Comic Book Villains (2002)

I have been meaning to watch this 2002 movie since seeing it on video store shelves 20 years ago. It has so many potentially appealing elements for me: A solid cast including two of my favorite actors to breakout circa 2000, Donal Logue and Natasha Lyonne. I like heist or crime stories set in unusual milieus, and this one is set in the world of comic stores and collecting that I grew up in. That kind of familiarity with a subculture can be frustrating when filmmakers get it wrong, but the film is written and directed by James Robinson (Starman [the comic, not the movie]), an actual comic writer and collector, so I figured it would feel legit. The few reviews at the time were mediocre, but it seemed like a dark comedy about nasty people, and I often like those more than the average critic/viewer.

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