Superhero Movie Page #4

Synopsis: Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Director(s): Craig Mazin
Production: The Weinstein Company/Dimension Films
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
4.5
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
PG-13
Year:
2008
75 min
$25,815,447
Website
3,566 Views


What a great performance.

Well, Rick,

did you enjoy the opera?

Son, is something

troubling you?

It's so unfair.

They have nothing.

Why do we have $2 billion?

Well, your grandfather

left us $3 billion

and I made some

bad investments.

But that's nothing for you

to worry about.

But I want

to change things.

And you will.

Five generations of Rikers

have worked hard to make

this city great.

One day, Rick, people will look

to you to be a hero.

When that day comes,

will you be ready?

Give me your wallet.

That too.

People will look to you to be a hero.

When that day comes,

will you be ready?

Rick!

Ah!

Ow!

Huh? Ah!

Rick, please!

Ah!

- Dad!

- Oh, Rick, I'm dying.

- No!

- Don't worry.

My brother Albert

will take you in.

Rick, the money,

it's all yours now.

Sell all shares of a small company

called Google.

It's worthless.

Invest heavily in Enron.

Rick, I have

something for you.

Reach into

my coat pocket.

The other coat pocket.

God!

That ring

was my father's

and his father's

before him.

Earn it, Rick.

Be a hero.

Claim your...

- destiny.

Dad!

I'm no superhero.

I'm nobody!

Ah!

Shut up back there! I'm gonna kill you!

- Are you okay?

- What, you heard that?

You're nothing but an ugly,

ungrateful little whore!

Just like your mother!

- Who was that?

- My mother.

Listen, about what happened

at school this morning, l...

You really freaked us out.

I'm really going through

a tough time right now.

Me too. My parents,

they want me to go to college,

but I want

to be a dancer.

I believe in you.

You really do,

don't you?

I wish I could say

the same for Lance.

I don't know.

Is he the right one

or am I just dating him

to rebel against my father?

He doesn't want any boy near me.

That's why he installed

the electrified fence.

Well, we'll see.

You can't run from your destiny.

- Right?

- Right.

- Jill, let's go!

- Nice car.

Maybe one day you could take me

for a ride in your car.

Uh...

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, definitely.

Oh. Lovebirds.

Rick, this is

Professor Xavier.

Your powers are growing,

but you can't control it.

It's important that you...

become a hero...

train yourself to fly...

...in your ass because...

...squatting

on a glass table...

...two girls...

one cup...

You know what to do.

- This shouldn't take long.

- Well, I'll be waiting right here.

Hello, Mr. Bailey.

I've reviewed your request

for a loan, Mr. Riker,

but with no job,

no credit history,

I'm afraid

I have to say no.

But what about this?

That was last month.

This new promotion's

proving quite popular.

Look, I need

to buy a car.

Frankly, Mr. Riker, you're the worst

applicant we've ever had.

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Craig Mazin

Craig Mazin (born April 8, 1971) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is known for writing Identity Thief, The Hangover Part II, The Hangover Part III, and The Huntsman: Winter's War. He is currently working on a five-part miniseries for HBO and Sky based on the Chernobyl disaster. Mazin co-hosts the Scriptnotes podcast alongside fellow screenwriter John August. more…

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