Review of Lightspeed (2006) by Joshua B — 20 Jan 2012

The concept behind this movie has way more potential. It's unique that this hero slowly kills himself every time he uses his powers, but that idea never bears much importance on the story. Lightspeed could have been a different kind of hero, especially since he's older than your usual teenage rookie superhero--this guy's in his 40s, yet his story is no different than a younger superhero origin story.

This film is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the editing is downright awful. There's tons of confusing shots, atrocious use of dissolves, and garbage sound mixing and editing. It's really like a high schooler/first time editor worked on this. And there's weak acting to boot that borders on painful at times.

That said, this would be an awesome movie to troll with friends.

Too bad. The cover's pretty badass.