Mystery Men
Mystery Men is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher, in his directorial debut. and written by Neil Cuthbert, based on Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot Comics. The film stars Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard, Greg Kinnear, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell, Lena Olin, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Ben Stiller, Wes Studi, and Tom Waits. The story revolves around a team of lesser superheroes with unimpressive powers who are required to save the day from a criminal genius when Champion City's resident superhero gets captured.
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 frustration while the city's powerful but arrogant superhero, Captain Amazing, consistently upstages them. However, Amazing's prowess has made his job obsolete and his corporate sponsorships are drying up. To create a need for his services, Amazing uses his alter ego, billionaire lawyer Lance Hunt, to argue for the release of his supervillain nemesis, Casanova Frankenstein, from an insane asylum. But, once released and reunited with his henchman Tony P and his Disco Boys, Casanova blows up the asylum, captures Amazing, and prepares to unleash the "Psycho-frakulator" machine to destroy the city.
Cast
- Artie Lange
- Ben Stiller
- Billy Beck
- Branden Williams
- CeeLo Green
- Claire Forlani
- Corbin Bleu
- Dane Cook
- Doug Jones
- Geoffrey Rush
- Greg Kinnear
- Hank Azaria
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- Jack Plotnick
- Janeane Garofalo
- Jenifer Lewis
- Joel McCrary
- Kel Mitchell
- Kinka Usher
- Lena Olin
- Louise Lasser
- Luis Gómez
- 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 IV |
| genre | action comedy mystery |
| keywords | alter ego amaze break in dry up insane asylum kill machine superhero team team work wreak havoc |
| musicBy | Stephen Warbeck |
| producer | Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin Mike Richardson |
| productionCompany | Dark Horse Comics |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |
| theme | action comedy |