Captain Barbell

2003
1h 55m

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Albert Martinez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Snooky Serna, Jeffrey Quizon, Emilio Garcia, Regine Velasquez, Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Bearwin Meily, and Ogie Alcasid in Captain Barbell (2003)

Superhero Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy

An ordinary gym janitor becomes the newest iteration of the superhero Captain Barbell as he must face a human rat hybrid, a woman with ice powers, and a fire-eater who gains fire abilities.An ordinary gym janitor becomes the newest iteration of the superhero Captain Barbell as he must face a human rat hybrid, a woman with ice powers, and a fire-eater who gains fire abilities.An ordinary gym janitor becomes the newest iteration of the superhero Captain Barbell as he must face a human rat hybrid, a woman with ice powers, and a fire-eater who gains fire abilities.

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4.8/10

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Fourth movie version of the comic book character created by Mars Ravelo. It's also the first movie that features three superheroes created by Mars Ravelo - Captain Barbell, Darna and Lastikman. The two characters - Darna and Lastikman - were also developed into movies.

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Features Darna (1951)

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Sa piling mo (Love Theme)
Music and lyrics by Ogie Alcasid
Arranged by Homer Flores
Performed by Regine Velasquez

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1/10

What a junk movie...

This movie is pure cheese, with no explanation of how the folks gain their powers. Freezy is assaulted and frozen in a block of ice. Suddenly she comes back to life with the power to create ice. The whole movie is like that. The special effects aren't very special. In fact they're horrible. Yes, I've seen the 1978 Superman. The effects there were way better than they are in this movie. The difference is Superman the Movie is approximately 25 years older than this film. Lots of goofs in this film too, for example, the guy with the hostage is wielding what is OBVIOUSLY a 6-shooter, yet he fires 7 shots at Captain Barbell.

This movie isn't made to be taken seriously of course, but they should have put more effort into it. If I trusted someone to do justice to my creation in film, they'd better do it right. Mr. Mars Ravelo is probably rolling over in his grave because of this film.