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Super Capers may well be one of the strangest superhero parodies I’ve seen in quite some time.

I knew something was up when I saw the stamp of the Dove Family group on the front of it.  And when I started to watch it, it took a really unique twist.

First, though, the plot–basically, we’re following Ed Gruberman, superpower-less super hero who stops a mugging by the simple expedient of taking a two by four upside the mugger’s head.   He gets off with a really light sentence–one whole dollar in fines–and is sentenced to a halfway house for super heroes, Super Capers.  While in Super Capers, Ed becomes Gruber Man, and discovers that he might have the greatest superpower of all–and this is where the whole Dove thing comes in–the power…of PRAYER.

Yes, you ARE actually watching a superhero parody movie that’s fairly funny and has regular Christian overtones.  I hadn’t thought such a thing was possible–most Christian films I’d seen were so overbearing and so heavy-handed as to be almost unwatchable.  But with regular infusions of the funny–including all sorts of subreferences (the last fifteen minutes are so packed with Star Wars references it’s almost insane)–the Christian overtones actually go down fairly smoothly.  I’m pleased with how this turned out.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives a nod of respect to a unique and terribly family friendly film with plenty of funny by giving Super Capers a seven out of ten.  It’s fairly solid, if a bit low-budget, but still a fun watch.

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