''Superhero Movie'' is a 2008 American

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written and directed by

Craig Mazin Craig Mazin (born April 8, 1971) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for creating the five-part HBO miniseries ''Chernobyl (miniseries), Chernobyl'', based on the Chernobyl disaster, nuclear disaster of the same name in ...

, produced by Robert K. Weiss and

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, and starring

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, and

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. It was originally titled ''Superhero!'' as a nod to one of the Zuckers's previous films, ''

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'', in which Nielsen also starred. A

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of the

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genre, primarily

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's ''

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'' and

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's ''

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'', as well as other modern-day comic book film adaptations, the film follows in the footsteps of the ''Scary Movie'' series of comedies, with which the film's poster shares a resemblance. It was also inspired by, and contains homages to some of

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's earlier spoof films such as ''

'' and ''

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''. Production began on September 17, 2007, in Los Angeles. It was released on March 28, 2008, in the United States to generally negative reviews from critics (but more positive than earlier entries such as ''

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'' and ''

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''), but received a moderate box office success, grossing over $71 million worldwide on a $35 million budget.

Plot

Rick Riker (

) is an unpopular student at Empire High School. He lives with his Uncle Albert (

) and Aunt Lucille (

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), and his best friend, Trey (

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), who is also his confidante. Rick has a crush on Jill Johnson (

), but she is dating bully Lance Landers (

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). One day, Rick and his class go on a school field trip at an animal research lab run by terminally ill businessman Lou Landers (

), who is Lance's uncle. During the trip, Rick accidentally saturates himself in animal-attraction liquid, which causes a group of animals to hump him. This also leads a chemically enhanced radioactive

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to fly onto Rick's neck and bite him. Meanwhile, Lou creates a machine designed to heal illness; testing it on himself, he gains perfect health at the cost of needing to drain life energy from a victim per day. To avoid arrest for murder, Lou becomes the villain Hourglass. During a

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, Rick begins to experience strange physical traits which creates a number of mishaps, and later realizes that he has developed superpowers from the dragonfly bite. Rick reveals his secret to his uncle and Trey, and an argument starts between him and Albert. The next day, while visiting the bank with Lucille, Rick accidentally allows a bank robber to make off with stolen cash. The robber then shoots and injures Albert. Rick is later met by Xavier (

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) who takes Rick to his school for mutants, where he meets

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and Mrs. Xavier, who convince Rick to become a

. At home, Rick creates a superhero costume and dubs himself The Dragonfly. As Dragonfly, Rick starts watching over the city and fighting crime, quickly becoming a

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sensation, despite being unable to fly. Later, Dragonfly attempts to stop Hourglass from robbing a warehouse full of "ceryllium" as part of his evil plan but fails, allowing Hourglass to escape. Later that night, Jill is attacked by thieves, but Dragonfly saves her and they share a kiss. Meanwhile, Landers plans to construct a machine that will kill people and give him enough life energy to make him immortal. Later that night, Landers and Lance have dinner with Rick's family and Jill, but Landers secretly learns of Rick's true identity when he notices the same injuries on Rick as on Dragonfly. Making up an awkward excuse, he and Lance leave. Landers returns minutes later as Hourglass and kills Aunt Lucille. Albert awakens from his coma, learning about her death indirectly from his moronic doctor. After a comic funeral, Jill meets Rick and offers to begin a relationship with him. However, Rick fears Hourglass will come for Jill if they were together, and therefore rejects Jill, leaving her hurt and furious. Rick decides to end his superhero career, but knowing that Hourglass would head to an awards ceremony to kill hundreds of people, he gets Albert to take him there. At the ceremony, Rick is tricked by Landers into mistaking the

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for Hourglass, and chaos ensues. Meanwhile, Jill discovers that Landers is Hourglass. When Hourglass clashes with Dragonfly on a rooftop, he tries to activate his machine, but Dragonfly manages to kill him with a bomb that had been comically stuck onto his genitals after being thrown by Hourglass, and finally avenging Aunt Lucille's death. Jill is thrown off the side of the building by the explosion, but Dragonfly manages to grow wings and save her. Jill learns that Rick is Dragonfly due to a family ring he wears being exposed through a hole in his glove and the two begin a relationship. After being thanked for saving the city, Rick flies away with Jill, but the two are unexpectedly rammed by a passing helicopter.

Cast

as Rick Riker / Dragonfly ** Sam Cohen as Young Rick Riker *

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as Lou Landers / Hourglass *

as Albert Riker *

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as Lucille Riker *

as Lance Landers *

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as Stephen Hawking *

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as Dr. Strom *

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as Dr. Whitby *

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as Mrs. Xavier *

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as The Invisible Girl *

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(scenes cut, credit only) * Richard Tillman as

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as Blaine Riker *

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Riker *

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as Carlson *

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as Chief Karlin * Marisa Lauren as

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as Mrs. Johnson * Sean Simms as

* Freddie Pierce as

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* Howard Mungo as

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as Xavier's daughter * Cameron Ali Sims as Xavier's son *

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as Xavier's oldest son (uncredited) *

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as Mr. Thompson *

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Production

The film was initially slated for theatrical release on February 9, 2007, as ''Superhero!'' under the direction of

. However, it was delayed, and the film later began production on September 17, 2007, in New York, and the director's chair was shifted to

, with Zucker being pushed back to being a producer. Though the film was produced in New York, the flyover scenes used as transitions in the film use footage of the business district in downtown

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. Zucker said the film primarily parodied ''

'' and ''

'', but it also spoofed ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. The producer elaborated, "It's a spoof of the whole superhero genre, but this one probably has more of a unified plot, like ''

'' had."

Release

Critical response

''Superhero Movie'' received generally negative reviews from critics. On

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the film has an approval rating of 16% based on 51 reviews with an average rating of 3.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Superhero Movie'' is not the worst of the spoof genre, but relies on tired gags and lame pop culture references all the same." On

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, the film has a score of 33 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by

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gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.

Box office performance

On its opening weekend, the film grossed $9,510,297 in 2,960 theaters averaging to about $3,212 per venue and ranked No. 3 at the box office. It has grossed $25,881,068 in North America, and $45,285,554 internationally for a total of $71,166,622 in worldwide box office receipts.

DVD release

''Superhero Movie'' was released on DVD July 8, 2008. It was released in the rated PG-13 theatrical version (75 min.) and the extended edition (81 minutes). The extended DVD features commentary by Zucker, Weiss, and Mazin, deleted scenes, and an alternate ending. There is also a Blockbuster Exclusive version of the Film which is the PG-13 version with the bonus features on the Unrated version and even more deleted scenes. * Audio commentary by writer/director Craig Mazin and producers David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss — Extended Version Only *

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* Alternate ending * ''Meet the Cast'' featurette * ''The Art of Spoofing'' featurette * Theatrical trailer The European (Region 2) DVD has 15 certificate and has all the features of the Extended Region 1 version.

Music

Sara Paxton performed the song heard during the credits, titled "I Need A Hero", which she also wrote with Michael Jay and Johnny Pedersen.

Superhero! Song

Star of the film

composed (along with

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) and recorded a song for the movie entitled "Superhero! Song" during the movie's post-production. Co-star

provided backup vocals for the song. This song can be heard in the credits of the movie, however it is credited as being titled "Superbounce". It originally appeared on Bell's Myspace Music page. It was released in

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as a digital downloadable single on April 8, 2008.

Track listing

Parody targets

The film parodies the entire superhero genre but is mainly a direct parody of ''

'' and ''

''. However, the film also features some spoofs of the

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'' characters, and the ''

'', and some members of both teams are featured in the film. The film also makes references to other films such as when Rick Riker and Trey are in a bus and Trey is pointing out the different groups of

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s, this parodies the ''

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'' scene where Janis explains to Cady the cliques. One of the cliques is "Frodos" – kids dressed up as

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s looking similar to

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, ''

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'' character. The film also makes fun of certain celebrities and their real-life actions such as

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video and

' alleged use of steroids. It also makes fun of British scientist Stephen Hawking.

References

External links

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Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Critical response

Box office performance

DVD release

Music

Superhero! Song

Track listing

Parody targets

See also

References

External links