Pushpa’s escape from underworld thugs is so hilariously outlandish (he careens through a jungle blindfolded), I immediately wanted the sequel. The big musical numbers and clean, fluid fight choreography are enrapturing. The single-named hero advances through the ranks of the smuggling operation, wrestling power from a ruthless dealer along the way. But “The Awakener,” even in its depravity, refreshingly restores that power of meaning. The glut of American superhero films can obscure the richness of the genre, especially its potential for political statements.

He later teams with a hacker (Tainá Medina) to hunt down the other dishonorable governmental string pullers.

During a protest, Montessant dons a gas mask with red-lighted vision and beats the governor with his bare hands to a bloody pulp. Now the once straightedge agent wants revenge.īased on the Brazilian graphic novel “O Doutrinador,” the directors Gustavo Bonafé and Fábio Mendonça’s vigilante superhero film features bloody and brutal murders set to a raucous punk score. Although the slug injures her, what kills her is the inadequate care provided by an underfunded hospital. Worst yet, an errant bullet strikes Montessant’s young daughter while she is on the way to a Brazilian soccer match. But Montessant knows that regardless of the mountain of evidence facing Corrêa, he will go free, aided by a corrupt government. The Brazilian federal agent Miguel Montessant (Kiko Pissolato) has just arrested a corrupt governor, Sandro Corrêa (Eduardo Moscovis), on charges of embezzling public funds from hospitals.

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