Quick Rating:  **

Campy, campy, campy.  This movie is about Doc Savage, a superhero (I guess?) with tons of gadgets (think Batman, but with everything in bronze and with "Doc Savage" embossed everywhere).  It takes place in 1936.  Doc is resting at his Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic Circle.  Yes, he has a Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic, too.  He's just keeping up with the Jones's!  It's just that his Jones is Superman.  Anyway, after meditating next to naked in the frozen land, he apparently hears the thoughts of his companions in New York, and travels back to see them.
 
His companions are collectively called the Fabulous Five, or at least that's what the narrator tells us!  Let's see, we have a lawyer, a chemist, an engineer, an archaeologist, and an electrician - that's his Fabulous Five.  I guess they're supposed to be the comedic element of the film.  And boy are they funny!  I'm being sarcastic there.  Very sarcastic.  One guy uses big words.  One carries around a pig.  I just can't get into more detail about them...
 
The story has something to do with an Indian climbing a skyscraper and the mysterious death of Savage's dad in South America.  Doc and his team head down there to right the wrongs and find the answers to their questions.  And of course, defeath the bad guy.  The bad guy this time is Captain Seas.  Yes, Captain Seas.  And yes, he is a captain, and he does sail on the seas.  Don't worry, by the end, he'll be singing Christmas carols.
 
I said it was campy, and you better believe it.  And you'll be reminded of the camp whenever Doc Savage smiles at the camera.  Cause that's when you'll here a "ding" noise and see a starlike twinkle in his eye!  And when you see the flying glowing green snakes fly towards Savage, and him scaring them away with an electric fan, you'll know the quality of this movie!  Not to mention the guy who sleeps in a giant rocking crib!
 

I had some thoughts while watching this...

• If it's supposed to be in the 30's, then how does Doc Savage have 70's styles clothes?

• If a man falls off the front of a building, and we see him falling down the front of this building, how does he land in a back alley?

• If you're very rich and want people to know it, wear a diamond studded vest wherever you go.

• If you have a Spanish name, your voice is dubbed with an English accent, and you look like a freak of nature, what nationality are you?

• Is "You're a brick" a compliment or an insult?

• If you're playing a character who's supposed to be Spanish, you don't have to be Spanish, or even speak with a Spanish accent.  Nope, you just have to eat tacos, or sing along to "La Cucaracha"!
  

 

Quality: 3.0  Visuals: 3.0  Intensity: 4.0  Laughability: 3.0 
OVERALL RATING: 3.8