Imogen Bailey, Jack Thompson, Pat Thompson
An oil baron drills oil wells in a sacred Indian swamp and awakens a mystical monster, who is the soul and spirit of the swamp. When the monster rises from the depths of the swamp, seeking revenge, a ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005
Stats: 271 reviews
The setting definitely adds to the mood, but that's really the only thing going for this movie. I was expecting more from a Marvel film, but, then again, I don't like gory horror movies (which I didn't know this was gonna' be). I coulda' done w/o the sex scene at the beginning, too.
Nothing like the Marvel Comic book character, but a one look wonder all the same...
Of all the recent out-pouring of Marvel comic characters to make it to the big screen, this is by far my biggest disappointment...and it's a shame too really. This COULD HAVE been a good movie if the makers of the film had actually read a "Man-Thing" comic. An interesting and sym...( read more)
I am a fan of the Man Thing comics but this movie was a real disappointment. It seemed they strung the story and the movie way to fast. Plus you really don't see Man Thing in the movie. They could have done so much more for this character.
If you thought that Daredevil, Fantastic 4 or Ghost Rider were bad movies made from Marvel comics you really haven't seen anything yet. I don't know that much about the comic book version of Swamp...er, Man-Thing but from what little I've read online he wasn't the bastard son of...( read more)
What an incredible waste of film. Awful. Just utterly detestable and worthless. Poorly written, poorly acted and poorly shot. It's just a crappy movie with few, if any charms.
What intrigues me about this film is the fact that there would have been some nice twists and ideas in this movie but were ultimately taken out. I wonder why. Some deleted scenes on the DVD of MAN-THING are actually better than the ones that made it into the film.
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