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When a mystical scarab stone falls into the hand of an archaeologist, an evil villain known as the Sphinx tries to retrieve it, unaware that the stone has transformed the archaeologist into ... Read allWhen a mystical scarab stone falls into the hand of an archaeologist, an evil villain known as the Sphinx tries to retrieve it, unaware that the stone has transformed the archaeologist into the super powered hero The Scarab.When a mystical scarab stone falls into the hand of an archaeologist, an evil villain known as the Sphinx tries to retrieve it, unaware that the stone has transformed the archaeologist into the super powered hero The Scarab.
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The people behind this film are notorious for making movies meant to be "so bad it's good" a la Sharknado. You'll see the same faces involved in Jurassic Shark and Raiders of the Lost Shark. I was introduced to these movies through I Hate Everything's review of Jurassic Shark and went on to watch Raiders of the Lost Shark, then ultimately this movie. With the two shark movies as the basis, Avenging Force is surprisingly good. It's still not a great movie but it has a lot more charm and better production in general than later works by the same crew. It's at least worth a watch if you like amateur films that don't have a budget but made a good attempt.
When I first watched this I wasn't so sure about it's quality but as I am now on my 312th viewing I would consider this one of the 14 best movies of all time. I would like to point out the performance by Mark Courneyea.. It was an enlightening experience and every time I think about this movie I cry just a little.
I usually enjoyed bad movie but this one is just so pitiful I'm just angry at the time I wasted watching it, which feels like about four hours of my life. Then again that's probably just because this was so bad.
You see this isn't one of those bad movies that is fun to watch because the poorly done parts and bad acting and child level writing are so dumb that you can laugh at it, no, this is one of those movies that is just bad in a very annoying way. Nothing in this movie is good or even slightly entertaining at all. It's just a very badly produced movie with awful picture and sound quality, non actors trying to act and a script that's just boring, boring, BORING.
The only thing even remotely close to being somewhat OK is the well done poster/DVD cover. Don't be fooled by it though, this is just a total dud masquerading as an Avengers spoof or ripoff and trying desperately to look like an actual movie.
Lowest possible rating on this one.
You see this isn't one of those bad movies that is fun to watch because the poorly done parts and bad acting and child level writing are so dumb that you can laugh at it, no, this is one of those movies that is just bad in a very annoying way. Nothing in this movie is good or even slightly entertaining at all. It's just a very badly produced movie with awful picture and sound quality, non actors trying to act and a script that's just boring, boring, BORING.
The only thing even remotely close to being somewhat OK is the well done poster/DVD cover. Don't be fooled by it though, this is just a total dud masquerading as an Avengers spoof or ripoff and trying desperately to look like an actual movie.
Lowest possible rating on this one.
On Tubi, this is titled "The Black Scarab", so I thought it was a knockoff of The Blue Beetle. When the opening credits started, the title on screen said "Avenging Guardians", which also popped up when the movie returned after each ad break (tubi).
The reviews giving this movie a 10 seem extremely sarcastic with the hyperbole. But I can't imagine why those reviewers think it's funny to try to bump up the overall rating. Or maybe those were written by the makers of this basement creation.
Anyway, basically a bunch of guys in their 40s decided they wanted to play superhero in the backyard and make it into a movie. One of them talked their job into letting them use the warehouse for scenes, and aomehow they got a few girls to go along with the whole thing. Longest drawnout opening ever with borrowed 'earth from space' footage. It's suppoeed to be dramatic but was my first clue that this was going to be bad. Seriously subpar filming quality, over-the-top cheesy script, worst acting I've seen across an entire movie (usually one person can pull their weight), poor special effects (not unexpected given the low budget and run time), and ridiculous costumes - rubber eye frame disguises, a borrowed batman helmet with the ears sanded down, black eye paint, etc. You get the drift. There was one decent fight scene near the beginning, but the rest were very poorly executed with obvious fake punches and overly dramatic falls.
I wasted my time and stuck with it because I had time to kill for a quick flick before needing to go out, I also tend to be a completionist with movies, but I was tempted to turn it off about 12 minutes in because it was so bad.
The reviews giving this movie a 10 seem extremely sarcastic with the hyperbole. But I can't imagine why those reviewers think it's funny to try to bump up the overall rating. Or maybe those were written by the makers of this basement creation.
Anyway, basically a bunch of guys in their 40s decided they wanted to play superhero in the backyard and make it into a movie. One of them talked their job into letting them use the warehouse for scenes, and aomehow they got a few girls to go along with the whole thing. Longest drawnout opening ever with borrowed 'earth from space' footage. It's suppoeed to be dramatic but was my first clue that this was going to be bad. Seriously subpar filming quality, over-the-top cheesy script, worst acting I've seen across an entire movie (usually one person can pull their weight), poor special effects (not unexpected given the low budget and run time), and ridiculous costumes - rubber eye frame disguises, a borrowed batman helmet with the ears sanded down, black eye paint, etc. You get the drift. There was one decent fight scene near the beginning, but the rest were very poorly executed with obvious fake punches and overly dramatic falls.
I wasted my time and stuck with it because I had time to kill for a quick flick before needing to go out, I also tend to be a completionist with movies, but I was tempted to turn it off about 12 minutes in because it was so bad.
Not everybody likes a big deal comic book movie, such as MCU and DCU and most of all, these characters are based on forgotten comic book character ...so what are you gonna do.
Yes the film is low budget and so forth..ya dah ya dah ya dah, but at least the director gave it a try and done ...
Everybody wants to make a superhero movie, so why not make forgotten ones.
Yes the film is low budget and so forth..ya dah ya dah ya dah, but at least the director gave it a try and done ...
Everybody wants to make a superhero movie, so why not make forgotten ones.
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- TriviaThe character Bart Hill goes by the code-name Double Dare in the movie. His original comic incarnation was known as Daredevil. However, due to licensing issues with Marvel's hero of the same name, this version uses the code-name that comic writer Roy Thomas gave Hill during the series Alter Ego in the mid 1980's.
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Professor Joab: Go to hell! You are messing with the wrong archaeologist!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Escale à Nanarland: L'Incroyable Bulk (2013)
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