A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor. With no power other than courage Defendor takes to the streets to protect the city's innocents.
Woody Harrelson Kat Dennings Elias Koteas Sandra Oh Clark Johnson Michael Kelly Kristin Booth Lisa Ray A.C. Peterson Tony Nappo David Gardner Bryan Renfro Charlotte Sullivan Tatiana Maslany Ron White Graham Abbey Max Dreesen Matt Gordon James Preston Rogers Michael Cram Lyriq Bent Peter Stebbings Dakota Goyo John Paul Ruttan
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‘home made superheroes’ is always going to be one of my favorite genres, so i was fan from the start. definitely flaw’d in certain aspects but it’s all rather forgivable. does the job in groovy fashion, similar vibes to James Gunn’s Super.
woody harrelson is one cool cat
Defendor is another homemade superhero, while it is similar to others like it, this jumbles certain aspects around to make it original in its own way. A couple of off-moments in emotional sentiment and some pacing issues but Woody Harrelson did a fantastic job with this role, as the simple-minded and impressionable hero. Easily becomes likable and you understand what he wants even though he doesn't completely know himself.
"I'll see you in the moon"
Con lo populares que se están volviendo a hacer las deconstrucciónes de los superhéroes me sorprende que no se hable tanto de esta peli.
Si bien las deconstrucciónes de superhéroes se están volviendo a popularizar por series como Invincible o The Boys, no son algo nuevo (Digo, incluso los cómics que adaptan estas series salieron hace más de 10 años), esta película salió incluso antes que otras películas como Super y Kick-Ass, así que me sorprende lo olvidada que está.
Un hombre decide volverse un superhéroe y combatir el crimen bajo el nombre de Defendor. Claramente no es el típico vigilante, no es millonario, no ha entrenado desde joven para alcanzar el límite físico…
Not your typical superhero movie and in fact... probably not a superhero movie at all, although it is packaged that way. And to me, none of that is a bad thing, because I have grown weary of that genre recently.
Defendor is actually just the story of a man trying to make sense of a world that makes no sense. It is also packaged as a comedy, but the story here is sadder than anything and the ending is not one that you might see coming a mile away. Woody Harrelson has the perfect face for Arthur Poppington, and the range of his acting is even more perfect. He can be involuntarily funny when he needs to be and gutwrenchingly…
The trench club is an underutilized weapon choice, and more costumed heroes should wear helmets.
As for the rest of the movie, Woody Harrelson and Kat Dennings do a great job with difficult characters, and the rest of the cast delivers, especially Elias Koteas, Sandra Oh, and Michael Kelly. The look of everything is great, the violence is blunt and real, and all the improvised weapons are fun.
There's something off that makes it feel a little like a made-for-TV movie. Maybe it's the way it spells things out. The people calling into the radio are a good example, each one delivering spot-on exposition. The bad guys are a little too bad-for-bad's-sake, which is something I always struggle with in…
Defendor ist anders, einmalig, eindringlich, traurig komisch, zutiefst menschlich und mit so viel Seele und Herz, wie in keinem anderen Superhelden-Film! Dieser Film wirkt noch lange nach. Ein Hoch auf Defendor und die Außenseiter! Woody ist hier grandios!
Defendor has the same deconstructionist approach to superheroes as other smaller films of the later 00s that use the zeitgeist to tell personal stories, such as Kick-Ass which focus around coming of age, Griff the Invisible which bonds 2 internally focused lovers, Paper-Man which projects the fantasies of a mid-life crises and also apparently (I haven't seen yet) Super.
Defendor focuses around a delusional adolescent man who foolishly and ineffectively tries to fight crime in particular his nemesis Captain Industry. These are not fantasy but set in the real world and told primarily through the psychological work up of a court councilor (Sandra Oh) who is determining how culpable Defendor/Arthur (Woody Harrelson) is in the assault and damage of a…
A simple minded man who has been a victim all his life decides to take on the citys drug kingpin, Who he blames for killing his mother when he was a child, But when he dresses up as a superhero and calls himself the Defendor he becomes a joke, But the city soon realises he is what a city gripped by fear needs and becomes a hero, Never heard of this film but was realy surprised by it , Excellent take on the super hero genre , A underrated classic
