Nonureva Really Surprised!

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Animenter There are women in the film, but none has anything you could call a personality.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Leofwine_draca DEFENDOR is one of those anti-superhero comedies about normal, everyday figures who don ridiculous costumes and turn vigilante to take crime off the streets. KICK-ASS is the best known of these, and an action film in its own right, but the film that DEFENDOR is most similar to is SUPER. Having seen both, I much preferred SUPER, which was funnier and more satirical. DEFENDOR has a sadness about it in the depiction of a mentally ill Woody Harrelson who is convinced that his destiny is to battle crime. The reliable Elias Koteas gives the best performance while others like Sandra Oh are a distraction, but in the end DEFENDOR neither thrills nor amuses, just proving to be a time-waster and nothing more.

tamrawillett Touching, funny, charming, heart-breaking, optimistic--and so little known. This film is on my special list--the one with the films and books that if folks like 'em, I know I'll like the folks. (Since you asked, another such movie is Australia's "The Castle." And, since you asked, one of the books is "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell) A wonderful example of a well-acted film.Haven't written a review for a long time, and when I tried to post it learned the minimum length is 10 lines of text. More words do not indicate a better composition--I should know, I taught English Comp at university.Okay--long enough now.

mistabobdobolina Like many a comedic deconstruction of the superhero mythos -- most recently "Kick-Ass" -- Defendor is built around the premise of a completely ordinary person donning the tights.It's a very different film from the more light-hearted "Kick-Ass," though. Woody Harrelson's character -- a disturbed, developmentally-delayed construction worker named Arthur Poppington by day -- is pretty extreme as deconstructions of superheroes go. He's not just starry-eyed and inept like Kick-Ass, and he's not just crazy and messed up like Rorschach from The Watchmen. He's both, and none-too-bright to boot; if anything he's an anti-superhero, an incarnation of folly with a letter "D" duct-taped to his chest.The character could have been merely a caricature in lesser hands, but the strength of the film is that despite all this, Harrelson finds psychological truth and a good and sympathetic core in Defendor, making us care about what happens to him. Defendor isn't just a twerp kid in a wetsuit; he's an ostracized and genuinely suffering soul who finds hidden depths in himself with the aid of his alter-ego. He's helped in this by a capable supporting cast, including strong turns by Sandra Oh as his psychologist and Kat Dennings as a young hooker-in-distress who befriends him (a depressingly Frank Miller-esque trope, but at least the plot ultimately takes her character arc somewhere else).The movie has its share of slapstick comedy -- Defendor's pathetic superhero arsenal, including marbles and jars of angry wasps, is reminiscent of an older version of the kid from Home Alone -- but it allows for very little in the way of retreat into cartoon reality. A guy with some marbles and a billy club who dresses up in costume and takes on thugs with guns is destined for only one fate, and Defendor doesn't flinch from that; nevertheless, it allows its hero his fair measure of redemption, and "super" though he may not be, he winds up a genuine hero nevertheless.

chris dimarino Defendor was a very good movie. I believe that certain people will love it. But more importantly, I can't imagine anyone who watches this movie all the way through hating it. This movie does a fantastic job of combining themes and emotions. It gives you comedy, drama, romance, action, you name it. Why it's unique is because it does all of this seamlessly without feeling forced.This movie does so many things well. In a world where high budget superhero movies based on deep dynasties are a dime a dozen, this one bests them all. It doesn't need superpowers to amaze. In fact, the reality of the situations are what make it so likable. Like a well oiled machine, it is able to switch gears effectively, bring you from laughs to tears to awe. Also, Woody Harrelson does an INCREDIBLE job of acting.The only negative that I can give to this movie is that it spends so much time varying it's purpose and theme that it's hard to love. It will appeal to almost everyone, but no one positive attribute of the movie has enough sustenance to be memorable.The bottom line on this one is that everyone should see this movie. This movie should be a prerequisite to owning a TV. However, very few people will likely re watch it and fall in love.