Review of Mystery Men (1999) by Voodoo123 — 23 Nov 2022

Mystery men explores a twist on the superhero movie genre where we instead follow a group of underdogs with a range of sub tier skills and powers (most of which don't surface until the end of the movie). Sadly the weight of the bad pacing is overwhelming . The 'action scenes' lack the punch of any good superhero movie and the comedy is mostly a miss due to the nature of difficulty in selling the audience on canned jokes in an effects driven movie like this.

We suffer at the whim of a mixture of distracting close ups and an editing style that is typical of the edgier late 90s movie industry for anything targeting a younger audience. Nonetheless the film has heart and despite a screenplay that has clearly had too many writers revision it still serves to entertain through the great casting. A fascinating mess of a big budget film.

If you liked this though see the tick animation and for something modern try peacemaker or Deadpool.