This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

I've never seen anything this beatiful in my entire life before.

"Italian Spiderman" is a 40-minute Australian short film from almost 10 years ago written and directed by Dario Russo and he is also the dubbed voice of the lead actor here. Obviously, his ethnic roots contribute to the story behind this movie as we see a fat guy with long hair and a mustache playing Spiderman here. However, the only thing that this weak film here has in common with Spiderman is that the main character wears a red costume. Also I cannot remember when Spiderman used guns like he does in this film. I guess that must be the Italian mafia connection? Very creative. Not. This film does not only look very amateurish from start to end, it also has forgettable acting and none of the jokes are really funny, nor the antagonists interesting. Pretty bad movie that profited obviously from the title character's popularity and became slightly well-known itself thanks to that. Absolutely not deserved. Not recommended.

If you're a fan of silly Aussie TV series Danger 5 then there's a good chance that you'll also enjoy this earlier effort from director Dario Russo. It's more silly than surreal, but it does a great job of parodying its chosen genre: the pulpy '60s/'70s foreign action adventures that gave their own unauthorised spin on popular American superheroes.The basic plot goes something like this: Italian Spiderman (David Ashby) is a macho crime-fighter who loves his women, his macchiato coffee, and his cigarettes. He leaps into action after master criminal Captain Maximum breaks into the lab of Professor Bernardi and steals an asteroid that possesses the power to replicate living creatures, including humans.Russo captures the look and feel of the era brilliantly, with grainy, saturated photography, wild editing, cheesy action, hot babes, bad special effects, and a groovy soundtrack. The fun includes a thoroughly unconvincing motorbike chase scene, a surf challenge between Spiderman and Captain Maximum that involves bikini babes and penguins, a cool psychedelic sequence, and a brutal showdown in a quarry that sees our hero single handedly taking on Maximum's henchmen before blowing the main bad guy sky high. Just like the real thing, the whole affair is blessed with an irresistible lack of logic.7/10, plus a bonus point for Professor Bernardi's sexy daughter Jessica and his tasty lab assistant Judy. Minus one point, however, for the irritating 'shocked' character who wobbles his head from side to side. So that's 7/10 then!

Watched this movie some weeks ago it was maybe the funniest movie i have seen this year. The thing i loved the most about it was it's low budget humor. everything is "ment" to be low quality My possibly favorite scene would haft to be the surfing fighting scene where Italian spider man summons penguins to attack, with his super powers, was pretty dam funny.Another funny scene is when Italian spider man uses his mustache as a boomerang and uses it against the main protagonist. definitely worth the watch! 11/10The movie was short but perfect, worth the watch for anyone with a good sense of humor