All Superheroes Must Die

2013 "Some games have no winners"
3.9| 1h18m| NR| en
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Masked vigilantes Charge (Jason Trost), Cutthroat (Lucas Till), The Wall (Lee Valmassy), and Shadow (Sophie Merkley) are rendered powerless by their archenemy (James Remar) and are forced to complete a series of deadly tasks in order to save the lives of more than 100 innocent civilians. Should they fail or refuse to cooperate, the entire town will be destroyed. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!
Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Joe Mama Just watched "All Superheroes Must Die." Genuinely liked it; the low ratings and bad reviews are undeserved. It's got some script and acting problems and it definitely watches like fan fiction, but there's a lot that's great about it and it's obvious a lot of love went into it.Very small budget but they did a lot with it. I'm surprised that they were able to get two veteran character actors in the film. (I just watched a $50M Hollywood film and gave it the same rating.) Back-story was light for the antagonist, Rick Shaw, as was his tech, but the heroes' character development was good and you certainly understand their motivations. There are some script issues and at times it calls for some odd acting choices to make them work (moving too slowly during a countdown, not lunging for the detonator as someone fumbles for it.) Speaking of which, the acting does have some less believable moments and the traps/scenarios could have been more intricate, but overall the movie feels authentic in a fan fiction way. These are real people with real feelings going through real pain. It's a difficult thing to make characters feel real and they accomplish it.If you're a fan boy/girl, it's a must see.
Tss5078 This film has one of the most original plots I've seen in a long time, however this film was panned by critics. After seeing All Superheroes Must Die, I really can't understand why it has one of the lowest IMDb ratings I've ever seen. It's nowhere near as good as it could have been, but it's certainly not as bad as most critics are making it out to be. Four superheroes wake up in an abandon town with their powers gone. Near them are TV sets, which explain that they have been captured by their arch-enemy, Rickshaw, and will be forced to play a game, in order to save the towns residence. The story is extremely original, but what I liked most about it was that the characters weren't over the top. The "superheroes" are actually normal twenty-somethings, who got powers from an object that fell from the sky. They are drinking, swearing, seemingly normal people, who were put into this impossible situation by a madman. Rickshaw is played by veteran character actor, James Remar, who was terrific. Parts of the film are slow and when things do slow down, Rickshaw, as clever as he is funny, is there to move things along. Jason Trost is the lead superhero, Charge, and he did a lot more than star in this thing, he wrote, produced, and directed it, which is a hard thing to do, especially for someone who doesn't have a lot of experience. The one knock I have against this film is that due to their small budget and independent status, much of the action scenes were very short. The challenges were clever, but by the time you understood what was going to happen, it was over. The film itself is very short, which doesn't allow them to go deeply into anything and that's what I think most people disliked about the film. It's not that this was a bad movie, it's that it really could have been a whole lot more.
Alex Elliott I would really like someone to explain to me how The Avengers, a film as generic as they come, gets praised as one of the best films of all time whereas a film like this that pushes the boundaries of film and focuses on the human characters rather than a bunch of gorillas with powers gets so many reviews hating on it. I'm not one of those to go easy on a film because it has a low budget, I either like a film or I don't. And I really liked this one.Our 4 superheroes are kidnapped and stripped of their powers by Jokeresque villain Rickshaw and forced through a series of 'games' designed to crush their spirits and kill them. Not only is this very entertaining, especially listening to Rickshaw's monologues which never get old, it also packs more emotion into its short 70 minute run time than The Avengers was able to pack in nearly 3 hours (if it isn't obvious already, I found The Avengers to be overrated though by no means bad). It's the sense of hopelessness and dread that maintains your attention and morbid curiosity as you come to realise that these games are played by Rickshaw's rules and aren't designed to be won. If what I've said here interests you in the slightest then I advise you watch this film.The acting is generally very good with special mention needed to James Remar and Lucas Till who played their characters brilliantly. There were no real clichés as all of the characters felt like human people rather than superhuman stereotypes like you get in many superhero films. I would even go so far as to say this isn't really a superhero film, the world feels real and gritty and even the costumes look home-made. Clearly there was a very small budget for this film but it only shows in the occasional action scene in which there are no computer generated effects. For the most part it allows the film to maintain its very real gritty look but at times it does become noticeable. But given the constraints on this film, I believe it is forgivable and there are no film-breaking moments in my opinion.It was a real shame this film was so short as I would loved to have explored the characters deeper but thankfully this also means the film doesn't outstay its welcome and it generally feels tight and well-paced. For this though there should certainly be a price drop but that is hardly a fault of the film.I tip my hat to Jason Trost and look forward to seeing what else he can do with a larger budget and more time, I wish I could make movies like he can. The film is by no means perfect, but it captures a true humanity that many superhero films skip over (with the exception of Watchmen). If you don't need CGI and big explosions to have fun and appreciate small scale films with superb acting then see this film and you'll quickly be intrigued and drawn into this dark world full of pain, suffering and death.
KineticSeoul This is one of those movies that needed a bigger budget. Although that wouldn't have helped much either. The story is bland and there is almost no creative ideas in this movie. The fact that the characters in this movie is suppose to be superheroes is almost irrelevant to the plot. The movie "Alter Egos" executed the superheroes genre well. "Alter Egos" didn't rely on gimmicks but a clever and somewhat original script. And even if it's a superhero movie that didn't show much superpowers the story and direction of it all carried the movie. And the interactions amongst the characters. This one on the other hand just relies on gimmicks and fails on every level. The story doesn't make much sense and a lot of things are unexplained and very underdeveloped in a negative manner. The movie has that main character dude from "The FP" which was a alright movie and it's directed from the same director of "The FP". This one on the other hand is a complete disappointment and lacked the creativity and some clever moments that "The FP" had. Lucas Till is also in this but he doesn't really stand out. He should just stick with the superhero role in the "X-Men" movies. The premise is bland with the characters not being likable or developed enough. It's basically another Jigsaw like villain playing games with these so called superheroes. Except Jigsaw is more of a likable villain for someone that is a villain or can be a anti-hero to some. James Remar is alright but he plays a very detestable and despicable villain. If they were going in a direction where they wanted the villain disliked and unclear, they did a fine job on that area. Overall this is a awful superheroes movie that isn't even a superheroes movie. They lacked the budget which is fine in some cases but if they didn't have a good enough idea they shouldn't have even tried.1/10