Leofwine_draca ALL SUPERHEROES MUST DIE is an indie superhero flick with a novel premise and terrible execution. I'd best describe it as DEATH TUBE meets KICK-ASS, although if you're looking for a good, wacky take on this now-popular genre, I'd go for SUPER instead. A bunch of costumed superheroes are kidnapped and held by an evil mastermind, played by genre old-timer James Remar. They're forced into playing various deadly games, but the film takes a cheap, psychological approach, which means that very little happens. Inevitably this is too slow and stilted to succeed.

mergatroid-1 I saw this movie advertised a few times here and there. I honestly don't remember where. I saw it on IMDb accidentally when I was typing in "heroes" for something and this title came up, reminding me to have a look. I streamed this from the 'net because it was there. So, I suppose you could say I'm not out anything because I didn't pay for it. I suppose you could say I was bad to these people because I didn't pay for it. I suppose you could say I am part of the problem because I didn't pay for it. OK, I understand. Please, rip the memories of this movie from my head, and I promise I will never download another movie. If this cannot be done, then in payment for what this movie has done to my mind, I should be allowed free movies for life, my choice.We're talking an interesting idea that sucked me into watching this movie, all the while expecting something interesting to happen, but it never really did. I must admit to hitting the "forward" button a few times because it was just hurting my brain too much.* Bad Story (good idea though). * Bad acting. * Horrid directing. * Script would make your brain hurt too. * Very low production values.(Duh, $20,000? What did they spend it on? Hookers and booze?)I have been very lenient with doing reviews at IMDb, as I like a lot of movies others gave very low scores, not because they were awesome movies, but because I could find something to like about them. This movie really didn't have anything.SPOILERS!!!!"Superheroes" wake up in a town, no idea how they got there. Their powers are gone and their costumes tattered. Town is wired and their arch nemesis makes them compete in a game of "Do what I say and I'll blow up the hostages anyway", over and over and over. It was just so bad. No one had a brain enough to just stop and say "go ahead and blow us all up if you can, we're not going to co-operate with you" but instead go around following his instructions, killing each other and getting everyone else killed. Three of the four can't even fight, and get their butts kicked pretty much immediately. To top it all off, when the good guys finally "win" in the end, the movie just stops. There is no epilogue, no ending, the good guys try exiting the town not knowing if they could make it...the end. I mean, sure, it was unlikely because they only had 1:30 to get out, but come on, it's very unlikely the bad guy wired every inch of this town, so something must have happened. The story is not over. This is about the lamest ending ever. It's like I came up with this review and ended it in the mid

alexwojtak This movie is absolutely abysmal. OK, I get that it's made with a limited time, on a limited budget, but at a certain point, you need to consider if you can still make the movie you're trying to make. I understand that the costumier had to leave early, so maybe consider whether you can still make a movie with costumed superheroes who have their powers taken away. Because if you take their powers away, and *spoiler* don't have them get them back in the final minute (Hey, that would have made a more interesting ending, huh?) then what you have is just people in costumes. If those costumes look like someone put underwear on their head, maybe consider making a different film. Amateur costumes can look good, but if you're lacking money, you need to put in time and skill to make up for it. You need to cover over the bad parts and accentuate the good. If, for example, the scene has someone bleeding to death from a stab wound, and someone is asked to go get a bandage, and that actor decides to saunter off with less urgency than I would go to make a cup of tea, then maybe as a director, it's time to offer a bit of direction. Like for example, "You're supposed to be the guy who's superpower was, up until now, super speed. RUN!" If I had super speed and lost it, I'd find it agonising that it took so long to get anywhere. In a race against time I wouldn't take such an agonisingly long time to do every single thing. Like the first round, where you have a 95 second fuse. From the moment they're told it's lit, they literally stand there for 52 seconds! I thought you were in a hurry to make this film? Maybe make a dash for the fuse, and the time you just saved filming that could have been more usefully spent? Like for example the guy you're fighting, Sledgesaw, could had had, for example, a saw of some kind? So his name makes sense? Rather than being dressed as a circus strongman from the fifties? Also, I presume you didn't show anyone's superpower due to budget, but surely you could have shown superspeed? Perhaps mix the powers up and have Shadow's being superspeed? Have the injection wear off at the last minute, film her carrying Charge away, speed up the film, and you've got a much improved ending. But that's the real issue. If you have to cut stuff while you're filming, you've not looked at how what you have left hangs together. If you've worked out a budget to start, and cut the parts you can't do, you can make what you have work better. You could barely forgive that rickshaw doesn't have a costume. James Remar can more or less carry those bits. Even Shadow doesn't have a costume so much as a hairstyle. In short, the film lacks polish. It lacks money. But it doesn't make up for those things with time, skill or ingenuity. It didn't have time to do things better with what it had, and due to the last minute hacked up script, it then lost any benefit it might have had from plot, writing or directing. But... surely they knew what the budget was? They had $20,000, so why not cut those extra scenes from the start and get the film to work with the funding they had?

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