Mystery Men
Mystery Men is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut) and written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot Comics, and starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Greg Kinnear, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Reubens, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi, Geoffrey Rush, Lena Olin, Eddie Izzard, Claire Forlani, and Tom Waits.
Plot
In Champion City, the amateur superhero team of Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja attempt to make a name for themselves, but their inexperience, infighting, and dubious abilities generally result in defeat and frustration. While trying to stop a robbery in progress, they are upstaged by the city's powerful and arrogant superhero, Captain Amazing. However, Amazing's crime fighting prowess has practically made his job obsolete. Without any worthy adversaries (most are either dead, in exile, or in jail), his corporate sponsors are beginning to withdraw support.
Cast
- Artie Lange
- Ben Stiller
- Billy Beck
- Branden Williams
- CeeLo Green
- Claire Forlani
- Corbin Bleu
- Dane Cook
- Doug Jones
- Eddie Izzard
- Geoffrey Rush
- Greg Kinnear
- Hank Azaria
- Jack Plotnick
- Janeane Garofalo
- Jenifer Lewis
- Joel McCrary
- Kel Mitchell
- Kinka Usher
- Lena Olin
- Louise Lasser
- Luis Guzmán
- Marie Matiko
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Michael Bay
- Monet Mazur
- Ned Bellamy
- Paul Reubens
- Ricky Jay
- Sung Kang
- Tom Waits
- Wes Studi
- William H. Macy
More details
| author | Bob Burden |
|---|---|
| director | Kinka Usher |
| editor | Conrad Buff |
| genre | action comedy mystery |
| keywords | alter ego amaze annoy antimetabole begin break in fight first time insane asylum kill superhero team supervillain team work wreak havoc |
| musicBy | Stephen Warbeck |
| producer | Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin Mike Richardson |
| productionCompany | Dark Horse Comics |
| publisher | Universal Studios |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |
| theme | action comedy superhero |