BOTTOM
LINE:
There are a couple
of funny moments, but these spoof movies have really run their course
(at least if they keep doing them in the same way every time); at
the end of the day, it's a waste of time and you'll want your money
back.
THE
GOOD: I like the
idea of making fun of these never-ending superhero movies that we
keep getting from Hollywood and "Superhero Movie" scores
points for by and large taking cheap shots at the first Spider-Man
movie, although other franchises such as Superman, Batman and X-Men
get a few sequences all on their own. A young kid gets bitten by
a genetically altered Dragonfly and starts exhibiting superpowers,
but he's up against a new nemesis called Hourglass who has a diabolical
plan to suck the life out of every one in the city in order to become
immortal. It's funny, simply because you could almost imagine that
a real superhero movie would have a plot like that. There are some
genuinely funny moments, such as our heroes interactions with certain
animals, and some rather dry and witty lines from Leslie Nielsen
(who just can't stay away from these movies).