Day 156 - Defendor (Canadian)

"Dr. Park (Sandra Oh), a psychiatrist, is interviewing Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson), a vigilante known as "Defendor", who tells about assaulting a police officer who claims to be working undercover. Dooney (Elias Koteas) is a corrupt detective who Defendor believes is in the employ of his nemesis, "Captain Industry". Arthur's mother left him as a child, and died from drug abuse some years later. His grandfather said that the "captains of industry" killed her. As a child, Arthur misinterpreted this and thought that a particular man was responsible.
Arthur is arrested for assaulting Dooney, but Fairbanks (Clark Johnson), the police captain in charge, connects with Arthur because their grandfathers both served in the First World War. After Arthur is released, he takes his trench club and disappears.
Arthur is living in the government construction depot where he works during the day. His life is very solitary, but after another confrontation with Dooney, he meets Angel (Kat Dennings), a prostitute who was smoking crack with Dooney. After he is brutally beaten by Dooney's friends, she helps him recover. She also informs him of Captain Industry's whereabouts and that his real name is Radovan Kristic (A. C. Peterson). He lets her move in with him, and enlists her help in apprehending Kristic. Angel reveals her real name is Katerina Debrofkowitz."

A bizarre and somewhat interesting comedy drama starring Woody Harrelson and Kat Dennings. Woody's portrayal of the character was quite interesting, it's not a character I've seen him act before. While the beautiful Kat Dennings played a character that has similar traits to most of her characters except for her character in this film smokes crack.  Her character was interesting but she's not as important as Arthur is. It was also nice to see Sandra Oh, she's beautiful and a great actress even if she had a small role in this film. I would suggest these film to those that like comedies that borderline on bizarre and stupid laughable.


2/5