for a fart joke is good enough. But it takes all the engagement out of the thing.
See, when you have to be alert... when you have to continuously search your cinematic memory for the allusion... two things happen. One is that you invest in what you are watching. It is what I call a sophisticated folding technique. But it also brings the cinematic experience into the foreground of your consciousness.
This fails.
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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- tedg
- May 27, 2008
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,881,068
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,510,297
- Mar 30, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $71,571,300
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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