Film

Mystery Men 1999

Directed by Kinka Usher

  • Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy
  • 121 min
  • PG-13

Not your classic superheroes...they're the other guys.

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.

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Character

Unpretentious, resolved, cool and comic.

  • unpretentiousprestige
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • cooloverwhelming
  • gravecomic
  • earnestironic

Who loves it, who doesn't

The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 2The Formalist: disliked by 32 / 3The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 2The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 22 / 2The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: disliked by 40 / 4The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 2The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 12 / 1The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 2The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 12 / 1The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 22The SincereThe Sincere: disliked by 20 / 2The CartographerThe Cartographer: disliked by 20 / 2loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

39 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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