{"id":41823,"date":"2023-10-03T21:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/defendor\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:10:16","slug":"defendor","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/defendor\/","title":{"rendered":"Defendor"},"content":{"rendered":"
By day, Arthur Poppington (Harrelson) works at a construction site; by night, he is the mighty Defendor, a costumed vigilante who keeps Hamilton safe from his arch nemesis, Captain Industry.<\/p>\n
Outfitted in a homemade costume, Defendor may not have special powers, but he is nonetheless dedicated to protecting the streets and fighting crime. He battles a corrupt cop (Koteas), befriends the tough and streetwise Kat (Dennings) and schemes to bring down a local mob boss, all while a court-appointed psychiatrist (Oh) tries to get to the bottom of his conviction that he is, in fact, a superhero.<\/p>\n
Turning the superhero genre on its head, Defendor <\/i>is a bittersweet and emotionally affecting take on our comic book\u2013obsessed culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By day, Arthur Poppington (Harrelson) works at a construction site; by night, he is the mighty Defendor, a costumed vigilante who keeps Hamilton safe from his arch nemesis, Captain Industry.… <\/p>\n