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Ty Burr
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An inner-city superhero fantasy in which a mild-mannered teacher (writer-director Robert Townsend) gains powers and fights crime after he's struck by a glowing green meteor. The movie wears its community-action message like a proud chest logo, but the message ends up terribly mixed. How do you put across an antigun statement when the finale hinges on the good guys having more weapons than the bad guys?
Posted Aug 27, 1993
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- Movie Review The Meteor Man (1993) | Ty Burr
- Movie News THE MAKING OF A ROCK STAR (1993)
- Movie News Robert Townsend resurrects his flagging film's fortunes (1991) | Christopher Vaughn
- Movie Review The Five Heartbeats (1991) | Owen Gleiberman
- The 5 Best DVDs ''A Soldier's Story'' is one of the best movies about blacks in the military (1984)
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