How does a dysfunctional group of wanna be superheroes save the world? That's the question Mystery Men is trying to ask in this superhero satire.

Comedians Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Reubens and Hank Azaria star along side Academy award nominees William H Macy and Geoffrey Rush in a comedy which almost puts the fun back in superheroes. Stiller, Azaria, and Macy are a trio of heroes trying to make a name for themselves as they try to climb out from beneath the shadows of the City's real superhero Captain Amazing. But when Amazing is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, the trio must gather up a bunch of misfits to save the day.

Mystery Men is a great looking film as the opening shots and scenic panning grab our eyes and draw us into a world that feels eerily like Batman's Gotham City and with the ensemble cast, why doesn't it sore? Stiller's "Mr. Furious", Macy's "Shoveller" and Garofalo's "Bowler" are beautiful characters that stand-out as the heart of the film. A huge flaw in Mystery Men seems to be that it is caught in the same web that has brought so many other superhero movies disaster. They introduce so many characters that by the last introduction they don't even make sense anymore.

(2.5 of 5) So Says the Soothsayer.