Woody Harrelson
Arthur Poppington / Defendor
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Defendor: Directed by Peter Stebbings. With Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Michael Kelly, Sandra Oh. Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona, known as "Defendor", combs the city streets at night, in search of his archenemy, Captain Industry.
Defendor is a 2009 Canadian-American vigilante comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Stebbings in his directorial debut. It stars Woody Harrelson as Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona named Defendor, with Elias Koteas, Michael Kelly, Sandra Oh and Kat Dennings in supporting roles.
Defendor's reach occasionally exceeds its grasp, but this unique take on the superhero genre is held together by Woody Harrelson's solid performance. Read Critics Reviews
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- Comedy, Drama
- R
Made with in San Francisco. Despite lacking any actual superpowers, Arthur Poppington is the vigilante Defendor. Danger beckons when he tries to protect the city's innocents.
A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor.
Jul 2, 2017 · Defendor 2009 Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona, known as 'Defendor', combs the city streets at night, in search of his arch-en...
Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona, known as "Defendor", combs the city streets at night, in search of his archenemy, Captain Industry. A crooked cop, a mob boss, and the young girl they abuse are the dwellers of a city's criminal underworld.
Feb 26, 2010 · In Defendor, reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry.
Armed only with a childlike sense of wonder and his quirky arsenal of cheap, homemade gadgets, he becomes DEFENDOR! He finds an unexpected partner when he rescues and falls for a local prostitute (Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist).
Despite lacking any actual superpowers, Arthur Poppington transforms himself into the costumed vigilante Defendor. But danger beckons when our hero tries to protect a young prostitute from an assailant who turns out to be a corrupt undercover cop.
