Electric Man
Director: David Barras
Writers: David Barras & Scott MacKay
Starring: Toby Manley, Mark McKirdy and Jennifer Ewing
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Electric Man is an independent Scottish flim by writer/director David Barras that deals with the pursuit of the rarest comic, ever. Rarer than Action Comics #1, it’s Electric Man #1, and people are willing to kill for it. That’s the premise, and sadly, that’s the most intriguing thing about this movie because from the first scene on, it flounders on its execution of that premise.

At first, I was convinced Deadhead Comics, where much of the action takes place, was a fake store; a rented space, poorly dressed to look like a comic shop. But I wanted to be sure, and much to my surprise, I was wrong. It’s a real store! In the movie, business sucks, and small wonder, as this is one of the dreariest comic shops I’ve ever seen. So immediately, comics are cast in a poor light. More of that, to come.