Superhero Flicks, Part 16.6: The Leftovers (Part 2, Furriners)

Or, "superheroes from aroooouund the wooooorld!!!".

I haven't seen any of these...indeed, they're fairly recent discoveries, so the "history", bits can take a hike....

Hmnh, expected there to be a lot more...kinda relieved there aren't though...gettin' tired...


Santo vs The Vampire Women

From Mexico..

Santo was Mexico's Superman and Hulk Hogan all rolled up into one package.
There are probably a jillion Santo flicks, as well as others by pretenders, but...this one was on MST3K, so....


Fist of Legend

From Hong Kong...
A remake of "Enter The Dragon"


Legend of the Fist: 
The Return of Chen Zhen

The sequel to "Fist of Legend", so, one presumes, also a retro-sequel to "Enter The Dragon".
Note the character wearing a mask like Kato in "Green Hornet".

Speaking of Kato....


Black Mask

...I thought this character was Kato.
Coulda sworn....
The look and m.o. is so damned close...

Anyway, this is also from Kong Kong, and got a stateside release, and even commercials...the sequel...not so much...that I can recall...


Black Mask 2

See above...


The Heroic Trio

From China...
Featuring Michelle Yeoh, who broke through over here in Jackie Chan's "Supercop", and of course, you all know her from "Tomorrow Never Dies", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

An invisible being (who turns out to be Yeoh) is kidnapping babies, and two vigilante karate chicks have to save the babies, and defeat the Evil Master.

Yeoh turns good, or...where else does the "trio", come in?


Executioners

Part 2 of "The Heroic Trio".


Silver Hawk

From Hong Kong...
Michelle Yeoh is back again as a chick in a silver outfit, riding a motorcycle, and rescuing kidnapped pandas.
...holy shit, sign me up for some of that!


Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin

From Japan...

A chick is raised from babyhood to be a programmed assassin, but one day, her memories come back, and her programming goes kerflooey, and she starts killing her handlers.
Sounds fun!


Robo-Geisha

From Japan...(well, it had damned well better be..)

Taste the madness.....

Astro Boy

Japan's Mickey Mouse.
An android kid with Superman-ish powers, and who I'm dead certain that  Megaman is a lock, stock, and barrel rip of.


The Red Eagle

From Thailand.

Man, with all the kiddie-banging going on over there, they need a superhero...
Indeed, he does kill a child pornographer, so...hey, going in the right direction there.


Mercury Man

Another one from Thailand.

Okay, so, unlike Red Eagle, this dude actually has powers.
Granted to him by being stabbed with a magic amulet, his powers seem akin to Human Torch's, with extra strength and agility, and regeneration tossed in.


Cicak Man

From Malaysia!

So, a goofy guy gets powers, kinda like "Greatest American Hero".

Here, in a parody of "Spider-Man", he drinks coffee contaminated by a virus infected gecko, and gets gecko powers...that being sticking to walls, and eating flies.

And, there's a bad guy to fight, natch.


Cicak Man 2: Black Planet

Bad guy from part 1 comes back, everything is ratcheted up, plots come to a head, yadda yadda..

Except, it's neat to see it all happening again for the first time in these other countries...


Drona

From India!

So,  a dude gets superpowers to save the whole freakin' universe via some loopholes in Hindu mythology.


Krrish

'Nother one from India.

So..Drona is Superman-ish, so I guess this guy is their Batman.
This was the highest grossing movie in India ever...for 6 months..but, Krrish 2 is a-comin' so...


Black Lightning

From Russia...

An arrogant punk kid is gifted a flying super car that he doesn't know is super at first, then he does, and uses it for selfish frivolous bullshit, until, in a turn very similar to "Spiderman", he neglects saving his own father, and then turns his worldview around, and uses the car to fight crime.


Yeah, some of these actually look pretty fuckin' decent.

Got some new stuff to check out, that's always good...


Up next: Yep...you knew it was comin'....TeeVee Four!