Different plot than the previous post, but anybody remember this flick? I think I caught it one of those 'FREE HBO' weekends as a young lad. John Ritter is an actor in NYC, who takes a gig making appearances as comic-book hero Captain Avenger at various comic book shops and conventions. Shit gets kind of hectic when he stops a robbery while in costume and becomes a semi-real version of the character he's dressed up as.
Watching the trailer almost 30 years after it's release, it reminded me that it was actually kind of disposable in that late-70's/early-80's sort of way. However, the story itself is a great concept in that it offers up ample opportunity for commentary about mistaking celebrities as legitimate heroes and the art of building our heroes up...then knocking them down the very next day.
Eh, whatever, any script-writers in the house can consider this a freebie on a possible cash-cow rip-off...
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