Mystery Men

Some movies just get a bad rap. They get the reputation of sucking, even though most people haven't seen them! That seems to be the case with the movie, Mystery Men.



If you look at this as a super-hero movie, you're going to be very disappointed, but, if you look at it as a comedy it's a great movie. The story here is pretty simple: When the Champion city's local hero, Captain Amazing, is held hostage by his arch-enemy, Casanova Frankenstein, it's up to a group of lower level heroes to save him. The group is made up of Ben Stiller as Mr. Furious, William H. Macy as The Shoveller and Hank Azaria as the Blue Raja. This trio is the anchor of the movie, but there's also Paul Reubens as The Spleen, Jeanane Garofalo as The Bowler and Kel Mitchell as The Invisible Boy. The team isn't really heroes, although they want to be, mistakes are made and they even inadvertently kill Capt. Amazing!

The movie is really a spoof of the super hero genre, and, if it had actually been seen that way when it was released in 1999, it probably would have been a bigger success. Mystery Men may be one of the most underrated movies out there (in my humble opinion). If you're a fan of the super hero genre, then you'll probably love Mystery Men, just don't go into it expecting the next Batman or Superman, think of it as a send up of the genre and you'll enjoy it thoroughly! I'm giving Mystery Men four out of four cigars,

because it's just a good movie. Most people will tell you that it sucks, but then ask them if they've actually seen it, most of them haven't! So, until next time, when I'll explain to you why other movies don't suck, remember that the best movies are bad movie.