Okay, in case some of you were wondering whether or not I'm talking about a Mega Man movie that's been produced by a major motion picture studio...you're wrong. This is a film made by fans for the fans, written and directed by Eddie LeBron. A trailer for the movie popped up around the internet a while back and now the masses can enjoy the finished project...for FREE!
The story chronicles the beginnings of our favorite Blue Bomber. Doctor Thomas Light creates a line of robots, designed to help improve the quality of life for humanity. He also has developed an android named Roll, who feels and looks like an actual human being. Let's set aside why people would need a robot that spouts out bombs (I suppose demolition) and focus on the good intentions of our lovely Doctor. Light's colleague Doctor Albert Wiley has other plans for the bots, plans of the world domination kind. Light dismisses Wiley when he plans to create a brand new android, fueling Wiley's jealousy and anger. Thomas Light successfully creates Rock, a humanoid robot with no sense of purpose in life other than to play the role of a son to Dr. Light and brother to Roll. When Wiley takes control of Light's robots and begins wrecking havoc on the city, Rock volunteers to put a stop to the madness. Light equips his creation with a weapons system and battle armor, transforming him into Mega Man!
I don't want to spoil too much of the plot to everyone, but just know that if you have played one Mega Man game then you know what you're in for. Since this is an independent film, don't expect stellar performances or top of the line special effects. Anyone who has no clue who or what Mega Man is will have little to no appreciation for the film.
On the other hand, since this film was made by fans, then there's barely anything to gripe about with this movie. Eddie LeBron, who wrote and directed this project, attempts to put a narrative into a franchise that has little to no story at all (okay the X series had a massive backstory but we're talking about pre-X Mega Man). If a live-action Mega Man movie ever came into fruition, this is probably the best we'll ever get without anyone in Hollywood tainting the storyline to reach a wider audience. I love what they did with Mega Man's search for meaning in his life and confess that I was a little giddy when a certain "big brother" makes a guest appearance in the film, complete with awesome yellow scarf.
If you have 90 minutes to spare, check out the movie. Don't grade it so harshly on it's low budget but applaud the people that took the time and effort to produce a film for fanboys and fangirls that spent their Saturdays frustrated at how difficult this Nintendo game was. I want more films like this to be made, crossing my fingers for a Punch-Out film! I can't give this a proper rating of Dark Knight Tears because this was clearly made out of love and not to produce a profit, plus its FREE! I love things that are free, and I enjoy the childhood memories I have of Mega Man blistering my thumbs so a rating would be extremely biased.
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Mega Man: The Movie
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