The Meteor Man (1993) | The First Black Superhero Blockbuster That Hollywood Forgot
The Machine rockets Truman and Landen straight into 1993, drops a glowing meteor at their feet, and tells them to figure out how one of the decade’s most ambitious superhero comedies vanished from cultural memory. Along the way, they wade through neon-lit street gangs, sky-high optimism, and the strangely earnest worldbuilding of a film that tried to save the world with community organizing and superpowers.
The Meteor Man is a family-friendly superhero comedy starring Jefferson Reed (Robert Townsend, Hollywood Shuffle), Michael (Eddie Griffin, Undercover Brother), and Simon (Roy Fegan, The…
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