The Pumaman (1980)
1/10
Puuuuu Ma Man, He flies like a Moor Ron!!!!
19 November 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Wow, just wow. Never see this film without Mike Nelson and and his robot pals, because it is BAD. After re-watching every episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I decided to start watching some of the movies without the fantastic commentary, and I started with this, the worst superhero movie ever! Catwoman was better than this piece of giant dino dung.

It is a story of love, revenge, mysticism, aliens and a guy named Pumayman...excuse me, Pumaman. A lame and useless professor of paleontology who is the descendant of aliens that protected the Aztecs centuries ago, is chosen by a massive Aztec man to become Pumaman, a lame and useless defender of justice who flies with his butt in the air.

Pumaman must retrieve a golden mask from the kinda, sort-of, menacing Donald Pleasence. Pumaman is equipped with his brains, with which he is in short supply, and the incredible powers of a puma, like super strength, teleportation and flight, because we all know pumas can fly. The aforementioned hulking Aztec guy does more heroic acts protecting Pumaman than Pumaman does in the whole film.

This movie has a lame plot about an evil madman(Pleasence) trying to take over the world, something we all know he would do. Pleasence uses an attractive woman to seduce Pumaman, not realizing he hangs out with a beefy Aztec giant.

Pumayman's Costume: Every Superhero needs a cool costume, and boy, does Pumaman have a great costume. He has a red poncho for a cape, a black horse blanket for a shirt, and what is surely going to become all the rage in superhero uniforms, Kahkis and Tennis Sneakers.

The music of the film seems to have been done using a budget of $8, which was spent wisely on something else. The Fx is better or the same as the FX used in the Indian Superman movie. I cannot begin to tell you how bad this film is. Characters randomly appear and disappear to further drag this film along. You should only watch this film as an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, if you don't, your a glutton for punishment.
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