In the poke for his superhero comedy Defendor , Woody Harrelsonplays a regular hombre who one solar day dons a superhero persona and fights offense . While they may not fit in Batman ’s utility belt , he has some imaginative criminal offense - fighting prick .
Defendor , Peter Stebbings ‘ directorial debut , is switch off more from the same cloth of Kick - Ass , Matthew Vaughn ’s upcoming film about an mean small fry who puts on a superhero costume , than Special , about a man whose antidepressants get him to believe he has power . But Defendor has a very unlike quality from Kick - Ass , and is less about the joyful joys of living out one ’s comic account book fantasies than it is about one man using a superhero identity to redress the damage in his life . Harrelson play Arthur Poppington , the valet de chambre who becomes Defendor in order of magnitude to bring to justice Captain Industry , a drug and weapons dealer he blame for his mother ’s death .
The folks atTwitchwatched Defendor ’s premiere at the Toronto Independent Film Festival last dark , and reported that the film is not only smart and risible , but check a surprising amount of depth . Check out the trailer below :
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