Mystery Men

Reviewed by Guy Walsh
Certificate PG
Starring no-one worth mentioning, not least Eddie Izzard.


What was I thinking? For some reason we all wanted to watch this film. I can only presume someone had spiked my Orange Juice, no... hang on, that would've made the film more interesting.

Well I s'pose it's a kid's film at the end of the day so I won't be too harsh on it. With special effects to rival Star Wars, it also unfortunatly had a plot to rival, well, err... a really crap film. If I were half my age (that's 10- no snide remarks please at the back) I suppose I would have found the constant stream of farts from 'Splein' hilarious. However, 'The Shoveller' and company were all too predictable with the only moments of humour coming from, predictably, the predictable comments made by 'The Spinx'

The plot is thus; Captain Amazing can no longer satisfy his sponsors, so decides to have one of his old enemies released from a mental institution. However, he soon has the Captain as his hostage and the MM are the only people left to save the City. Work the rest out for yourself.

5/10