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Showing posts with label Sergio Grieco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sergio Grieco. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Argoman, The Fantastic Superman (1967; Sergio Grieco)


Often, the only power exhibited by some of these Italian superheroes is that they can fight well. Argoman on the other hand, has telepathic capabilities, as seen in the opening when the anti-hero is facing a firing squad, and has his captors turn their guns on themselves. This sequence (missing in some prints) is the only time in a long while that you see Argoman in costume. (This may be a blessing, once you see his silly yellow outfit.) Otherwise, this film plays more like a James Bond film, and reinforces the ugly sexism that abounded in some of those pictures.