Mystery Men was a slpastick comdey containing comedians like Ben Stiller and the hilarious Janeane Garafalo. It also has the young, fresh of Nickelodeon, Kel Mitchell. But although I had looked forward to this film for a long time, it didn't really impress me.
It is a takeoff of your regualr good guy/bad guy superhero story. The city's primetime superhero, Captain Amazing has been captured and the lowlife, wannabee superhero's, Mr. Furious, The Shovler and that guy who throws forks to kill people (wahtever his name is) see this as their big chance. They hire other superhero's such as the Spleen, the Bowler and Invisible Boy and set off to end Dr. Frakenstein (or whatever his name is) and save Captain Amazing.
The use of the same jokes and the stolen slapstick comedy made this movie somewhat cheezy. But I would recommend it to any slapstick, die-hard joksters. [RATING: PG-13]
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