Lightspeed (2006)

To me, this movie is perfection.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

I stumbled on to this movie in the video store and after reading all the outrageously negative comments decided to watch it anyway.While I agree with nearly every poster that this movie was flawed beyond hope I think it might have a second life as a teaching aid in film schools.Some examples: 1. The acting in the opening scene is flat-out painful, much the same way you see in student films.2. Lack of a coherent plot. Great movie houses like Pixar, preach that plot is everything. Every student needs to know this.3. Overly ambitious special effects. If you don't have the budget to blow something up or the skills to make convincing special effects. Then don't do it, use a plot device to get around it.4. Proper casting. If you are going to do a super-hero movie, then cast somebody that at least looks athletic.5. Character development. This movie should have been called Cobra since he was the only compelling character in the whole movie. The main character, presumably, Lightspeed needs to have some development too, after all he does get super-human power, this might change him a little bit.6. Super giant plot holes. You ever wonder why superman doesn't just fly around the world and reverse time when every something bad happens, like he did in that one movie? Well you will be asking your self this over and over in this movie. Lesson, make your super hero's skills consistent! 7. Weird, unnecessary editing in action scenes.8. Lousy gore. If someone is going to be hurt and you don't have a budget to make it look convincing, then don't do the closeup.9. I could go on and on.At least the sound was decent and the camera was in focus

I can't say it's the worst I've seen - but it's bad. I think I might have blinked at a crucial moment, when they provided that one little piece of information that would make sense of ... well, anything. Goes to show that Stan Lee is not infallible - and I thought "Who wants to be a superhero" was cheesy. Lee Major's acting wasn't as good as his usual standards, not that he's a great actor but I think he's done better than this. Nicole Eggert probably showed more depth of character in Baywatch and Charles in Charge. I didn't recognize any of the other actors, but this is probably not something that will play high on their resumes.

Something got lost in the translation... From what I was able to gather from the series WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO?, the contest winner was supposed to star- or at least appear- in a telemovie based on his (or her) character. The rightful winner of this "competition" (who called himself Major Victory, and who seemed to understand the super-hero concept better than anyone involved in this debacle) wasn't going to be allowed to win, however: Stan Lee, bending over backward for his choice, Fat Momma, saw to that. In the end, his disregard for his own rules resulted in "Lightspeed" "winning" the "contest." Maybe I blinked at the wrong moment, but I don't recall seeing the guy who created the title character anywhere in the movie. Which isn't a bad thing, in this case, but denying a co-creator his fair share of the split isn't exactly kosher, now... is it? (As the foregoing clearly demonstrates, I'm more than capable of putting my foot in my mouth. The winner of the telecontest was called FEEDBACK, not LIGHTSPEED. I goofed. Unfortunately, I don't really care one way or the other. My half-baked review/comment stands. So there.)

...didn't go far enough.But nobody seemed to notice that Lee Majors, at 67, looks about 15 years older throughout, and has nothing to do but grimace and pretend to be in charge of an elite group of government agents called the ghost raiders, or some such silly nonsense.I bought this at my local video store because I have thing for "super hero" movies. The fact that it was on-sale for $9, the same day it was released at $14, should have warned me.Easily the poorest excuse for an action fantasy hero I've ever seen - it made The Fantastic Four look like Spiderman.Dreadful. DO NOT waste your time or money.