Underground classic
I originally taped this movie off HBO in the early eighties when I was 5 years old. I used to run around elementary school impersonating the movie's greatest star, crime boss Tony Torpedo. 'NOW HE'S GONNA GET THE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SON OF A BITC# GET OUTTA THAT!' I recently bought a VHS copy of it off of amazon. It must be one of my favorite movies of all time, because I can't get tired of it. The Italian actor, Terence Hill, was a great leading character. He has a likeable cool and confident presence about him that made him perfect for the role of Dave Speed. Ernest Borgnine was brilliant as Willy Dunlop 'The Sarge'. He was always getting angry at Speed for his superpower claims, but couldn't accept the obvious evidence that Dave wasn't lying. And The sarge's niece/Speed's girlfriend, Evelyn, was hot. I used to fantasize about her giving me mouth to mouth like she did for Dave when he made believe he drowned. I want to keep some of the other fantastic characters like Rosy Labouche, Sylvius, and Torpedo's lackey goon, Paradise, duly noted, without actually going into their humorous significance to the movie. The special effects, although exceptionally good back then, are too corny for today's over-abundant standard use of computer animation. I wonder where I can get a copy of this movie's great soundtrack, because I was able to download the title song off of a foreign music website. Anyway if you want to watch a very original and unique super-hero movie that is just simply fun to watch, this is a GREAT choice.
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