At first glance, Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel might look like a weird movie to make. After all, it's the belated sequel to an indie superhero picture very few people have seen; it's cheap-looking, it's absurd and self-aware, and it's full of random (and mostly brief) celebrity cameos. It's all in good fun, of course, but it might not be for everyone. This is why I couldn't resist the oportunity to talk (albeit through e-mails) with Vincent J. Roth, the guy who came up with the character of Surge, and who has played him for two theatrical movies. What were his inspirations for this wacky story? Why did he decide to write such a silly film and make it the "indie way"? And most importantly;...
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- 3/2/2018
- Screen Anarchy
It seems strange to produce a sequel to a film that virtually no one has heard of, but that's what Antonio Lexerot and Vincent J. Roth have done with their belated follow-up to 2006's Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes. Depicting the further adventures of its titular character, the first out gay superhero, Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel proves so gleefully campy it makes the 1960s Batman television series look gritty by comparison.
Lexerot and Roth may be godawful filmmakers, but they certainly have one hell of a Rolodex. As with the original, this entry's chief virtue...
Lexerot and Roth may be godawful filmmakers, but they certainly have one hell of a Rolodex. As with the original, this entry's chief virtue...
- 1/4/2018
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A camping trip takes a turn into unsettling territory in the new film Desolation, which comes out this week and is teased in a new batch of images in today's Horror Highlights. We also have a December contest from our friends at Comet TV, the trailer for the new horror film The Bone Box, and details on the star-studded cast of Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes.
New Stills from Desolation: IFC Midnight will release Desolation in select theaters and on VOD and digital platforms on December 15th, including special Q&A screenings:
"New York City
Special Advance Screening on Thursday, December 14, at 9pm at the IFC Center with Q&A with editor Alexander Frasse, producer Kim Patton, associate producer Ned Donovan, and composer Marcus Bagala. Tickets available here: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/desolation/
L.A.
Opening Night Q&A on Friday, December 15 (9:05pm show), with director Sam Patton,...
New Stills from Desolation: IFC Midnight will release Desolation in select theaters and on VOD and digital platforms on December 15th, including special Q&A screenings:
"New York City
Special Advance Screening on Thursday, December 14, at 9pm at the IFC Center with Q&A with editor Alexander Frasse, producer Kim Patton, associate producer Ned Donovan, and composer Marcus Bagala. Tickets available here: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/desolation/
L.A.
Opening Night Q&A on Friday, December 15 (9:05pm show), with director Sam Patton,...
- 12/14/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After news broke that Power Rangers features the first big-screen Lbgtq superhero in a studio movie, Vincent J. Roth could be found on social media pointing out that years earlier, he brought the first out gay superhero to the movies with his indie film Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes.
The 2004 action-comedy was written by and starred Roth as Gavin Lucas, a corporate attorney who gains superpowers and fights crime. Roth's character, who returns in a new sequel, is an out superhero.
When Roth started screening his new film Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel in 2016,...
The 2004 action-comedy was written by and starred Roth as Gavin Lucas, a corporate attorney who gains superpowers and fights crime. Roth's character, who returns in a new sequel, is an out superhero.
When Roth started screening his new film Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel in 2016,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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