"Supercon" Review by Tim Hellman

'SUPERCON': Three Stars (Out of Five)

A comic book convention caper comedy, about a team of small-time celebrities who decide to rob the convention they worked at. It stars Ryan Kwanten, Maggie Grace, Russell Peters, Clancy Brown, Mike Epps and John Malkovich. It was directed by Zak Knutson, and written by Knutson, Andrew Sipes and Dana Snyder. The movie has gotten mostly negative reviews from critics, and fans, but I found it to be mildly amusing.

Adam King (Brown) is a former TV icon who still makes a lot of money touring comic book conventions, with the help of a corrupt promoter named Gil Bartell (Epps). A group of comic book artists, and other smaller TV stars, get into a fight with King one day, and they're all fired because of it. Matt Wheeler (Kwanten) comes up with a plan to rob Bartell and King, by stealing the money they make from the convention. The team of misfits recruit another former TV icon, Sid Newberry (Malkovich), to help them.

The film has some colorful visuals, and a nice cast. I really liked seeing Kwanten and Grace together, after just seeing the duo in 'THE HURRICANE HEIST'earlier this year, and they're both good in both films. Of course the veterans are the scene stealers (Brown, Malkovich and Epps), and the movie definitely has a few good laughs. For me it was worth watching at least, and I think it's a heck of a lot better than it's IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes ratings! It's of course nothing great or special though.

Official Stills for the Upcoming Convention Comedy "Supercon"

Archstone Distribution recently send us stills for their upcoming release of "Supercon" The film stars Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood," "The Oath"), Maggie Grace (“Lost", Taken), Clancy Brown (Thor: Ragnarok, The Shawshank Redemption, Starship Troopers), comedian Russell Peters (New Years Eve, Chef), Mike Epps (The Hangover, Resident Evil: Extinction), Brooks Braselman (“Aqua Teen Hunger Force”), and John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, In the Line of Fire, Dangerous Liaisons).

"Supercon" hits theaters in limited release and VOD on April 27th.

Press Release:

Archstone Distribution will release the upcoming comedy SUPERCON in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD on April 27, 2018.

SUPERCON stars Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood," "The Oath"), Maggie Grace (“Lost", Taken), Clancy Brown (Thor: Ragnarok, The Shawshank Redemption, Starship Troopers), comedian Russell Peters (New Years Eve, Chef), Mike Epps (The Hangover, Resident Evil: Extinction), Brooks Braselman (“Aqua Teen Hunger Force”), and two time Academy Award® Nominee John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, In the Line of Fire, Dangerous Liaisons). The film is directed by Zak Knutson (Milius) from a script by Knutson, Andy Sipes (“Dallas & Robo”) and Dana Snyder (“Aqua Teen Hunger Force”).

In SUPERCON, its another weekend, another comic convention for former TV actor Keith Mahar (Peters). Most people don’t recognize Keith. His only claim to fame was as a child star in an 80’s television show. Keith reluctantly joins his close friends,cartoon voice-over actor Matt (Kwanten) ,comic book artist Allison (Grace) ,and 80’sTV star Brock (Braselman),who are also working the convention, but things take a turn for the worst when Keith’s former co-star and Supercon’s big ticket draw for the weekend — Adam King (Brown) — decides to have this group fired and banned from the convention with the help of the convention promoter. This launches the friends on a crusade to bring down King and the promoter in the most epic way imaginable.