A young spaceman comes to Earth to share his knowledge with mankind. Unfortunately, the first guy he runs into is a mad scientist who wants to pervert his gifts and use it to take over the world. It’s then up to the Mexican luchador and crimefighter Superzan to help the Space Boy and stop the mad doctor’s evil scheme.
I’m familiar with Superzan thanks to his supporting appearances in the Blue Demon films, The Triumph of the Champions of Justice and Mansion of the Seven Mummies. This is a rare solo outing from the Mexican wrestler. Unfortunately, he doesn’t wrestle in this one. To add insult to injury, he doesn’t even show up until the movie is halfway over. Unlike El Santo or Blue Demon, Superzan is a legit superhero (at least in this movie) and can actually FLY! The flying scenes are pretty funny as it looks like Superzan just laid horizontally on a ladder while some production assistants ran hair dryers under his cape to make it flap in the wind.
It also didn’t help that the version I saw didn’t have subtitles. Because of that, I couldn’t exactly tell what the bad guy’s machine did. For all I know, if anyone stands underneath of it, it miraculously gives them the ability to wear a flashy pantsuit complete with snazzy cape. The fight scenes alternate from under-rehearsed to sloppy to downright laughable. It almost always looks like they used the first take.
Once Superzan finally shows up, the film picks up considerably. There’s a scene where he gets ran over by the villain’s car, but he gets right back up no worse for wear. He also uses a freeze gun at one point. Too bad the movie grinds to a halt whenever he isn’t on screen.
The golden-faced Space Boy is OK, I guess. He speaks telepathically, which leads to lots of scenes of people standing around while echo-y voices are heard on the soundtrack. This is initially good for a laugh, but it quickly grows tiresome as the flick lumbers on.
In short, Superzan and the Space Boy is far from what you would call “out of this world”.
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