Director: Jens Holzheuer and Oliver Tietgen
Year: 2018
Country: Germany
Alternate Titles: The ABCs of Superheroes
Genre: Action/Comedy
Plot:
Trying to keep her daughter placated, an exasperated mother hands her a comic book where she witnesses the trials and tribulations of a diverse group of superheroes battling a diverse array of supervillains in a series of bizarre situations.
Review:
For the most part, this anthology has its moments where it's quite enjoyable. This comes about mainly from the sheer outlandish nature of the heroes and villains presented here. Offering the kind of over-the-top, sexually-charged shenanigans few dare to associate with the nominally upstanding and virtuous idea brings about plenty of highly offensive yet hilarious sends of the genre in a rapid-fire approach. Being able to feature the kind of bodily mutilation, sexual deviancy and ridiculous ideas presented here makes this one endearing enough that the jokes, comments and sheer madness of the setups in many of the segments work. This frenetic energy becomes infectious over time as the combination of laughable effects-work, gratuitous nudity and a general lack of restraint in the violence and craziness all make for a fun time here.
There a few minor issues present, which mainly consists of the viewers' own preferences towards films of this status. There's plenty of highly cheesy and goofy material on display throughout here might be too much for some as the onslaught of material wears out its welcome rather easily. The amount of shorts featuring crude sexual humor or overtly over-the-top silliness for the heroes and their adventures can easily play out its welcome repeating the joke over-and-over again about the rampantly offensive material featured here. Likewise, the fact that so much of the film is reliant upon the general cheapness and low-budget nature of the film could be cause for concern since this is captured rather easily and obviously in so many of the situations. On top of the somewhat underdeveloped idea of the daughter taking the comic unsupervised which isn't really that well-established where it comes from, these are What hold the film back.
Overview: **.5/5
Filled to the brim with a joyful and cheesy amount of work that can be funny in the right mindset, this experience has the potential to be excruciating and mind-numbing when placed in the wrong context. Those who are well-aware of what they're getting into or generally prefer these kinds of wholly cheesy genre date will find much to like and laugh at, while most others won't be impressed or entertained at all throughout this one.
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