The Superhero (2007)

Director
Adam Simcox

Main cast
Damien Hannaway; David Platt; Ana Rosa De Eizaguirre Butler; Susan Simcox; Hilly Barber

Genres
Action, Fantasy, Foreign, Thriller

Description
A city is brought to its knees by an army of drug addicts. A masked vigilante desperately fights back. The line between good and evil blurs into one.


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