Filipino BATMAN AND ROBIN (UPDATE - I watched it . . . ugh!)

[The Burgomaster]

Oh, boy.  I just ordered this DVD-R from Video Search of Miami.  I've never seen this movie, but it looks like it will be one of the most enjoyable bad movies ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wygrQ1rYeAQ  

After all my years of research into obscure, low-budget movies from around the world, this makes me wonder how much more great (awful) stuff is out there that I don't know about.

[Joe the Destroyer]

There's also a Filipino Batman vs. Dracula (sometimes called Batman Fights Dracula).  I've often wondered about that.

[JPickettIII]

WTF????  

But I will watch it.  Very intriguing!

[SPazzo]

I need to see this movie.  It just looks so...... amazing!
Let us know how it is when you see it Burgo, I want to know whether it's worth it to buy or not.

[Psycho Circus]

Just wait 'til you see the ending! 

[The Burgomaster]

UPDATE:  Well, I just watched it.  The movie is not in English (although, they do occasionally say a few words in English such as, "Batman.  Robin.  My heroes!" and "Good morning, everybody.")  There aren't even any subtitles, so you're on your own!

Here's what I could decipher from the plot:  Two guys decide to dress up as the Penguin and Joker and rob a cash shipment from the Treasury.  A high school student who loves comic books hears about the robbery and decides to become Robin and fight crime.  His (father? older brother? friend? - - I couldn't quite figure out the relationship) agrees to become Batman and join him.  The rest of the movie is a series of comic bank heists (in one scene, the Penguin and Joker mistakenly target a blood bank for a robbery) and fights and every once in a while the actors break out in a musical song-and-dance routine!  One song on the soundtrack is a parody of "Surfin' Safari" by the Beach Boys.  Some of the lyrics are:

"Holy smokes, Batman and Robin!
Oh my God, Batman and Robin!
Praise the Lord, Batman and Robin!"

The Bat Cave set looks like it's left over from an old Sid & Marty Croft Saturday morning show like THE LOST SAUCER or FAR OUT SPACE NUTS.

At the end, the entire cast and a bunch of other people dressed as superheroes (including a midget in a Spider-Man costume) sing and dance to a parody of "At the Hop."  (You can see this on YouTube).

I can't really recommend this movie . . . it isn't funny or wacky enough to ever be a cult favorite . . . and the heroes and villains don't appear on screen enough . . .  but it's okay.  The quality of the DVD-R I bought from Video Search of Miami is significantly better than the YouTube clip I posted at the beginning of this discussion, but it's far from perfect.  It looks like a 3rd generation VHS tape copied onto a DVD-R.  Very watchable, but slightly fuzzy and there are 8 or 10 brief dropouts (about 1 second each . . . nothing significant) during the movie.

Watch it if you dare.