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This movie is a philosophy of life: "live and take what you really want". A CAMP classic of maximum proportions, which ruled the world in the late sixties, conquering all the known B-movies markets. Sir REGINALD HOOVER/ARGOMAN is the greatest, coolest and meanest super-hero/anti-hero ever been. Period. I'm actually proud to be Italian, and I'm wondering WHEN and HOW and WHERE Argoman the fantastic superman will strike again. Thanks, Sergio Grieco! Bottom line: ROGER BROWNE kicks ass!

11 out of 10.

Phibes is a very cool character. He's not only a "mad doctor" at 100% but also one of the ultimate "bogey men". This guy is a genius, his mind is by far superior to everyone else's. At the same time, he's a psycho monster (disfigured and totally twisted) moved by "revenge". Phibes uses to hide himself into the darkness (he wears masks to reproduce his former human facade) and he's extremely...ehm... dangerous. There is a similar character. The unfogettable "DARKMAN", played by Liam Neeson and created by the evil mind of SAM RAIMI. Darkman is the definitive "bogey man", a disfigured psycho hero with unknown faculties, searching for revenge against his enemies who disfigured HIM. In the while, he can assume alternate identities with special syntethic skinned masks. In fact, he was a scientist, a genius. I advice YOU. Rent Phibes, then buy Darkman. You will be not disappointed by these two great heroes, surely the darkest movie characters in history. Both the movies are stunning Horror/action/adventure/drama/comedy mixs...please, don't miss them. Revenge is the medicine, of course.

An excerpt taken by the unofficial site of the movie (my site) to explain to all the IGNORANTS the real truth about MEl Gibson and his relationship with BEYOND THUNDERDOME,the greatest POST-APOCALYPTIC movie of all the times and the best flick in the trilogy !!!!!!! : "Before the making of MMBT, Mel Gibson was excited about returning to the Mad Max role for the third time. He gave his own contribution to the original screenplay by choosing to keep his character alive at the end of the movie. In fact, Miller had written a much darker ending where Max gave himself as a final sacrifice. Later, in a tragic helicopter accident, Byron Kennedy died. This caused Gibson to feel enormous mental pressure. The terrible loss of Kennedy started a personal crisis for the legendary actor, causing him to become a virtual alcoholic. During filming of "Mrs. Soffel" on location in Toronto in 1984, Mel was cast opposite Diane Keaton. Gibson ran a red light while driving drunk and collided with another car. He was arrested and fined $300.

Mel Gibson hit his personal low-point during filming MMBT. His state of mind was so deranged that - a time in which he was as drunk as a lord - Mel declared to a PEOPLE magazine reporter. "I don't want to be doing this interview. I don't even want to be doing this film. It's a piece of s--t." In reflection, everyone agrees his third performance as Max was the best one of the series.

Ultimately it was Tina Turner who saved Mel from the damaging effects of alcohol !!! Halfway through filming, Turner handed Mel a picture of his face with the message "Don't screw this up" written across it. Even today Mel concedes "It was quite a loving gesture and it really made me stop and think." Ironically, in the movie it was Max who made Tina's character "Aunty" stop and think. Proving once again, another miracle of this wonderful epic! "

Okay ? And remember,the chase scene at the end is very very very COOOOOL. How you can forget the JUNKMOBILES ? Come on !!!!