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Archenemy

Play trailer 1:58 Poster for Archenemy Released Dec 11, 2020 1h 30m Action Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Max Fist (Joe Manganiello) is a local drunk who claims to be a superhero from the planet Chromium. He tells anyone who will listen that he was pulled into a wormhole, falling through time and space, and dropped to earth without any of his powers. No one pays any attention to Max except a teenager named Hamster (Skylan Brooks) who can’t get enough of Max’s stories. When Hamster and his sister (Zolee Griggs) get in trouble with a vicious drug syndicate led by The Manager (Glenn Howerton), Max takes to the streets as a brutal vigilante hellbent on proving himself as the hero no one believes him to be.
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Archenemy fails to follow through on some of its more interesting ideas, but Joe Manganiello's lead performance and the picture's infectious raw energy make for a fun action-adventure.

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Leslie Felperin Guardian Small, imperfectly formed but quite entertaining all the same... Rated: 3/5 Feb 17, 2021 Full Review Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle Archenemy might have worked better if it was a straight adaptation of classic deconstructionist caper The Maxx. Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 12, 2020 Full Review Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com Rather improbably, and in part due to Joe Manganiello's very committed performance as Max, the movie does build up its own slightly trippy head of steam. Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 11, 2020 Full Review Matt Lynch In Review Online But ultimately, while Archenemy is quite a massive swing, and you love to see it, it's just as big a miss, which, well, you know. Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Mikel Zorrilla Espinof A twist on superhero stories and multiverses that doesn't fully squeeze your stimulating ideas. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 May 17, 2021 Full Review Sarah Ward Concrete Playground Often messily entertaining and definitely benefiting from an attention-grabbing score, it doesn't ever find the ideal balance. Mar 9, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nicolay U Awful! Don't waste your time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/22 Full Review Audience Member One time, i had to wait at the wrong office at the equivalent of the DMV, for like 1 hour and a half. Still a better time investment. This movie is shit. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Could have been better. Too much of a ripoff of Hancock. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Slow moving, story wasn't too good, and strange (not saying strange is always bad but this was bad) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie has some cool ideas, and with a better story and structuring it could have easily been the next Deadpool or R rated 70s Superman, but unfortunately that wasn't the case and instead we're left with something that resembles the defecation of James Gunn's 'mental breakdown' feature SUPER, i.e. this film is a steaming pile of dog poos... and not even Joe Manganiello's delusional drunken performance can save it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Late R I like the fact that it tries to do something different and subvert expectations of a superhero film, and there are a few very cool ideas, but at the end of the day, despite Joe Magnellio's committed performance, ‘Archenemy' falters with its writing that not only lacks direction, but also depth. There were at least two interesting main directions this could have taken, but in the end, despite taking ideas from each of them, it never manages to find an impactful way to present them. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/03/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Max Fist (Joe Manganiello) is a local drunk who claims to be a superhero from the planet Chromium. He tells anyone who will listen that he was pulled into a wormhole, falling through time and space, and dropped to earth without any of his powers. No one pays any attention to Max except a teenager named Hamster (Skylan Brooks) who can’t get enough of Max’s stories. When Hamster and his sister (Zolee Griggs) get in trouble with a vicious drug syndicate led by The Manager (Glenn Howerton), Max takes to the streets as a brutal vigilante hellbent on proving himself as the hero no one believes him to be.
Director
Adam Egypt Mortimer
Producer
Joe Manganiello, Nick Manganiello, Daniel Noah, Kim Sherman, Lisa Whalen, Elijah Wood
Screenwriter
Adam Egypt Mortimer
Distributor
RLJE Films
Production Co
Almost Never Films Inc., Metrol Technology, SpectreVision, Legion M, Head Gear Films, 3:59
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 11, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 11, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$119.4K
Runtime
1h 30m
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