Superargo contre les robots

Maybe if you are a teenager who likes superhero movies, you will also like this production. It's an Italian film with actors whose names have changed from Italian names to American-looking names, stupid fashion in the '60s. The only one who didn't have to change his name is Guy Madison, who is really American. The film "is related" to "Argoman the Fantastic Superman Original title: Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra" (1967), but it's a little bit better. Not as good as "Danger: Diabolik Original title: Diabolik" (1968), with which it also has points in common. The action is super predictable and childish, as in many other genre films. The main hero, with a black mask on his eyes and dressed in a red suit molded on his body, looks embarrassing. Watch it only if you have nothing better to do!

Superargo, retired pro wrestler, is a costumed super hero who has mastered the arts of ESP and levitation with the help of guru sidekick, Kamir. Here's he's called on to stop an evil mad scientist and his army of faceless giants from world domination. In actuality, the army is of cheezy looking robots who have faces and are reasonably sized, not giant, but either way, must be defeated.

So, this is a terrible movie, but it's soundly in the so bad, it's good category. It's preposterous, but kind of fun if you'll allow yourself. It's certainly not a hard watch and has a certain charm that comes with the right kind of dumb, bad movie.

Much like Prince of Space, The Pumaman, or Supersonic Man, the unintentional humor is worth the watch. I had a few laugh out loud moments watching this. The jokes write themselves.

This mix of Mexican wrestling, 60s superspy & campy TV "Batman" element was probably intended for kiddie matinees. It's fun, but the relatively low production values means the means there's energy but little style, so all the running around gets monotonous after a while. I wished the lead got to take off his costume once so we could see what he looked like--this was a rare lead for an actor who usually played bit parts or did stunt doubling.

Still, I enjoyed his and the other performances; the cast seems to have been enjoying this as a lark, with the possible exception of Guy Madison. (But then he's playing the main villain, so perhaps it's just as well that he's poker-faced.) It's a goofy, silly film, with some charm. But let's face it, this sort of Italian live-action-cartoon thing is better when it's got the $$ for some visual flourishes, whether in the garishly colored lighting and production design in Bava's "Hercules in the Haunted World" or the cheesy-FX-cluttered Lou Ferrigno "Hercules" movies later on, not to mention the better Bond knockoffs.

SUPERARGO AND THE FACELESS GIANTS opens with a wrestling match, featuring a man with so much body hair, he could be used to scour the Statue of Liberty! When a wrestler is abducted, it's part of an organized athlete-seizing plot.

Enter wrestler / crimefighter, Superargo (Ken Wood) and his companion, Kamir (Aldo Sambrell), who are in the middle of "psychic training", when they're called upon to get to the bottom of this fiendish scheme. It appears that an army of robots are involved, and are robbing banks as well.

Filled to bursting with boffo fight scenes, groovy gadgets, and woo-woo sound effects, this is must-see viewing for lovers of the bizarre and endearingly antiquated. So, slip your brain into the nearest jar, and prepare to be utterly entertained!

EXTRA CREDIT FOR: #1- The splendiferous robots! They pre-date their Borg brethren by several decades! #2- Superargo himself, who is a cross between Batman, The Phantom, and Santo! #3- The fantabulous theme music! You'll be making up your own dance moves for days / weeks to come!...

I applaud the reviews here trying in vain to find something positive to say about this steaming pile of manure. This is stink on stink from start to finish. Not campy fun. With a plot that's garbage the end result can only be atrocious acting and silly dialogue. The least super superhero you could possible imagine prances around in a ludicruous red jumpsuit as he thwrats villians that can only be described as insipid and uninspired. Editing is practically non-esistent and the soundtrack grates on the nerves. Oh, and the faceless giants? They're not faceless and they're not giants. Further proof that the IMBD rating system is a very poor gauge for determining the value of a movie's entertainment value. This is probably one of the lousiest movies of it's era or any era. Laughably horrendous.