Last night I had the opportunity to see one of the strangest films I've ever seen. It is called THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE. Imagine if you will, a bunch of Australians getting together and said, "we want to make a superhero musical that revives the spirit of the Rocky Horror Picture Show!"
Yeah, I know, it sounds like a good idea. I never expected the thing to be good, but the fact that Alan Arkin plays the titular hero Captain Invincible, and Christopher Lee plays the villain Mr. Midnight, and they both sing. This was too much to pass up. How could I might the opportunity to see Dracula/ Saruman sing an early 80's pop number!
The story is about a super hero who's been fighting for the glory of the united states through the prohibition years and WWII only to be challenged by the House of Un-American Activities and called a communist. Angered by all he's done for the US-of-A, he takes off and disappears, only to resurface in modern day Australia, drinking his way into oblivion. Mr. Midnight begins plans for world domination, and Captain Invincible is called back into action. What ensues is a train wreck so freakish, that you can't help but watch, amazed, that this story was created by a human being, and not by a an alien on drugs.
Don't get me wrong, the movie is awful, but of the kind of special awful movie that rarely gets made. It is so whacked and strange, that the unpredictable nature of it is hat makes it watchable. This is the kind of bad movie lovers of bad movies want to see. It is a perfect, get the guys and galls together with a case of beer/whiskey and laugh your heads off on a Saturday night.
The only thing I wonder is, why on earth did someone not hire Christopher Lee to do more musicals.
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