Archenemy

Name: Archenemy
Genre: Action, Adventure
Released: December 11, 2020
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Amje Elharden, Amy Seimetz, Christopher Guyton, Glenn Howerton, Joe Manganiello

2020

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RLJE Films | Release Date: December 11, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Amje Elharden, Amy Seimetz, Christopher Guyton, Glenn Howerton, Joe Manganiello, Joseph D. Reitman, Kieran Gallagher, Luis Kelly-Duarte, Mac Brandt, Paul Scheer, Skylan Brooks, Zolee Griggs

Summary: Max Fist (Joe Manganiello) claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to Earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster. Together, they take to the streets to wipe out the local drug syndicate and its vicious crime boss known as The Manager.

Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer

Genre(s): Action, Adventure

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Lorry Kikta

Dec 9, 2020

Archenemy is an absolute must-watch. Read full review

Screen Rant Jack Wilhelmi

Dec 10, 2020

The movie's superhero-laden backbone is meant to support a deeper message. Adam Egypt Mortimer's Archenemy is a painful reminder of how society fails people, and bleeds colorful nuance and thematic messaging in every frame. Read full review

Anton Bitel

Apr 5, 2022

Whether Archenemy is a tale of genuine urban renewal, or merely of power shifting without any real underlying change, remains tantalisingly ambiguous. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Feb 19, 2021

Small, imperfectly formed but quite entertaining all the same. Read full review

The Playlist Mike DeAngelo

May 27, 2021

What you’re left with is a mixed bag of colorful, bizarro superhero world-building and threadbare characters that leaves the viewer with little-to-no interest in what happens next. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Dec 11, 2020

Mortimer, coming off his critically-acclaimed and award-winning debut Daniel Isn't Real, never quite strikes a tone or a pace that suits his tale of a (potentially) fractured mind. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 9, 2020

The dialogue has its moments, but the jokes are too sparse to buttress the arch, comic book camp tone Mr. Adam Egypt Mortimer was going for. And while the wigs are fabulous and the effects interesting, it’s all something of a hash. Coherent enough, sure, but making sense of it seems like a fool’s errand, start to finish. Read full review

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JanePetersen

Dec 25, 2020

This movie is a new spin on the antihero. I really enjoyed it! The main characters are sympathetic and likable. There is so much more they can do if they franchise this!

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skihouse

Jan 1, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Didn't expect much but boy was I wrong!! This is certainly a franchise movie in the works that should definitely have a sequel. It's a great story that is action packed and gives you a $250M movie budget feeling that isn't overdone with CGI and has excellent performances from badass Joe Manganiello and great performances from Skylan Brooks, Zolee Griggs along with the entire cast. I was pulled in from start to finish! Definitely should be picked up and expanded upon.… Expand

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umaumai

Jan 9, 2021

This is one time that I definitely don’t agree with the critics’ s score for a movie. I can’t even begin to recommend this movie hard enough as I scramble to keep my excitement for it in clear and concise thoughts. Because of that I might go a little out of order for why I think it was soThis is one time that I definitely don’t agree with the critics’ s score for a movie. I can’t even begin to recommend this movie hard enough as I scramble to keep my excitement for it in clear and concise thoughts. Because of that I might go a little out of order for why I think it was so great. I’m hurriedly typing in my take on this movie after just finishing it. The first thing that stood out to me was how it is shot and edited better then most of the films I’ve seen this decade. I can’t get over just how good this movie looked. It’s on a level very close to some of the blockbuster films for how technically and artful it is produced and put together. The casting and acting is wonderful. The story might come off a bit crazy, but it keeps you entertained while guessing as to the true origins of the main character. Because of that I never lost my suspension of disbelief. While the pacing is a little off, it still builds and leaves room for suspense. The score isn’t quite memorable, but it does its job adequately. My one complaint is the animated sequences weren’t up to the rest of the films quality. The art for the animation was great, but the animation was just very janky. Not smooth. More akin to a motion comic. If that is what they were going for it unfortunately took me out of the movie every time it happens. If you’ve seen James Gunn’s “Super” and liked it I would be surprised if you saw this and didn’t love it. I’d say check this “super hero” film out.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Jan 12, 2021

It has some interesting ambitious elements, but ultimately it's a short-budget thriller that can't get past that barrier.

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Mauro_Lanari

Dec 8, 2021

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A single doubt: is worse the cartoony part or the directed and acted one?

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imthenoob

Jul 8, 2021

This was a really ambitious movie that would have benefitted from toning it down rather than playing into the cheesiness of it all. The animated scenes scattered throughout really mess with the pacing and take away from developing other parts of the story. The action scenes are featured at aThis was a really ambitious movie that would have benefitted from toning it down rather than playing into the cheesiness of it all. The animated scenes scattered throughout really mess with the pacing and take away from developing other parts of the story. The action scenes are featured at a bare minimum (this is largely a drama) and are very simple and uninspired.

Really, This just isn't a good movie. The script had potential but it wasn't as well thought out as it could have been. Having such a small budget didn't help things either.… Expand

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TVJerry

Dec 22, 2020

Joe Manganiello must be desperate for own franchise….can’t think any other reason he’d align himself with this disaster. He plays a homeless drunk who maintains that he’s actually from another planet in a parallel universe and has super powers. An eager young online journalist and his sisterJoe Manganiello must be desperate for own franchise….can’t think any other reason he’d align himself with this disaster. He plays a homeless drunk who maintains that he’s actually from another planet in a parallel universe and has super powers. An eager young online journalist and his sister get involved with him after they anger the wrong people. Anyone hoping for a typical superhero movie will be gravely disappointed. This is a dark, gritty crime drama with lots of sci-fi physics jabberwocky. The action is minimal and when it does appear, it's not special. To make matters worse, what could have been cool otherworld excursions (and exposition) are presented in low-budget, unattractive animation. There is absolutely nothing to recommend this talky, cheap-looking, unfocused and uninteresting mess.… Expand

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