Captain Black

My expectations were not very high when I started watching this movie, but I ended up being pretty impressed by it. The story is very thoughtful and the title character is particularly well written and acted. I watch a lot of indie films, and I found this one to be engaging and well above average. The story is mature and not for kids, but I definitely recommend it to adults who are looking for something with a thoughtful story.

I watched this movie not even knowing the plot. I thought it started off OK. I didn't mind the bad acting at first and it had a little bit of a Waiting vibe. Then it went down hill. The party scene killed all my interest in the rest of the movie, and yet I sat and watched as it never redeemed itself. The pace actually stalled at points and some of the conversations seemed like inside jokes that most people will not get. I want to give it a 3, but there was some animation/blue screen work that steer me more towards a 1 because it was so bad. So if you are looking at this thinking it might be a hidden gem like The Subjects or something slightly amusing like The Specials, keep looking. This is not the film for you. It is just a bad film with a very homemade feel to it.

I must start by saying that I do encourage indie or low-budget movies just as much as high cost, special effects rich products .. or even more sometimes.

But just because it's "Indie" or low-budget .. doesn't make it good or worth such high-praise as many reviewers paint this production up to be.

In my opinion this is a movie made from a concept from some group of writers that between themselves think they are "soo different" that everything they make is special and viewable.

I fail to see the value of this movie as anything else than a very VERY limited aduience piece. It's a pretentious and without-a-point script that maybe funny and different for the actors and writers to make. But for the general viewer, this is more a sleeping-pill than any ASMR-video you can find.... that is if you can press MUTE and dim the light down to a minimum, imagine this is a silent relationship-drama without any explaining text.

Sorry, but I agree with the majority and give this a 1/10 .... just because it's just too pretentious to even have any creative value.

I was expecting the standard action hero garbage, and was watching this with pretty low expectations. This is way more mature, and even though there is a young kid and also a young girl in the movie, the story revolved around the adults, which was a nice change from the standard action movies. Although some of the characters really did not seem to serve much purpose, they were ok as background characters and made the main character more real. Older viewers would probably enjoy this movie more than teenagers, as it does deal with a rather complex situation that is not really seen in other superhero movies..

Johnson wrote, directed and starred in this low-budget outing. Fantastic performance; comedy and drama (and everything in between). Johnson gives a very poignant performance, not a false note anywhere, extremely convincing.

One minor plot point that threw me (how did he get Kitt's/Maria's number to text her when he didn't even know her name; it seemed to be somehow based on the Hallowe'en party photo), but so what.

The rest of the cast is also very good, and some of the bit parts are excellent, with some VERY funny dialogue. Great writing!

Highly recommended. Definitely not a run-of-the-mill Hollywood outing!