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      Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher

      R 2000 1 hr. 36 min. Action Horror List
      Reviews 36% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A man-made soldier (Robert Bogue) from the 1940s awakens to battle a mad doctor (Christopher Heyerdahl) and his army of creatures in New York City. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Harmless, good-natured cheezer about a WWII Captain America-like super soldier tasked with battling monsters created by an arch-villain. He returns to NYC after 55 years in suspended animation just in time to find the monsters on the verge of taking over the city... by becoming Republicans and getting their candidate elected mayor! The lead role was clearly written with Bruce Campbell in mind. The whole thing is as silly as it is violent, and it's all couched in a comic book context. Entertaining fluff with a decent sense of humor. If you liked the "Evil Dead" series, particularly "Army of Darkness," you might like this low budget comedy/monster action flick, too. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is often misattributed to Richard Donner. The real director was Erik Canuel, who directed (the quite good) "Bon Cop, Bad Cop". This is not a film, per se, but a pilot for a TV show. As a film, it is GOD-AWFUL. As a TV pilot, it is slightly less than mediocre. The lead actor, Robert Bogue, seems to be attempting to channel Bruce Campbell with a raspy voice and dry wit. Unfortunately, he fails miserably, though to be fair, there is only one Bruce Campbell. One redeeming quality is the makeup effects. They are very well-done. Nearly everything else here is soggy and stale. The story is a hybrid of 'Constantine' and 'Captain America', featuring a government-designed, monster-hunting super-soldier frozen in time by his enemies for 50 years. If only this DVD had suffered the same fate... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Very funny!.......excellent one-liners Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member What do you get when you combine Captain America, Frankenstein, and Ash from the Evil Dead movies? You get Matthew Blackheart : Monster Smasher. Absolutely love this overlooked, underrated, fun, campy little gem of a flick!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Purposely cheesy and a satire on the character Captain America, this was mildly amusing. With the exception of about 3 minutes of footage, this really was a made for kids type movie and I don't think I heard the F word in it once. I have no idea why it was rated R. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member there are so many lame one-liners in this film that i couldn't help but enjoy it. it's cheesy goodness....it's kinda like a pizza combo, actually. you've got the pretzel outside of cool-lookin' monsters and somewhat neat (yet still lame) story...and the cheesy filling of everything else in the movie being...well, cheesy. i like pizza combos. they're grand. this movie is grand. watch it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A man-made soldier (Robert Bogue) from the 1940s awakens to battle a mad doctor (Christopher Heyerdahl) and his army of creatures in New York City.
      Director
      Érik Canuel
      Rating
      R, TV-PG (V)
      Genre
      Action, Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Feb 19, 2002