When I first went to rent this movie, I was expecting a dumb comedy aimed towards mocking superheroes. But I was so wrong. This film, although it does have some aspects of a comedy, is not truly in that genre at all, in my opinion.
It certainly wasn't a regular hero movie, I can say that much strongly. If you were expecting lasers, explosions, crazy villains, and X-ray vision, than you might be disappointed. Instead of some unrealistically muscular man in a tight suit, we have a overweight, not-too-attractive older man who is clumsy and unorthodox. He's a laugh to everybody; he never actually ends up winning his fights against crime and always makes a fool of himself. In fact, he ends up dying in the final battle, in a honestly shocking, saddening twist. So then why is it that this movie is any good? Because although 'The Defendor' may end up losing, in the end, he stands up for what he believes is right and has the courage to do something nobody else will do, even if he knows it may be hopeless. In a way, I found this moral far more touching than if he would have won and become famous.
The only problem with this movie though is that it is hard to follow what's going on and who the characters are. But I loved the moral of this movie, even if it was hard to watch because of the very bittersweet ending.
It certainly wasn't a regular hero movie, I can say that much strongly. If you were expecting lasers, explosions, crazy villains, and X-ray vision, than you might be disappointed. Instead of some unrealistically muscular man in a tight suit, we have a overweight, not-too-attractive older man who is clumsy and unorthodox. He's a laugh to everybody; he never actually ends up winning his fights against crime and always makes a fool of himself. In fact, he ends up dying in the final battle, in a honestly shocking, saddening twist. So then why is it that this movie is any good? Because although 'The Defendor' may end up losing, in the end, he stands up for what he believes is right and has the courage to do something nobody else will do, even if he knows it may be hopeless. In a way, I found this moral far more touching than if he would have won and become famous.
The only problem with this movie though is that it is hard to follow what's going on and who the characters are. But I loved the moral of this movie, even if it was hard to watch because of the very bittersweet ending.