Mystery Men
Mystery Men is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut), written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot Comics, starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Greg Kinnear, Claire Forlani, Kel Mitchell, Paul Reubens, Janeane Garofalo, Wes Studi, Geoffrey Rush, Lena Olin, Eddie Izzard, and Tom Waits. The film details the story of 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. But Amazing's prowess has practically made his job obsolete, and his corporate sponsorships are drying up. To create a need for his services, Amazing’s alter ego, billionaire lawyer Lance Hunt, argues for the release of his nemesis, supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, from an insane asylum. However, the plan backfires; 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", to destroy the city.
Cast
- Artie Lange
- Ben Stiller
- Billy Beck
- Branden Williams
- CeeLo Green
- Claire Forlani
- 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 Guzmán
- Marie Matiko
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Michael Bay
- Monet Mazur
- Ned Bellamy
- Paul Reubens
- Ricky Jay
- Sung Kang
- Suzy Eddie Izzard
- 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 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 |