by Chris Eaton-
I love 2nd and 3rd world knock offs! India use to pump them out like Columbia makes coke. One of my favorites was the insane 3 Dev Adam, in which an Evil Spider-Man faces off against a very Hindu Captain America and El Santos. The glory of the blatant copyright infringement. Ah.
Well, with international law being what it is today, these foreign movie studios have to be a little more creative with how they go about their knock offs. Currently Malaysia, a humble cheap labor nation, is producing their own Iron Man knock off: Mantera.
What the hell is it about? Well, the blog site has this:
The first Malaysia Sci-Fi movie. About a boy, Azman who stumbled upon a nano-tech glove which can transform his motorbike into a body armor. The technology was created by a genius scientist at Western Tech.Corporation,Dr.Natasya Irina Pushkin.However when she realize that her creation will be used by some man with power to destroy the world,she determined to sabotage it.
In the meanwhile..
Sam Weston, the owner of Weston Technologies is furious over the security breach in his Research Lab. The prototype of his latest weapon system “Mantera” or MAN – Transformable Exo-Robotic Armour was sabotaged and destroyed. Invaluable research data was stolen and deleted from the company’s mainframe. His main scientist who is leading the research team, Dr. Natasya was missing. The buyer for the new technology is pressuring Sam to deliver the prototype or the deal is off. To make matter worse, the wreckage and debris from the destroyed “Mantera” was accidentally shipped to the other side of the world…. to a young man by the name of Azman, in Malaysia. Who is Azman, and what makes him the chosen one? Everything will be revealed in ‘MANTERA’.
Delightful. I do like the designs of the armour so far, and the trailer, below, has a villain ballsy enough to wear a dead mink on his shoulders. For killing cute animals and wearing their belts is the second sign of evil. Enjoy!
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Fantastic… I kind of want to see this movie. FYI, It’s not an Iron Man Knockoff – that story line has been used so many times before. If any, it’s more Guyver, except it’s not alien.