L'uomo puma (1980)

User Rating:

1.8/10   

Director:

Alberto De Martino

Writers:

Luigi Angelo (screenplay)
Alberto De Martino (story)

Release Date:

14 February 1980 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Low-budget superhero flick about a young man given a mystical medallion by a South American shaman,...

Plot Keywords:

Aztec | Superhero | Mask | Flying | Fall From Height

Cast

Walter George Alton	...	Prof. Tony Farms / Puma Man
Donald Pleasence	...	Kobras (as Donald Pleasance)
Miguel Ángel Fuentes	...	Vadinho (as Miguelangel Fuentes)
Sydne Rome	...	Jane Dobson
Silvano Tranquilli	...	Rankin - Kobras' Lieutenant
Benito Stefanelli	...	Kobras Henchman
Guido Lollobrigida	...	Kobras Henchman
Peter Cellier	...	Museum Curator
Geoffrey Copleston	...	Board Member (as Jeffrey Coppleston)

Also Known As:

The Puma Man
The Pumaman (USA)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Spain:T | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

ADM Films Department--DEANTIR

Trivia:

Star Donald Pleasence once cited this as the worst film he had ever been in.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Puma Man and Kobras are fighting inside the castle, the shot of Puma Man smashing through the wall begins early enough that you can clearly see the hole in the wall has been cut for him, notably the "stone" cut perfectly around his head. He was obviously set up with his head through the wall (like a clown cut-out at the beach) and cued to walk through the flimsy cardboard, because no debris falls before the shot.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Kobras: Your mind and your will belong to me... forever!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Pumaman (#10.3)" (1998)

Who says a superhero has to be super?

The best thing that can be said about this movie is that it was better than, say, any Marvel Comics adaptation... However, that doesn't mean it's good, instead it falls into the category of "Cheesy 70's comic adventure movies." This features a local dork with a "Puma Sense" who is discovered to be a Puma Man by a brute Aztec (who does most of the work in this movie, while Puma Man plays dead and tries to commit suicide) after being thrown out of a window. Hey, I didn't write it! Will he save the day from Donald Pleasance (who needed to feed the wife and kids)? Will he get the girl? Will all of our religions turn out to be wrong, and the Aztec-Alien-Pumaman religion turn out to be right? We don't care! We're too busy making fun of his incredibly inappropriate disco background music, and stupid costume. Bad movie fans unite, you have nothing to lose but your dignity!