Sharing DNA with everything from The Terminator and contemporary superhero films to The Fisher King and Liquid Television, Adam Egypt Mortimer's Archenemy is named for a villain who may exist only in the mind of a homeless schizophrenic.
Joe Manganiello plays that man, who calls himself Max Fist and claims to be a hero who got stuck on our Earth after saving all life in some other dimension; that claim's truth may or may not matter to the aspiring blogger (Skylan Brooks) who wants to ride Fist's boasts to viral fame.
A critique of post-millennial journalism is one of several ideas raised but mostly abandoned in this genre pastiche, which never really coalesces despite some promising elements.
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