Neutron the Atomic Superman vs the Death Robots (1962)

You just gotta love these 60s-era lucha movies!, 28 September 2018

The quick pitch:  Masked luchador and superhero Neutron must do battle with the mad Dr. Caronte and his band of zombie-like creatures if he is to save the world from a neutron bomb.

You just gotta love these 60s-era lucha movies!  I readily admit that Neutron the Atomic Superman vs the Death Robots isn’t a good movie by any normal standards.  Neutron comes across a bit like the poor, red-headed stepchild of the better known Santo films. Everything about the movie - acting, sets, lighting, special effects, direction, pacing, cinematography, script, fight choreography - it all scrapes the bottom of the proverbial barrell.  And to make things even worse, the movie features some of the worst dubbing I’ve ever heard. It sounds like you took the dialogue and converted it into about a dozen languages before you finally hit on English. It’s pretty poor. But despite all that, Neutron the Atomic Superman vs the Death Robots is just bizarre enough and just fun enough to make it worth watching.  From Dr. Caronte’s over-the-top pronouncements to the ridiculous way the bomb is planted at the airport to the silly looking death robots to the unibrowed mini-me named Nick, there’s something to be seen and experienced around most every corner.

5/10