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マルコはかつて、強盗に襲われ両親を惨殺された。唯一の家族である弟・チトは、その時のショックで心を閉ざし、入院療養を強いられている。ある日、マルコはジョギング中に通りすがった邸宅に強盗団が押し入る現場に遭遇する。とっさに強盗のマスクを奪って顔を覆い、強盗団を退治。襲われていた住人の女性を救った。覆面ヒーローのニュースを見て少しずつ明るさを取り戻してゆくチトの様子を見たマルコは、お手製の覆面をかぶって“ミラージュマン”と名乗り、悪者たちと戦い続けることを決意するのだが…。
マルコはかつて、強盗に襲われ両親を惨殺された。唯一の家族である弟・チトは、その時のショックで心を閉ざし、入院療養を強いられている。ある日、マルコはジョギング中に通りすがった邸宅に強盗団が押し入る現場に遭遇する。とっさに強盗のマスクを奪って顔を覆い、強盗団を退治。襲われていた住人の女性を救った。覆面ヒーローのニュースを見て少しずつ明るさを取り戻してゆくチトの様子を見たマルコは、お手製の覆面をかぶって“ミラージュマン”と名乗り、悪者たちと戦い続けることを決意するのだが…。
脚本: Marko Zaror / Ernesto Díaz Espinoza / Rocco
音楽: Rocco
撮影監督: Nicolás Ibieta
制作会社: Ronnoc Entertainment / Mandrill Films
> **_He Must Be Crazy About Comic Books_** A genuinely unique and entertaining genre film. This isn't one of those it's so bad it's good type action movies. It has genuine proper care in it's storytelling and a clear love for the superhero and martial arts genre. There's a lot of wild tone shifts here as it goes from low budget Raimi superhero action comedy to a darker tale about an older brother becoming a superhero to hunt down the pedophilia ring that abused his brother in the past. But despite the shifts, the film still works because these themes are imbued and timed perfectly to the character development of MirageMan. He himself is low budget, and i really enjoyed that we actually see him try to figure shit out with his limited resources. They also never tried to go big or be more ambitious with the story. They just stuck with the idea of a man just suddenly putting on a suit trying to do good and how the community reacts around him as he goes from someone that people laughed at, didn't take seriously and even sensationalized, into someone that's finally taken seriously after a final brave heroic act. A big part of what also makes this work is the brilliant acting of Marko Zaror. Who besides his incredible martial arts ability, also shows his amazing capability to "suit-act", in the film's darker moments and really sells the weight of being the older and more responsible brother. All of it just makes for an awesome and entertaining riff on the genre and Im glad that Espinosa, Zaror, and Ibieta are still doing stuff together because their works are just so friggin good.
