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Did you know that Canada makes movies? It’s true, and often they’re actually quite good. Exotica, Maelstrom, Porky’s, the work of David Cronenberg, but now the Canadians are turning it up a notch and throwing their beaver fur hats into the biggest film genre yet. Take a look at Canada’s first superhero film… Defendor!

Harrelson’s gruff Christian Bale impression at the end of the trailer is awesome isn’t it? The movie looks to be an interesting mix of last year’s Special and John Ritter’s underappreciated 1980 gem, Hero At Large, which can only be a good thing. The trailer isn’t really paced all that well, but it hopefully gives a good idea as to the film’s intertwined humor and pathos. Here’s Defendor‘s synopsis courtesy of Twitch:

Reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson), a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor, and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry.  In his attempts to combat crime and bring down Captain Industry, a drug and weapons dealer who he mistakenly blames for the death of his mother, Defendor ends up befriending a young prostitute, Katerina Debrofkowitz (Kat Dennings).  Armed with unconventional weapons of mass confusion, aided by his new friend, and putting his life on the line, Defendor proves that everyone is capable of making a difference.”

Defendor premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, and will hopefully find US distribution soon. Harrelson is joined by Kat Dennings and Elias Koteas in writer/director Peter Stebbings’ debut film.

What do you think?


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