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Stan Lee Presents: Lightspeed

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1 star:		(10)

 

 

Stan Lee fans will definitely come away with mixed feelings from this 2006 extremely low budget Superhero B-movie. Believe it or not this is not the worst B-movie I've ever seen, that honor still goes to "The Warrior of the Lost World" with Robert Ginty. Make no mistake, this is a low budget made for Television production that suffers from very poor acting by Jason Connery and most of the cast. Jason Connery may share the same last name as his famous father, but great acting ability isn't in his DNA.

Jason Connery stars as Daniel Leight, a government agent and member of the elite ghost squad trying to capture the Python. During a covert mission Daniel is confronted by Python and is almost killed in an explosion. Daniel undergoes experimental treatment and after a radiation overload he discovers he has the ability to move extremely fast and after buying a wind suit from the local sports store he becomes the Superhero Lightspeed.

I think this movie could have worked if someone other than Jason Connery had played Lightspeed and it had more of a story, better special effects and Superhero costume. Jason Connery appears as if he's not very athletic and given the amount of hair loss he just doesn't seem to fit the role at all. The one bright spot and only thing saving this movie from complete disaster is the role of the villain played by Daniel Goddard. In my opinion his acting is really good and he plays the part of the cold brutal killer out for revenge perfectly. The costume and make-up for the Python is really well done, it's too bad the costume for lightspeed didn't receive the same deluxe treatment.

This is the only superhero movie that I've seen the hero buy his costume right off the rack. The acting from Lee Majors is nothing special and he comes off as very stiff and stale in his role as Tanner and he probably did it for a pay cheque. The part of Beth played by Nicole Eggert only confirms she definitely can't act and her role on Baywatch is about as good as she gets.

For a made for Television movie the picture and sound quality are really good while everything else about this movie is average at best. In my opinion this movie is not suitable for young children due to the amount of senseless graphic violence. I would compare this film with "The Phantom" with Billy Zane and "The Shadow" with Alec Baldwin, just not as good as either of them. Fortunately for me, I didn't pay very much for this movie.

This was an absolutley awful knockoff of The Flash from DC Comics.

Stan Lee should be ashamed that his name is plastered across the DVD box cover.

The acting is poor, the villain is just annoying (not scary).

This is a very bloody and brutal movie that should NOT be shown to children.

How on earth could they have gotten it so wrong? Well they did.

The costume even sucked. I could have found a better costume on eBay!
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! Buy The Flash TV series instead!

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I cannot believe that Stan Lee would allow his name to be attached to this waste. Basically special ops team gets wiped out by Psycho snake guy (which they deserve to get for their bad representation of a Spec Ops), sole survivor is healed with a special radiation which gives him super speed. He finds out his boss and snake guy are planning to wipe out the city of DC for revenge... Blah Blah Blah typical storyline. If there was cheese in this movie it would be a step up. the Vulgarity over-dubs are an insult to the watcher and the actors both, and the only funny line in the movie is, "Blue, its a nice color, I've always wanted to die in blue".
Just do not get it.

Poor Stan Lee. His name is attached to another Sci-Fi stinker. The Sci-fi Channel is making itself infamous by producing the worst films in the history of the industry, and Lightspeed is right up there.

Do not see this film. It is horrendous in every way.

It opens with 15 minutes of mindless and pointless gunfire, and then the "story" kicks in.

Just, awful. The only thing about the movie that is slightly entertaining is the "running really fast" special effect, since the actor is so out of shape he can only jog. It's entertaining for about 10 seconds to watch sped up jogging with a blue streak behind him until you realize you paid money for this crap.

And, no, this is not a "so bad it's good movie", it's just bad.

LIGHTSPEED may be the worst superhero film ever made. What was Stan Lee thinking of? The special effects are ludicrous and the story is abysmal. It also has four of the worst leading performances committed to cinema: Jason Connery shows none of the suave acting ability of his father and is horribly miscast in the lead role; Nicole Eggert proves her BAYWATCH babe status does not an actress make; villain Daniel Goddard overacts horribly; and Lee Majors---well, no one's ever accused him of being a good actor.
This is definitely a loser.

This movie was so bad that I am speechless. And, what was Lee Majors thinking about when he agreed to do this movie?

Terrible movie... really bad.

Well, yes guys, it's bad plus it got Stan the Man's name on it, shame. Anyway: don't ignore the fact that this is just a TV-production.

If I could give this no Stars I would. It was obviously poorly funded. everything about this movie sucked. I really wish I could have my money back.

From Stan Lee the genius creator of spider-man, x-men, the hulk, fantastic four and other great marvel superheros comes lightspeed a straight to dvd movie. This movie is awesome. i love stan lee's superheros. this is a great movie. If you have not seen this movie then i recommend you do