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In order to generate more endorsement revenue, Champion City's resident superhero Captain Amazing arranges for the release of supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, only to be captured by him. The city's fate rests in the hands of seven loser superhero wannabes: the spoon-flinging Blue Rajah, the shove β¦l-wielding Shoveler, the possessed bowling ball-hurling Bowler, the flatulent Spleen, the only-when-nobody's-looking Invisible Boy, the mysterious Sphinx, and the perpetually-angry Mr. Furious. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero spoofsuperherocult filmindependent film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | spoof |
Locations: | castlemotorcycle |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | bowling ballteenage superherosuperhero teambotched rescuewrecking yardparole boardrajahhissingevil geniusspleenmixed marriagedark horse comicssphinxinvisible manreference to ludwig van beethoven β¦skunkmagnetforksewingstation wagonvanityinsane asylumretirement homecartoon on tvinvisibilitybowlingsuperheroinesuper villainshovelswitchbladeskullflatulenceexploding buildingragediscoauditiontrainingdinerbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character (See All) |
After super-villain Megamind (Ferrell) kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man (Pitt), he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Tighten (Hill), who, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the firs β¦t time in his life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero spoofsuperhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | super villainskullexploding buildingtrainingtitle spoken by character |
Everything seems to be going great for the Fantastic Four. Reed and Sue are finally getting married, and things couldn't seem better. However, when the mysterious Silver Surfer crashes things, they learn that they will have to deal with an old foe, and the powerful planet eating Galactus.
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | superhero teamsphinxinvisibilitysuperheroinesuper villainbased on comic book |
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers β¦ or training. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero spoofsuperherocult film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | teenage superherosuperheroineexploding buildingtrainingdinerbased on comic booktitle spoken by character |
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret β¦ service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | superhero teaminvisible maninvisibilityexploding buildingbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel's original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness β¦ their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | superhero teaminvisibilitysuperheroinesuper villainbased on comic bookbased on comic |
After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes, our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist -- reborn as The Mother F%&*^r -- only the blade-wielding Hit Girl can prevent thei β¦r annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world's first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she's forced to retire-leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes. Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world's first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there's only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | superhero teamsuperheroinesuper villainswitchbladeflatulencetrainingbased on comic book |
Subgenre: | superhero spoofsuperhero |
Mood: | spoof |
Story: | invisibilitysuper villainflatulence |
When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends β¦into a band of high-tech heroes called "Big Hero 6." (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teamexploding buildingtrainingbased on comic bookbased on comic |
A remake of the television series, Matthew Broderick stars as Gadget, who suffers an accident at the beginning of the film, and befriends Brenda, a robotic surgeon who repairs Gadget so that he can defeat the villain Claw. In the meantime, Gadget and Brenda fall in love.
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Story: | bowling ballcartoon on tvsuper villaintrainingtitle spoken by character |
In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is β¦ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince before The Golden Army can destroy humanity's existence. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | superhero teamdark horse comicssuper villainbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Tony Stark creates the Ultron Program to protect the world, but when the peacekeeping program becomes hostile, The Avengers go into action to try and defeat a virtually impossible enemy together. Earth's mightiest heroes must come together once again to protect the world from global extinction.
Subgenre: | superhero |
Locations: | castlemotorcycle |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | superhero teamsuperheroineexploding buildingtrainingbased on comic bookbased on comic |
The warrior Thor (Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a vill β¦ain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Locations: | castle |
Characters: | mother son relationship |
Story: | super villainexploding buildingdinerbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Several months have passed since The X-Men defeated Magneto and imprisoned him in a seemingly impregnable plastic chamber. One day, a mutant by the name of Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House and attempts to assassinate the president, setting off a chain reaction of anti-mutant measures by the β¦government. Meanwhile, Logan is trying to discover his past. As scientist named William Stryker discovers Professor X's secret school and Cerebro, Magneto's partner, Mystique, is planning to break her leader out of prison. But when Professor X's school is attacked by Stryker's forces, Logan, Rogue, Iceman and a few are lucky to escape. Those who remain meet in Boston, where they form an uneasy alliance with Magneto to stop Stryker and rescue Professor X. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | mother son relationship |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teamsuperheroinesuper villainbased on comic bookbased on comic |
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awaken β¦ed threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes-Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash-it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | superhero teamsuperheroinesuper villainbased on comic bookbased on comic |
In a world where both Mutants and Humans fear each other, Marie, better known as Rogue, runs away from home and hitches a ride with another mutant, known as Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine. Charles Xavier, who owns a school for young mutants, sends Storm and Cyclops to bring them back before it is too late. β¦ Magneto, who believes a war is approaching, has an evil plan in mind, and needs young Rogue to help him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teammagnetsuperheroinebased on comic booktitle spoken by character |
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the c β¦ause of good rather than evil. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | dark horse comicscartoon on tvexploding buildingbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
With many people fearing the actions of super heroes, the government decides to push for the Hero Registration Act, a law that limits a hero's actions. This results in a division in The Avengers. Iron Man stands with this Act, claiming that their actions must be kept in check otherwise cities will c β¦ontinue to be destroyed, but Captain America feels that saving the world is daring enough and that they cannot rely on the government to protect the world. This escalates into an all-out war between Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow, War Machine, and Spider-Man) and Team Captain America (Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Ant Man) while a new villain emerges. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teaminvisibilitysuperheroineexploding buildingtrainingbased on comic bookbased on comic |
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat β¦ the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teammagnetsuper villaintrainingbased on comic bookbased on comic |
High school outcasts stumble upon an old alien ship, where they acquire superpowers and are dubbed the Power Rangers. Learning that an old enemy of the previous generation has returned to exact vegenance, the group must harness their powers and use them to work together and save the world.
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teamsuperheroinesuper villainexploding buildingtrainingtitle spoken by character |
The arch-villains of the United Underworld - the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler and the Catwoman - combine forces to dispose of Batman and Robin as they launch their fantastic plot to control the entire world. From his submarine, Penguin and his cohorts hijack a yacht containing a dehydrator, which β¦ can extract all moisture from humans and reduce them to particles of dust. The evildoers turn the nine Security Council members in the United World Building into nine vials of multicolored crystals! Batman and Robin track the villains in their Batboat and use Batcharge missiles to force the submarine to surface. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | spoof |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | teenage superheromagnetsuper villainbased on comic |
After stealing a mysterious orb in the far reaches of outer space, Peter Quill from Earth, is now the main target of a manhunt led by the villain known as Ronan the Accuser. To help fight Ronan and his team and save the galaxy from his power, Quill creates a team of space heroes known as the "Guardi β¦ans of the Galaxy" to save the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | superhero teamsuperheroinesuper villainexploding buildingbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Nick Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international peace-keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team w β¦ill need all their powers to save the world from disaster. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | superhero teaminvisibilitysuperheroineexploding buildingbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds β¦it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto, to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teaminvisibilitysuperheroineexploding buildingbased on comic book |
Reed Richards, a brilliant but timid and bankrupt scientist, is convinced that evolution can be triggered by clouds of cosmic energy, and has calculated that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon. Together with his friend and partner, the gruff yet gentle astronaut muscle-man Ben Grimm, Re β¦ed convinces his conceited MIT classmate Dr. Victor Von Doom, now CEO of his own enterprise, to allow him access to his privately-owned space station. Von Doom agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings. He thus brings aboard Susan Storm, his shy, though assertive chief genetics researcher and a former lover of Reed's with whom she had an acrimonious break-up, and her diametrically opposed brother Johnny, the maverick and hot-headed playboy pilot. The astronauts make it home intact; however, before long they begin to mutate, developing strange and amazing powers as a result of their exposure to the cloud! Reed is able to stretch like rubber; Sue can turn invisible and create force fields, especially when angered; Johnny can produce fire at supernova temperatures, and is able to fly; and Ben is transformed into "The Thing", a large, rock-like creature with super strength. After Ben, brooding about his situation on the Brooklyn Bridge, inadvertently causes a major traffic pile-up whilst attempting to stop a man about to commit suicide, the four manage to use their powers to prevent any loss of life and to rescue aβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | superhero teaminvisibilitysuperheroinesuper villaindinerbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Johnny Blaze, a man who made a deal with the Devil who called himself Mephistopheles at the time (now Roarke), is on the run trying to make sure no-one is harmed by his alter ego, The Ghost Rider. He is approached by a Monk named Moreau who tells him that he can help be him free of the Rider, but fi β¦rst, he needs Johnny's help to protect a boy, whom Roarke has plans for, to help him take human form. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | skulldinerbased on comic booktitle spoken by character |
After Nick is murdered by his own partner, he joins the Rest in Peace Department to protect the world from the undeads. While working with his new partner, many undeads are seen gathering in Boston. Soon he realizes that someone close to him is behind all a plot to bring on the apocalypse.
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | dark horse comicstrainingbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Stanley Ipkiss ('Jim Carrey' (qv)) is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when β¦he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoon romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel ('Peter Greene (I)' (qv)), comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult filmindependent film |
Story: | dark horse comicscartoon on tvsuper villainbased on comic booktitle spoken by character |
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Mood: | spoof |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | station wagoninsane asylumswitchblade |
When a cure is created, which apparently can turn any mutant into a normal human being, there is outrage amongst the mutant community. Whilst some mutants do like the idea of a cure, including Rogue, many mutants find that there shouldn't be a cure. Magneto, who still believes a war is coming, recru β¦its a large team of mutants to take down Warren Worthington II and his cure. Might seem easy for the X-Men to stop, but Magneto has a big advantage, which Wolverine doesn't have. Jean Grey has returned, and joined with Magneto. The Phoenix has woken within her, which has the ability to destroy anything in her way, even if that 'anything' is a X-Men. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult film |
Story: | superhero teamsuperheroineexploding buildingbased on comic book |
In New York, when the shy and lonely project manager of a design firm Matt Saunders meets Jenny Johnson in the subway, he invites her to date and have dinner with him. Jenny immediately falls in love for him, they have sex and she discloses her true identity to him, telling that she is the powerful β¦superhero G-Girl. After meeting his co-worker and friend Hannah Lewis, the needy Jenny becomes jealous, controlling and manipulative, and Matt follows the advice of his best friend Vaughn Haige and dumps her, breaking her heart. Jenny turns Matt's life into hell, while he has a romance with Hannah. However, the archenemy of G-Girl and former high school sweetheart of Jenny, Professor Bedlam, proposes Matt to lure Jenny to strip her superpowers. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero spoofsuperhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Story: | superheroinesuper villain |
Playboy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles' "The Daily Sentinel" after the sudden death of his father. Britt's party life is about to change when he and his driver and kung fu expert, Kato (Jay Chou), stop a robbery. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of f β¦ighting crime as the masked superhero "The Green Hornet". (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | switchbladeexploding buildingtrainingbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Based on the popular video game of the same name "Mortal Kombat" tells the story of an ancient tournament where the best of the best of different Realms fight each other. The goal - ten wins to be able to legally invade the losing Realm. Outworld has so far collected nine wins against Earthrealm, so β¦ it's up to Lord Rayden and his fighters to stop Outworld from reaching the final victory... (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | invisibilityskullbased on comic booktitle spoken by character |
After saving Xandar from Ronan's wrath, the Guardians are now recognized as heroes. Now the team must help their leader Star Lord (Chris Pratt) uncover the truth behind his true heritage. Along the way, old foes turn to allies and betrayal is blooming. And the Guardians find that they are up against β¦ a devastating new menace who is out to rule the galaxy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | castle |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | superhero teamsuperheroineskulltrainingdinerbased on comic bookbased on comic |
It is a normal day for everyone, until the President of the United States announces Martians have been spotted circling Earth. The Martians land and a meeting is arranged, but not everything goes to plan, and the Martians seem to have other plans for Earth. Are they just misunderstood beings or do t β¦hey really want to destroy all of humanity? (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | spoof |
Story: | retirement homeexploding buildingdinerbased on comic |
Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he's a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man w β¦ar against those who have done him wrong. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | super villainskullbased on comic bookbased on comic |
The Turtles continue to live in the shadows and no one knows they were the ones who took down Shredder. And Vernon is the one everyone thinks is the one who took Shredder down. April O'Neill does some snooping and learns a scientist named, Baxter Stockman is working for Shredder. He plans to break h β¦im out while he's being transported. April tells the turtles who try to stop it but can't. Stockman tries to teleport Shredder but he some how ends up in another dimension and meets a warlord named Krang who instructs Shredder to assemble a teleportation device he sent to Earth a long time ago. He gives Shredder some mutagen which he uses to transform two criminals who were also in the transport with him, Rock Steady and Bebop into mutants. And they set out to find the device. April saw the transformation while investigating Stockman, She would take the mutagen and she would be chased by Shredder's minions, the Foot Clan. He is saved by a man named Casey Jones who was the one who transporting Shredder. The Turtles show up and they try to work together. In the melee the mutagen ends up with the police. Knowing Shredder will try and get it back, April tries to get it first she asks Vern to help. Eventually she and Casey are arrested. The Turtles get the mutagen and Donatello analyzes it learns it could make them human, which he tells Leonardo who tells him to forget it and not to tell the others. But Michelangelo tells Raphael who feels that Leonardo doesn't respect them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Story: | teenage superherosuperhero teammagnetsuper villaintrainingbased on comic bookbased on comic |
Another spoof from the mind of Mel Brooks. This time he's out to poke fun at the Dracula myth. Basically, he took "Bram Stoker's Dracula," gave it a new cast and a new script and made a big joke out of it. The usual, rich English are attacked by Dracula and Dr. Van Helsing is brought in to save the β¦day. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | spoof |
Locations: | castle |
Story: | insane asylumskull |
On the planet Eternia, Skeletor and his dark army overthrow the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull expecting to acquire her power. He-Man, his old friend Duncan "Man-at-Arms" and his daughter Teela are attacked by Skeletor's soldiers and they defeat them. They also rescue their prisoner, the inventor and β¦ locksmith Gwildor. He explains that he was lured by Evil-Lyn that used his invention Cosmic Key to open the gates and seize the Castle Grayskull. He-Man and his friends retrieve the prototype of the Cosmic Key trying to release the Sorcereress but they are defeated by Skeletor and his army and Gwildor uses his key to open and portal for them to flee. They come to Earth but lose the key. Meanwhile Julie Winston, who grieves the loss of her parents in a plane crash, and her boyfriend Kevin Corrigan find and activate the key, believing it is a foreign musical instrument. On Eternia, Evil-Lyn locates the Cosmic Key and Skeletor sends her with a group of mercenaries and soldiers to vanquish He-man and his friends and bring the key back. Will they succeed? (Read More)
Subgenre: | superherocult filmindependent film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | castle |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | super villainbased on comic bookbased on comictitle spoken by character |
Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war t β¦o end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Locations: | castlemotorcycle |
Story: | superheroinesuper villainexploding buildingtrainingbased on comic bookbased on comic |
Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in Los Angeles, who takes his boss' daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels", who are in charge of human relationships on Earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together.
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | shovelswitchblade |
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | insane asylumsuperheroinesuper villainbased on comic bookbased on comic |
In a mysterious universe, the Green Lantern Corps, an elite defense force of peace and justice have existed for centuries. Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan acquires superhuman powers when he is chosen by the Ring, the willpower-fed source of power. Reluctantly at first, he takes on the challenge after β¦ the death of Abin Sur, the finest Green Lantern. Putting his self-doubts aside, and spurred on by his sense of duty and love for his beautiful, intellectually equal, colleague, Carol Ferris, he is soon called to defend mankind from Parallax, a powerful, evil being who feeds on fear. Hal Jordan is the universe's last chance, as many Green Lanterns have been killed and the Corps is weakened. And he might just be the right Green Lantern for the duty of keeping the world safe from harm. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | superhero teamsuper villaintrainingbased on comic booktitle spoken by character |
This is the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts do β¦wn the man who nearly destroyed his life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero spoofsuperhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | superheroineflatulencebased on comic bookbased on comic |
The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face incorrectly believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side; he has unleashed a reign of terror on the good people of Gotham. Edwar β¦d Nygma, computer-genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne, is out to get the philanthropist; as The Riddler he perfects a device for draining information from all the brains in Gotham, including Bruce Wayne's knowledge of his other identity. Batman/Wayne is/are the love focus of Dr. Chase Meridan. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, his family killed by Two-Face, becomes Wayne's ward and Batman's new partner Robin the Boy Wonder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | hostage |
Story: | insane asylumcartoon on tvsuper villainbased on comic book |
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Subgenre: | superhero |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | hostagemother son relationship |
Story: | skullexploding buildingdinerbased on comic bookbased on comic |
Batman and Robin are back working side-by-side to stop the villains of Gotham City, but is there tension appearing between them, especially when one villainess who calls herself Poison Ivy can make anyone fall in love with her...literally. Along with Poison Ivy, the icy Mr. Freeze is freezing anythi β¦ng which gets in his way from achieving his goal. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Story: | insane asylumsuperheroinebased on comic bookbased on comic |
Blade finds himself alone surrounded by enemies, fighting an up hill battle with the vampire nation and now humans. He joins forces with a group of vampire hunters whom call themselves the Nightstalkers. The vampire nation awakens the king of vampires Dracula from his slumber with intentions of usin β¦g his primitive blood to become day-walkers. On the other side is Blade and his team manifesting a virus that could wipe out the vampire race once and for all. In the end the two sides will collide and only one will come out victorious, a battle between the ultimate vampire whom never knew defeat, facing off against the greatest vampire slayer. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Story: | super villainexploding buildingbased on comic bookbased on comic |
Bruce Banner, a brilliant scientist with a cloudy past about his family, is involved in an accident in his laboratory causing him to become exposed to gamma radiation and Nanomeds (A tiny life-form that is supposed to heal wounds but has killed everything with which they have made contact). Confused β¦ and curious about his survival, Banner discovers that since the accident, whenever he becomes angry he transforms into a giant green monster destroying everything in sight in an act of fury. Bruce's mysterious past and the answer to why the radiation had this effect becomes revealed to him as his Birth Father David Banner intervenes with hopes to continue experimenting on him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | super villainragebased on comic bookbased on comic |
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
Subgenre: | superhero |
Story: | superhero teaminvisibilitysuperheroinetrainingdinertitle spoken by character |