absurd comedy directed
by : Craig Mazin featuring
: Drake Bell - Sara Paxton - Christopher McDonald - Kevin Haret -
Brent Spiner running
time : 1 hour 26 minutes
After spoofing disaster
films in Airplane!, police shows in The Naked Gun, and Hollywood horrors
in Scary Movie 3 and 4, producer David Zucker sets his satirical sights
on the superhero genre with this anarchic comedy lampooning everything
from Spider-Man to X-Men and Superman Returns. Shortly after being bitten
by a genetically altered dragonfly, high-school outcast Rick Riker (Drake
Bell) begins to experience a startling transformation. Now Rick's skin
is as strong as steel, and he possesses the strength of ten men. Determined
to use his newfound powers to fight crime, Rick creates a special costume
and assumes the identity of The Dragonfly -- a fearless crime fighter dedicated
to keeping the streets safe for law-abiding citizens. But every superhero
needs a nemesis, and after Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald) is caught
in the middle of an experiment gone horribly awry, he develops the power
to leech the life force out of anyone he meets and becomes the villainous
Hourglass. Intent on achieving immortality, the Hourglass attempts to gather
as much life force as possible as the noble Dragonfly sets out to take
down his archenemy and realize his destiny as a true hero. Craig Mazin
writes and directs this high-flying spoof featuring Tracy Morgan, Pamela
Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Marion Ross, Jeffrey Tambor, and Regina Hall.
