Defendor Trailer - TIFF 2009

When night falls and danger emerges from the shadows of Hammer Town's alleyways, Defendor is the only man who stands between us and the drug-ravaged streets. He is the last bastion of decency, the last honourable man: he is Defendor! But he is also Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson), a simple man who lives in the workshop of the construction company that employs him to hold traffic signs. Arthur is a self-made superhero who runs afoul of the law when he lays a beating on an undercover cop, Chuck Dooney (Elias Koteas), who was abusing a young prostitute named Kat (Kat Dennings). Always the hero, Arthur takes Kat to his secret hideout hoping she can help him find his arch-nemesis, the diabolical Captain Industry. Mistakenly convinced that Captain Industry killed his mother, Arthur has made it his mission to track down this enemy at all costs. But in order to do so, he must first overcome his most difficult challenge ever: convincing the court-appointed psychiatrist Dr. Park (Sandra Oh) that he's sane enough to be on the streets.

Steeped in comic-book iconography but stripped of the elaborate trappings of modern movies of the genre, Defendor questions our comic-saturated culture. By adopting a central character whose only special powers are kindness and determination, the film repositions the meaning of superhero. Feeling very much a film of the new economic landscape, Defendor finds its hero in the midst of a very real, decaying city, suggesting that true courage lies in the least likely individuals and that it only takes only one ripple to make a wave.

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[MegaBlazeCrusher]

damn this movie almost made me cry i was honestly expecting a comedy :(

[Gideonpenguin]

@MovieDoctorful It can't be a kickass ripoff if Defendor came out first. And after seeing both movies, I can say that this was better than Kickass

[furiouschopstick]

@MovieDoctorful This came out before kickass genius......

[chamagurka]

@MovieDoctorful listen up dumb fuck this movie came out before kick ass, you little dick head

[stuba1337]

i shed man tears at the end of the movie

[onlychild86]

None of these movies (and by that, I mean any superhero film since Christopher Reeve was the one and only) have ever explained to me the desire to dress up in a ridiculous outfit to go around stopping bad guys. I mean, what's wrong with good ol' vigilantism without a mask and skintight suit? Regardless, this movie looks pretty interesting and I still would like to check it out.

[alexpatrick14]

@stipsa52 Yah! great job making more money than you lol

[erikspindari]

super



[MovieDoctorful]

Yawn, another kickass/myustery men ripoff. I won't be seeing this piece of turd.

[alexpatrick14]

@xDarkGirl999x ok have fun

[xDarkGirl999x]

@alexpatrick14 i'm still waiting for you to say something smart because until now i only heard bullshit...