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Supervized is a 2019 comedy
superhero film A superhero film (or superhero movie) is a film that focuses on the actions of superheroes. Superheroes are individuals who possess superhuman abilities and are dedicated to protecting the public. These films typically feature Action film, ac ...
, directed by
Steve Barron Steven Barron (born 4 May 1956) is an Irish-British filmmaker. He is best known for directing the music videos for the songs "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Summer of '69" and " Run to You" by Bryan Adams, " Money for Nothing" by Dire Stra ...
.Scheck, Frank.
Supervized: Film Review
'. ''The Hollywood Reporter''. July 17, 2019.
The film was produced by Barron and Kieran Corrigan and starring
Tom Berenger Tom Berenger (born Thomas Michael Moore; May 31, 1949) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in ''Platoon'' (1986). He is also known for playing Jake ...
,
Beau Bridges Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was a ...
,
Fionnula Flanagan Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Flanagan is known fo ...
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Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. Born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, He had his stage debut at the age of 17, in a school production of '' You Can't Take It with You.'' Shortly after he successfully ...
,
Elya Baskin Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...
and
Fiona Glascott Fiona Glascott (born 22 November 1982) is an Irish actress. She is best known for portraying a young Minerva McGonagall in the ''Fantastic Beasts'' franchise, a spin-off of the ''Harry Potter'' film series. Early life Glascott was born in Wate ...
.Latchem, John
Superhero Comedy 'Supervized' Due for Digital Release July 19
''Media Play News''. May 20, 2019.
It was released on July 19, 2019, in the United States, under a limited showing and on
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,Murray, Noel
Review: Dinosaur-riding Nazis in 'Iron Sky, The Coming Race' and more
''Los Angeles Times''. July 18, 2019.
and December 12, 2019, worldwide.


Plot

Ray lives in Dunmanor, a
retirement home A retirement home – sometimes called an old people's home or old age home, although ''old people's home'' can also refer to a nursing home – is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. Typically, each person or couple i ...
for the International
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Federation in
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. He is embittered by the fact that the public has largely forgotten him, and even his own grandchildren are rather fond of a new superhero, Celestro. During a birthday party for one of the residents, Hurricane Jane, another resident, Jerry, gets out of control. The incident prompts Alicia, the facility's warden, to have Jerry's powers "downwardly managed". A short time after the procedure, Jerry dies, making Ray suspicious. When Dunmanor's residents attend Hero Day at the nearby town, Ray spots some youths using Jerry's powers. Thinking that the administration of the retirement home is stealing and selling superpowers, Ray asks Celestro for help, but he doesn't want to get involved. So Ray and his former
sidekick A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague (not necessarily in fiction) who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to the one they accompany. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, ...
Ted sneak off the bus to investigate. They are trying to tail the youths and end up interrupting a car theft. Their misinterpreted actions are covered in a
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, causing Alicia to announce that Ray will be downwardly managed. The other residents are tested for their power control level and almost all ordered to be downwardly managed also. Ray's friends don't believe in a conspiracy behind this, but Ted finds papers mentioning a person with an ability to absorb superpowers and blueprints of an unknown machine in the administration office. Ray confronts Alicia with this information, but has no evidence, and is therefore prepared for the procedure. Meanwhile, Ray's friends see one of the orderlies levitating via Jerry's powers. It is revealed that the orderly Flynn has the power-absorption ability, which Alicia uses for her machine. To get some extra money, Flynn sold a bit of Jerry's extracted powers as a
drug A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via insuffla ...
to the locals. Alicia sends Flynn to get all the vials back. While the other residents stall the personnel, Ray, Pendle, Madera and Ted start to chase Flynn, but are unable to go past the security lasers that Brian and Windsor couldn't shut down. After Dolores freezes the surrounding moat, the elderly superheroes finally leave the guarded territory and take a taxi to the youth club. There they find the delinquent who was buying the drug and interrogate him. He directs them back to the retirement home, where Alicia has already apprehended the rest of the residents. She transfers Flynn's power to herself and starts to absorb the powers of the superheroes. Alicia reveals that her parents died in a building that collapsed in one of Ray's battles with supervillains, and her plan is to combine all the superpowers and mother a powerful super-being who will be able to defeat other superpowered individuals. Ray and his friends lose the fight with Alicia, but her body can't stand so many different superpowers and disintegrates. The superheroes celebrate their victory and hold a press conference.


Cast

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Tom Berenger Tom Berenger (born Thomas Michael Moore; May 31, 1949) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in ''Platoon'' (1986). He is also known for playing Jake ...
- Raymond Windesky, aka Maximum Justice, a superhero with
telekinesis Psychokinesis (from grc, ψυχή, , soul and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), or telekinesis (from grc, τηλε, , far off and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing a person ...
and laser vision powers *
Beau Bridges Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was a ...
- Ted, aka Shimmy, Ray's sidekick who can teleport leaving behind a foul odor *
Fionnula Flanagan Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Flanagan is known fo ...
- Madera Moonlight, a new resident of Dunmanor, love interest of Ray and Pendle, and superheroine who uses energy from the negative dimension *
Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. Born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, He had his stage debut at the age of 17, in a school production of '' You Can't Take It with You.'' Shortly after he successfully ...
- Pendle Carpenter, aka Total Thunder, a superhero with superspeed *
Elya Baskin Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...
- Brian, a former supervillain with enhanced senses and deformation powers, immigrant from USSR who chose to cooperate with the
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Fiona Glascott Fiona Glascott (born 22 November 1982) is an Irish actress. She is best known for portraying a young Minerva McGonagall in the ''Fantastic Beasts'' franchise, a spin-off of the ''Harry Potter'' film series. Early life Glascott was born in Wate ...
- Alicia, Dunmanor retirement home's warden * John Kavanagh - Windsor, a wheelchaired superhero with
pyrokinesis Pyrokinesis is the purported psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind. As with other parapsychological phenomena, there is no conclusive evidence in support of the actual existence of pyrokinesis. Many alleged c ...
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Aaron Heffernan Aaron Heffernan (born 23 February 1990) is an Irish actor known for his roles in '' Love/Hate'', '' Brassic'', " '' Obsession: Dark Desires" and ''War of the Worlds''. Background Heffernan grew up in Dublin, Ireland. His father, David, is a ra ...
- Flynn, an orderly with the ability to absorb superpowers *
Clive Russell Clive Russell (born 7 December 1945) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in ''Ripper Street'', Angus O'Connor in ''Happiness'' and Brynden Tully in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. He also ap ...
- Jerry, aka Glasgow Rainbow, a superhero with energy manipulation superpowers *
Ned Dennehy Ned Dennehy (born 8 December 1965) is an Irish actor who has appeared in multiple films and television programmes. He is best known for his role as Mider in ''The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog''. He also appeared in ''Blitz'', ''Harry Potter and t ...
- Griffin, an orderly with a drug addiction *
Hiran Abeysekera Hiran Abeysekera is a Sri Lankan actor. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the stage adaptation of ''Life of Pi''. On television, he is known for his roles in Russell T Davies' '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' ...
- Celestro, an
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superhero who can fly * Sheila Flitton - Hurricane Jane, a superheroine with super breath * Charlie Kranz - Michael, Ray's son * Noel O'Donovan - Bernard, aka Alter-Man, a superhero with the ability to transform objects *
Rynagh O'Grady Rynagh O'Grady (18 April 1951 – 7 February 2021) was an Irish actress who was known for her roles of Mary O'Leary in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'' and Minnie Kennedy in the 1999 film ''A Love Divided''. She trained in the Abbey Theatre ...
- Dolores, a superheroine with the power of temperature control * Amanda Stuart Heaney - Eagle Wings, a superheroine who can fly * Jer O'Leary - Lars * Megan Day - Gwyneth * Conall Keating - Lynch *
Lochlann Ó Mearáin Lochlann Ó Mearáin (born 8 August 1973) is an Irish actor known for playing Rohan in the series '' Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog''. Career In September 1998, Ó Mearáin joined the main cast of the series ''The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog'', ...
- Kevin *
Paul Tylak Paul Tylak is an Irish writer, actor and comedian. Personal life Paul Tylak was born to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father, and grew up between Ireland and England. He attended the now closed De Burgh School in Tadworth, Surrey. He has live ...
- Sidney Scoop, a journalist


References


External links

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Rotten Tomatoes - ''Supervized''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Supervized 2019 films 2019 comedy films Films shot in Ireland 2010s superhero comedy films Films about old age British comedy films British superhero films Irish comedy films 2010s English-language films Films directed by Steve Barron 2010s British films