Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Marva-nova
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Catherina
If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Wizard-8
A few years before this movie was made, the blaxploitation craze among the major Hollywood studios pretty much died out, leaving independent filmmakers to try and carry the genre on despite it being then out of style. Unfortunately, these filmmakers usually had little money and limited skills at filmmaking, and "Abar, the First Black Superman" is one of those cases. How bad is this movie? Well, for starters, it makes the Rudy Ray Moore movie "Dolemite" look absolutely lavish and action-packed. It's incredibly cheap and crudely made. Possibly the filmmakers could have compensated for that in other areas, but they don't. While the script does occasionally give some interesting insight to African-American activism at the time, even this is all but ruined by the story again and again coming to a halt in order to deliver long and tired- sounding speeches and discussions about black rights and responsibilities. Needless to say, all this really slows the story down, so much so that the character of Abar doesn't become a superman until more than 75% of the movie has passed by! And it's not really worth the wait, with Abar doing some really strange stuff with his powers and the fact the movie doesn't end with a satisfying or complete finish. Despite the pretty bad nature of the movie, you will sense that the filmmakers were sincere and that their hearts were in the right place. It's a shame, however, that they didn't have the skills or finances to pull it off, since the core idea of the movie is sound and full of promise. Maybe a remake could get it right.
MartinHafer
A black doctor and his family move to the fancy white suburbs and are met with incredible racism from his new neighbors. He also gets some grief from some in the black community for 'abondoning his people'. You really feel sorry for these people. Eventually, the hatred for these people is so severe that the racists are even willing to kill. The family's only apparent hope is a local black power group--but even they can't protect them 24-7. Ultimately, their hope comes in a VERY bizarre form--a brand new black superhero...Abar! It was very surprising that the first hour of the film was, despite the cheapness, very compelling. Addressing racist attitudes in the fancy suburbs was a very timely idea---though I will be the first to admit that it was handled with all the subtlety of a 2x4 upside your head! It went way too far in handling this, though the emotional toll on the family was well portrayed. As another reviewer pointed out, it was good at addressing the justifiable frustrations in black America. Unfortunately, after the first hour, it literally looks as if they threw away the script and started over--and the entire film changed so dramatically it seemed insane. And, considering where it went next, insane is the best way to describe it!! Yes, Abar becomes a super-hero of sorts after getting a miraculous potion from the doctor. With it, he has amazing mental powers--powers to help prostitutes beat up their pimps, black men to stop playing dice and get educated and other ways that force his community to clean up its act. And Abar's hero outfit? It's a blue leisure suit! Now this sounds stupid and bizarre. Well, it is bizarre but surprisingly non-stupid and interesting throughout. For a cheapo film with seemingly nothing going for it, it's surprisingly fun to watch and has some amazing depth.
spifkewl
This movie is a real trip. If you are not in to cheesy, poorly made films with random cuts, go elsewhere. If you are, this one is for you. A black scientist, Dr. Kincade, moves into a very racist neighborhood and he and his family quickly become the target of vicious attacks. A local black-pride gang known as the Black Front of Unity (aka B.F.U.) headed by John Abar, quickly comes to the aide of the good Doctor. Eventually, Abar becomes the family's personal bodyguard. Improbably, the Doctor has been working on a special serum in his BASEMENT that will make you invincible. This is something you'll just have to except as there is not even the smallest attempt to explain how, or why this serum works or anything. Through a course of interesting plot twists, Abar takes the serum and becomes THE FIRST BLACK SUPERMAN. K, there is the flick in a nutshell. You really have to see it to appreciate just how awesomely B-flicalicious this really is. For instance, the doctor speaks many times of the serum and how it will make a man invincible. He even administers some to a rabbit, which is then shot many times, and fails to die. Abar takes the invincibility serum and shortly there after has the ability to turn a regular plate of food into worms and pro-establishment racist cops into pig-hating hippies. If you like B's, this is a "don't miss".
D.I.Z.
Abar is obviously set up in an extreme environment. The blatant racism may seem to be too much for some viewers, but one must remember that it is just a movie. Actually, when witnessing the acting and editing, I find it hard for the average person to forget that it's just a movie. However, regardless of the poor editing and dialogue delivery, the characters are skillfully (almost magically) developed. The extreme prejudices portrayed in the film may not seem realistic for this day and age, but I think that it compensates for all of the constant problems and issues of minority disrespect/disregard in american society that may seem subtle, but in reality, cause just as many feelings of societal rejection and frustration within minority communities. With this film, I urge the viewer to, first, get a good laugh at the overall makeup of the film, and then check it out again to pick up on some of the issues that "In Your Face (Abar)" presents to our "great" american society.
