Oh man, if you ever wondered what the grandfather of the Power Rangers might've looked like, I think we just found him! This flick, a campy piece born from 1975 Hogn Kong, follows the adventure of a hero who's, well, think of him as a cross between Ultraman and the Red Power Ranger! The laughs start early too, as we find that one of the stunt co-cordinators is named Tang Chia... no doubt father of both the Tang and Chia dynasties... Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia! Anyway, our story begins one calm and peaceful day, when we focus on a group of calm and peaceful school children, when suddenly... A DRAGON FALLS FROM THE SKY! The next thing you know, the city is burning and chaos roams freely! You know, the usual Asian monster/superhero flick opening, complete with the dread "Godzilla Lip" affliction. As for the chaos, a group of scientists blame the whole act on alien invaders from space. What they find is the evil villainous Dragon Mom, and her family of destruction hungry monsters... "Dragon Mom"?! Jeezus Krist, This shit doesn't sound too good after translation. Oh, and by the way, there's the first HUGE character the Power Rangers ripped off, because they too started later on with one queen monster and her mob of evil beasties. Let the plaguerism, continue, shall we? Military strikes against Dragon Mom aren't even given a second thought (boy, the Hogn Kong military is full of defeatists!), so the only answer is to create a warrior who can fight these creatures on their own level. That person is... the mighty Ultraman! But, since he's under contract to another company, the only other option is to go ahead and make a generic knock-off, INFRA-MAN! The guinea pig for the Infra-Man Project is Science Patrol member Rayma. Benefits of becoming Infra-Man? Well, just two minutes after Rayma is transformed to Infra courtesy of the Science Patrol scientist Professor Chang, EVERYONE knows his name already! All the stupid people point to the sky shouting, "Yay! It is Infra-Man! May the streets run crimson with the fluids of the American Capitalist Swines!". Well, maybe not exactly that, but EVERYONE already knows who he is! Hero to all and he hasn't even done any fighting yet! Well, now that our hero's made his appearance, let the horrible fight choreography and cheeseball sound FX begin. Infra's first rubberheaded victim is a plant monster attacking the Science Patrol headquarters. Infra dispatches the beast via hand lasers, road flares, and his really bad arobicizing routine. Afterwards, Infra chases down a spy, meeting his next opponents: a fat orange spider guy and a skinny reject from "Where the Wild Things Are". Again, he dispatches them with relative ease, zapping and squishing his way to victory. This is pretty much how the rest of the movie plays out, with Infra and his Science Patrol cronies taking out monster after monster for another hour. But, not spies, kidnapping, sabotage, or even badly choreographed kung-fu battles against hordes of henchmen dressed like skeletons in BMX safety gear can keep Infra from getting his "Thunderball Fists" on evil Princess Dragon Mom! He beats up on Dragon Mom and the last of her minions, blows up bad guy HQ, then he and his friends escape on the monsters' modified yacht (which utilizes the latest style in paper machet monster head hood ornaments), off to live happily ever after, leaving the rest of the rubber demons to Ultraman. Got 90 minutes to spare and need something to do after huffing Pine-Sol and crushed Sweet Tart cocktails all morning? Than this movie's for you! Well, provided you're really desperate for a movie like this... in which case I suggest you change psychiatrists. Cheesy costumes, VERY unrealistic monsters, a plethora of horrible voice acting and over ambitious action sequences... if I wanted all that, I could just watch the Power Rangers, reduce the pain by about an hour, and save myself the $2.17 I paid in renting this piece of celluloid crap! I mean, I love campy shit. I can sit through marathon after marathon of the old "Batman" TV series. I can watch the chubby Adam West unleash *Boff*s and *Ker-Pow* from now to the end of the world, but not another viewing of INFRA MAN! Everytime someone hits someone else, it makes a *Ka-Chunk* sound, and everytime they swing and miss, it makes a *Swi-Swish* noise! Trust me, it sounds like campy fun, but after the big brawl between the Science Patrol (which is a gay ass name by the way) and Dragon Mom's forces of evil, you start to go mad after the 30th *Ka-Chunk* or the 26th *Swi-Swish*! The Chinese water torture has nothing on the Hong Kong INFRA-MAN torture! Gah!

Also Known As: CHINESE SUPERMAN; THE INFRA SUPERMAN; THE SUPER INFRAMAN

Sequels: None

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: TURBO: THE POWER RANGERS MOVIE or ULTRAMAN