Super: Blu Ray Review

Super

Rating: R18
Released by Roadshow Home Ent

Unfairly judged next to Kick Ass on its release, Super is of a similar ilk.

Rainn Wilson (of TV’s The Office) stars as Frank D’Arbo, a man on the edge after his wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) ends up with a drug dealer played by Kevin Bacon.

As he sinks into a depression, his one comfort is a childhood incident which saw him help police catch a criminal; and it’s this that he latches onto, becoming the Crimson Bolt and taking to crime with a Shut Up Crime catchphrase and a wrench to bash the baddies.

He ends up teaming up with Ellen Page’s Libby, a comic book worker and between the two of them, they take on the scourge of the criminal underworld….

Super is a psychotically insane film; it’s a darkly ironic comedy about as black as it can get to be honest in places with Rainn Wilson really channelling the poor guy on the edge; but I’ll be frank, it’s a very thin line between revenge spree in his case rather than a desire to protect the public.

A funny cameo from Nathan Fillion as a spiritual TV avenger gives it extra kudos but it’s a really interesting take on the superhero genre which focuses more on the man than the comic book mythology. It won’t be to everyone’s tastes because of a little ultra violence but fans of this genre in general will absolutely adore it.

Extras: None

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