Rotten
Super Capers begins as a campy tribute to comic book heroes and their 1960s and '70s TV incarnations, but quickly descends into an ineptly paced, toothless lampoon of sci-fi and fantasy films.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Super Capers
Fighting evil has never been funnier!
2009 · 1h 38m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Ray Griggs
Overview
Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only faith, Gruberman must travel through time to uncover an evil plot involving some gold bullion, a fiery femme fatale, and a criminal mastermind with a dark secret about Ed's past.
Director and cast
- Ray Griggs Director
- Justin Whalin as Ed Gruberman
- Sam Lloyd as Herman Brainard
- Ryan McPartlin as Will Powers
- Danielle Harris as Felicia Freeze
- Ray Griggs as Puffer Boy
- Pancho Moler as Robo
- Bobby 'Slim' Jones as Cretan
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Sarge
- Oliver Muirhead as Herbert Q
- Michael Rooker as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
6%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Featuring the production values of a commercial for a local used-car dealership in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Super Capers is a pathetic grab bag of spoofs.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
A bizarrely misguided attempt to revive -- and spoof -- the classic B-movie, Super Capers is the kind of experience that makes you want your 93 minutes back.
Lael Loewenstein, Variety
Rotten
Intended as a campy riff on comic-book antics, Super Capers is instead a monumental negative achievement: a super catastrophe.
Nathan Lee, New York Times
Rotten
This first feature by Ray Griggs wears its Mad Magazine influences like a badge of honor but fails to round up enough laughs to save the day.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
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