10 Blockbuster Rip-Off Films That Are Actually Worth Watching
5. Supersonic Man (1979)
Almena FilmsBy uttering the phrase May the great force of the galaxy be with me into his wristwatch, a mild-mannered reporter transforms into Kronos, aka Supersonic Man, the Spanish version of Superman. His powers include the ability to see through walls, lift bulldozers (once theyve turned into wooden props) and turn handguns into bananas, though he spends most of the film being dangled in front of rear-projected aerial footage while chintzy music plays. Hes on Earth to stop Dr Gulik (Cameron Mitchell), an evil genius who lives in a toy model volcano (accessible only by wire-supported helicopters) with a robot guard thats either Marvin the paranoid androids big brother or an escapee from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. A sub-Bond villain must have a sub-Bond masterplan and the docs seems to revolve around forcing a famous and brilliant scientist to create a laser thatll allow him to rule the world. Nothing comes of it because Gulik spends the whole movie puttering around the sets quoting Shakespeare and comparing himself to Julius Caesar until Sonic turns up and puts the kibosh on the enterprise with suspicious ease.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
