I'll be honest, I don't give a monkeys about the mainstream "superhero" films, such as those in the so-called Marvel Universal and the DC Universe. I fail to see the appeal myself, but they seem to be in favour at the moment and generate bucketloads of cash at the Box Office so what do I know?

Outside of this mainstream sphere, we have everybody else and lesser known superheroes. Such as Antboy. Which could be described as a total rip-off of Spiderman even down to how the kid gets his Ant powers. Based on a Danish comic of the same name, this Dutch production is clearly as cheap as chips but yet managed to look like it had a bit of money thrown at it. It's not a bad little production for what it is, American productions on similar budgets manage to look cheap. This doesn't.

Anyway they must have done something right as this generated two sequels. On Amazon Prime its been dubbed into English. I dare say there may be a version with subtitles floating around too somewhere. It's an interesting slightly quirky take on the superhero genre. I quite enjoyed it. Nothing new here but it was different, if nothing else.

Antboy is one of those lesser known, great films that doesn't get the respect it deserves.

When I first say it I was amazed on the quality, effect and the humor of this new hero.

Antboy is underrated and I wish people knew more about him.