A return to the comedy genre in this post and a recent inclusion in the fairly limited group 
of vigilante comedy movies. Super was a low budget 2010 production which cost just $2.5 million to make and somehow manages to feature a range of notable actors including Rainn Wilson (as the hero Frank D’Arbo), Liv Tyler as his wife Sarah, and Kevin Bacon as Jacques the baddie.
Frank is a cook with a beautiful wife (Tyler) who leaves him for Jacques, the local drug dealer. Sarah becomes hooked on drugs. While in the depths of depression, Frank has a vision in which he is spoken to by a character from a TV show called the Holy Avenger. He is told that God wants him to become a superhero and consequently Frank designs a costume and becomes the Crimson Bolt.
He begins to undertake a campaign of retribution against local criminals and becomes a media star, even when he beats up a man queue-jumping. When he tries to rescue Sarah he is shot in the leg and goes to his friend Libby (Ellen Page) for help. Libby is an unhinged comic book store employee who quickly develops a fascination with Frank.
Following a brief sexual encounter (unwanted by Frank), he sees Sarah’s face in his vomit and is inspired to once more try to rescue Sarah. Frank and Libby both head to Jacques’s ranch and begin to despatch the baddies. During this raid Libby is shot and killed and this inspires Frank to even more extreme acts of brutality. He kills all of Jacques’s henchmen and eventually tracks down Jacques himself. During a final fight, Frank is shot and injured but stabs Jacques to death.
In a slightly odd finale, Frank helps Sarah to recover at home but she soon leaves him and starts a family with another man. Frank professes to be happy with this situation and regards his mission from God as one in which he should make Sarah happy. Super is not for the faint-hearted but it is good for a few laughs. Check it out.