What happens when your hero complex crashes into actual consequences? Oof.
Captain Power si the superhero star at Global Electric. It only takes a mistake to lose what he thinks is most important in his life. How will our superhero cushion his fall?
Acting
Gerard's physicality sells the collapse from god to groveling.
Direction
Sarrio packs a feature's worth of hubris into 15 tight minutes.
Director
David Sarrio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made as a French-American co-production, this predates the MCU's Phase Three self-critique by years—Captain Power's meltdown accidentally predicted the 'flawed hero' exhaustion that would dominate 2010s blockbusters.
David Gasman, who plays the corporate handler, is primarily a video game voice actor—his detached delivery was allegedly a deliberate choice to contrast with Gerard's theatrical heroics.
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