“All Superheroes Must Die” is the latest film from Jason Trost, who co- directed “The FP” alongside his brother Brandon last year. The film is about four masked avengers, who wake up in a deserted town to find that they’ve lost their superpowers. To make matters worse, their arch-nemesis is behind all of this. He puts the heroes through a series of challenges that are very impossible to get out. Soon, the heroes must battle the clock and each other to stop the clock before their nemesis blows up the entire town.
Going into this film, I had no idea what I was going to expect considering that I’ve heard little about “All Superheroes Must Die”. But I decided to give the film a chance, considering that I enjoyed Jason Trost’s last film “The FP” which he co-directed with his brother Brandon Trost. Thankfully that I did, because I enjoyed this film.
One of the reasons that I enjoyed this film was the direction of Jason Trost. He does a really good job with the limited resources that he has to make this film very dark and something that you’ve have not seen before. It really makes the film entertaining, even though it has no flashy action sequences. It one of those films that I’m interested in the characters than sitting there and watching endless top action sequences. The other thing that makes his direction very good was the way that he directs the performances. The performances were very good to the point that you forget about the film’s 20K budget. Trost does a good job making sure that the main cast gel well together, while making their characters entertaining. It helps considering that this film looked like a fan film and very cheap at times. Still, I enjoyed this film and the direction for what it was.
Speaking of performances, the best performance of the film was from James Remar, as the film’s villain. From the way that he delivers the dialogue to some the characters mannerisms, he does a very good job making the character very villainous. It made the character look like a terrifying villain that you see off of a comic book page than one of those cookie cutters that you sometimes see in low budget films.
The screenplay written by Trost and co-star Lucas Tills does a very good job with creating an original superhero film that hasn’t been seen at your local cinemas. I liked how they blend the elements of a dark graphic superhero novel with elements of the “Saw” films. It makes the tone of the film very dark and gives you a level of danger that any character could be killed off. The other thing that I like so well was the fact that it fills in character information through the film’s flashback sequences. Sometime those usually don’t work well with me, but here it works effectively because it fills in information on the four main heroes and their relationships with each other that is vital to the character development. It made the conflict between the characters work well. That’s what made this screenplay different from other films that heavily use these sequences.
If you’re expecting an action packed superhero movie then you’ll be disappointed. But if you are expecting a gritty and dark superhero film, then “All Superheroes Must Die” works very well on that level.
Review Rating: Three and a Half Stars.
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