User reviews

A rookie Miami police named Dave Speed(Terence Hill) is assigned a mission when he receives a nuclear radiation from a plutonium explosion, gaining superpowers and using them to confront villains . His befuddled pal is a veteran police(Ernest Borgnine substituting Bud Spencer) who doesn't believe the weird deeds are happening. Speed will utilize superpowers to fight a sneering mobster named Torpedo(Marc Lawrence) and his hoodlums(Sal Borgese). But Dave, alike Superman with Kriptonita, lost his power when he sees the red color. Meanwhile arrives Miami a famous actress Rossy la Bouche(Joanne Dru),being the veteran cop her biggest fan .

This silly, slight film blends supernatural fantasy and an intrigue about false money. Abundant struggles, fights with punch, kicks and bounds and leaps. Cheesy and rudimentary effects specials with giant globe included.Awful disco music soundtrack by The Bionda with excessive use synthesizer.Average and quite poor cinematography by Silvano Ipolitti, Corbucci's usual. The motion picture is regularly directed by Sergio Corbucci, a Spaghetti Western expert, such as he proved in¨Django,The Mercenarios,Compañeros,Minessota Clay,Ringo and the golden gun,Hellbenders¨, among others. Rating : Mediocre but entertaining. The film will like to Terence Hill fans.

"Trinity" film series star Mario Girotti (a.k.a. Terence Hill) headlines this amiable superhero parody which should make for decent family viewing. The jokes come fairly fast, and the performances are appropriately hammy. Ultimately, it's kind of a mixed bag; sometimes it's funny and engaging, sometimes it's silly and tiresome. But its upbeat spirit does make it rather hard to resist. It's certainly an interesting credit for the director, Sergio Corbucci, who was better known for Westerns such as "Django" and "The Great Silence". Filmed on location in Miami, it features a loud and bouncy pop score with a theme song that is catchy at first but is eventually used too much.

Hill plays Dave Speed, a rookie cop partnered with weary veteran Sgt. Willy Dunlop (Ernest Borgnine). While on an assignment, Dave is showered with red dust from an atomic explosion, and thereafter acquires superpowers. He's now able to detect crime from a distance, sense elephants coming around a street corner, and catch bullets in his teeth. All of which actually kind of annoys old Willy, not to mention his sweet niece Evelyn (gorgeous Julie Gordon). But Daves' abilities come in handy when he tries to bust the counterfeiting ring run by volatile mobster Tony Torpedo (Marc Lawrence).

There are some good gags in this thing, although it does wear out its welcome in the end. Still, the actors make it worth watching. Joanne Dru also stars as actress Rosy Labouche; Lee Sandman plays police chief McEnroy and put upon thug Paradise Alley is portrayed by Salvatore Borghese. Hill is very likable throughout and Borgnine is quite lively. To add to the humour, Dave finds that whenever he sees the colour red, he temporarily loses his powers. The effects are not particularly special but in something like this, that's not really much of an issue.

Fans of the "Naked Gun" and "Police Academy" series might find this one to their liking.

Six out of 10.

I remember first watching this film way back when it was in heavy rotation on HBO in the early 80s. This was long before I discovered Terence Hill's Spaghetti Westerns like My Name Is Nobody and his Trinity films. I certainly didn't know anything about Sergio Corbucci's impressive body of work. What I did know was that Terence Hill and Ernest Borgnine made for a lot of laughs. The film was never meant to be taken seriously. That should be obvious from the title alone. It's a parody. It's slapstick. It's fun.

If you're not into that sort of thing you probably won't like the film. Of course, if you're not into that sort of thing I don't know why you'd be watching a film called Super Fuzz to begin with.

If you have a sense of humor and enjoy films like Police Academy and Trinity, you'll probably enjoy Super Fuzz.

Nostalgia, its a beautiful thing but sometimes things are better left in the past. In this case I have mixed feelings but I still think this is worth watching and a little ahead of its time in the action comedy genre.

As much as I remembered enjoying this movie I could only muster a small portion of that enjoyment re-watching it recently with my teenagers. My teenagers liked it, but didn't love it.

However, I would still recommended watching it once, it was a fun 80's movie and I have a two more young children and when they hit their mid-late teens, I am sure I will see this again.

This surprises me, cause I don't remember it being dubbed and Ernest Borgnaine was in it. Apparently, though it was. From what I remember it was pretty good too. It revolved around a cop who gains super powers after a nuclear accident. There is one catch though as any time he sees something red he loses his powers. Like I said it was a pretty funny comedy, nothing to great but it is worth a look see.

I first saw this movie when I was 12 and thought it was the greatest movie I had seen so far. In the a good family night movie with pre-teen. It is a corny superhero movie. The humor is great. Not quite as funny for adults. It is not your traditional superhero movie but it is a good comedy. The co-star makes the movie my believable. The superhero starts as a regular police officer who got super powers from a nuclear blast. So superhero stuff is mixed with good comedy. Since the movie was made in the early 1980's it doesn't have modern CGI so the graphics are dated. If you like a good movie with good comedy with the modern bad language than this movie can be a good fit for your family.

This was an HBO classic that I first saw when I was about 7 years old back in 1985. I loved the concept of a super powered cop at the time, and the name, Super Fuzz, was just really cool sounding to a 7 year old boy. I remember pretending to be Super Fuzz and when I saw red I would fall down just like the famous chase scene.

This is great for what it is, a ridiculous cop B-movie that apparently kids from the eighties who had HBO will love and have fond memories from. However, the acting is horrible, and the story is barely there. In the end, prepare to be disappointed and have a small chunk of your childhood ruined. I re-watched it and realized I ruined the innocence of that 7 year old boy. Do yourself a favor. Don't re-watch it if you liked it once upon a time, and if you are just now watching it, then you probably are going to hate it, especially if you were born after 1982. Good Luck!

That was Dave Speed's brilliant explanation for the loss of his superpowers.

I am ashamed to admit I spent most of the summer of 1985 watching this after I'd taped it on HBO. Those precious days will never return, but at least watching Superfuzz was better than real life for me back in 85.

All these years later, to this day, I can sing you the theme song. Now I just need to convince my wife to watch it (5-10 minutes will do).

I give it a 7 just because the pre-adolescent in me deserves a voice too.

When many folks think about Italian movies, they think of the so-called 'Spaghetti Westerns'. However, many don't realize that the Italians made many other films in English--movies about a wide variety of topics (not just westerns or Hercules pictures). A great example is Sergio Corbucci's "Super Fuzz". While Corbucci was famous for his westerns (such as "Django" and "The Great Silence"), by 1980 he was directing many other sorts of films--including this strange cop comedy.

The film finds a cop, Speed (Terence Hill) hit by a rocket containing 'red plutonium'. However, instead of instantly killing him it gives him super powers--such as ESP, telekinesis and mind control! Not surprisingly, this makes him an amazing cop--but the powers strangely come and go. Why? See this incredibly silly film to find out for yourself.

Generally, I think this film would work best for kids, as it has a silly almost Disney of the 1970s style. It certainly is NOT demanding entertainment and much of it is amazingly stupid. But, interestingly, it is also rather likable if you let yourself go and laugh at it for what it is. It ain't meant as high art or the next Oscar-winner--just a silly, low-budget comedy with some very broad humor (such as the sobriety test scene and the last 15 minutes) and a theme song by The Oceans that is very catchy but is played so often that you almost become psychotic after hearing it so many times!

I noticed that some called it a 'guilty pleasure' and 'agreeable nonsense'. I heartily agree!

Yes, I watched this film repeatedly from 1982 to 1986, when it seemed to be on HBO at least six times a week. Yes, my age ranged from 8 to 12 at the time. And yes, it doesn't really appear that much of this films hilarity was intentional. But still, I re-acquired a video copy while in college and my friends and I have not stopped watching it since. A drinking game helps. Everyone pounds their beers when the color red appears on screen. You can also drink every time Ernest Borgnine says 'Get em up there!'. And maybe drink whenever that amazing theme song creeps up in the background. Hilarious. A ten out of ten.

Super Fuzz's infectious stupidity starts right from the get-go and refuses to ease up at any point, with no limit to how ludicrous it can be. With a cheesy theme song serving as a mic drop for whenever the thick Italian accented Terence Hill does anything super, this is a film that's very hard to hate, breezing on by with a deliciously campy tone and irregular internal logic. Directed by legendary Sergio Corbucci, it's a very different type of cinematic experience than what his spaghetti westerns offer but his commitment to the film's tone is why it works so well; I can't recommend Super Fuzz enough if the opening credits don't make you colourblind first. It's a film never meant to be taken seriously, and that should be obvious from the title alone. It's a parody. It's slapstick. It's fun. The sort of thing that's missing from the many superhero films of today.

I was very happy to find this movie for sale after years of searching. Super Fuzz was my favorite movie as a child and I got to see it lots of times since HBO played it every other day in the 1980s. It is not Oscar material or a movie worth owning in most peoples' eyes. The acting is pretty average, the story silly, and the cinematography bland. It is in my collection because of all the 1980s memories it brings back and has a pretty cool theme song.

I must say, after so many years the memory of working as an extra (I was one of the cops and we were paid $50 a day + Burger King for breakfast, lunch and on the last day, dinner. Craft services was a guy with a pen a paper taking orders for whoppers - so much for the glitz and glam) on this film is still as strong as it was nearly 35 years later. That being said and with the acknowledgment that indeed, it was a blast to have had the opportunity to join the fun, it baffles me how anyone can actually consider this B- spaghetti action film one of the funniest flixs ever. At very best it deserves a 3....and I was having a great time. With all due deference to the various wonderful actors who participated - Hill, McHale, Dru, etc., this was not their finest effort. But hey, a payday is a payday in that biz it's tough to be Daniel Day Lewis, or even Billy Bob Thornton for that matter. I did get to have a couple of beers with one of my childhood favorites - Lt. Quentin McHale! Otherwise, please my film loving brethren, reach out and watch more films! Unless you're a real fan of laugh tracks, silly predictable tricks, cumbersome dialog and bad cinematography....try something with a bit more substance.

i could not with a good conscience give this film a 10, but 8 is fair. when i saw this movie again since about twenty years ago, i was elated. i remember bits and pieces of this movie, especially the music, and the voice "super snooper", i remember like yesterday being a little boy looking at this flick, and being amazed that Dave Speed caught that bullet in his mouth, WOW! this movie came up in a conversation with one of my co-workers Mike. and he gave me the name of this movie that i could not for the life of me remember. when i found out it was coming out again in February, i waited patiently and ordered it immediately. this movie is so cool, i love it. this is definitely a classic and should not be forgotten.

I loved this movie when i first saw it back in the early 80's when i was between 5 and 10 years old the i hadn't seen it for about 15 years when a friend of mine rented it (don't ask me how he found it). I had to be about 25 when saw it again and let me tell you, this is one of the worst movies ever made, terrible in every facet. Even the dialog is off sync to the actors lips AND EVERYONE IS SPEAKING English!! My friends and I couldn't even sit through the whole movie. It really ruined a nice childhood memory for me. If you're like me and enjoyed it when you were a kid and want to see it again...DON'T. Trust me on this. Cherish the memory you have of it.

This has to be one of the funniest films ever made. Like so many viewers, I first saw this on HBO, back in 1982. As a kid, few films made me laugh so hard, and so loudly. To this day, Super Fuzz remains as one of the most comedic films around. If you have never seen the movie, please do. You will be pleasantly surprised. The story, about a street cop who literally becomes a super hero, is one I wish other filmmakers would pick up on. I do believe that if this film were marketed more successfully, it could have spawned a tv series. This is material too good to lay on.

Miami cop Dave Speed (Terence Hill) gets covered in a red powder in the Everglades due to a radioactive rocket exploding above him which gives him superman like powers with the colour red proving to be his Kryptonite. He uses his new found powers to bring down Torpedo (Marc Lawrence), a gangster laundering counterfeit money.

A super popular Italian classic (original title POLIZIOTTO SUPERPIÙ) is one of Hill's best loved films (here without regular buddy Bud Spencer), but is filled with cheap slapstick and dreadful set pieces. It has to be admired for its sheer schutzpah with sidekick Ernest Borgnine flying round on a giant piece of bubblegum or Hill accidentally shooting the rocket in the sky above him that gives him his super powers. A couple of old Hollywood stars: Lawrence and Joanne Dru, as well as Borgnine slum it here. The title tune is lively, will most definately have its fans and has some decent Miami locations.

This movie is very funny, i did not know that Terence Hill can be so funny without Bud Spencer. He is playing a cop who becomes a super cop through red colored radiation (dont ask me what that means) It takes time till he notices that he has super powers but his super power comes and goes without a reason. Actually he gets the reason in the middle of the movie. I am not gonna tell it, just go and watch it. Its very absurd in a funny way. You will like it and laugh no matter how absurd it becomes. The scene at the beginning where he is in the jail as he waits for his execution. he is so cool... he eats beans all the time =) i liked it. I could find 1000 jokes in this movie and write it here but you would better watch it! the music is also good...

If this weren't such a transparently stupid comedy, one might think "Super Snooper," "Super Fuzz" or whatever you want to call it, a biting satire of American legal systems. In it, a man reminisces about the story leading up to the state trying to execute him for the fourth time. The flashback that is the main narrative begins with a vacated (presumably, by force) Native-American village being nuked. A Miami policeman, of his own volition apparently, delivers a parking ticket to one of the village's absent inhabitants. I assume it's not proper procedure for police officers to take this sort of initiative, let alone on what one wonders might be an Indian reservation. Anyways, the policeman gets nuked and so, naturally, gains superpowers from it. What does Super Fuzz do with his newfound abilities? Why conduct illegal searches, batter suspects, damage property, put peoples' lives in danger and manipulate his girlfriend of course. But, this cop has intuition, runs fast, walks on water, talks to fish and whatnot, which is what makes all of his run-of-the-mill violations of the law super duper, I guess.

I found the humor occasionally funny, actually, including the final gag on the superhero's vulnerability to the color red. But, much of it's infantile. That, too, would be more tolerable if the film were edited more tightly. I suspect that the theme song was obnoxiously played through a large chunk of the beginning and end of the picture in an attempt to alleviate the leisurely plot. For instance, how many times and different situations unrelated to the main storyline do we need to see of the super bobby demonstrating his powers in stopping or, as the case may be, starting crime? The framing device of the executions is an appreciated addition, though. There's also an actress playing an actress, who's also secretly connected to a criminal organization, which requires her to perform further acting. It also happened to be Joanne Dru's final role, which she appropriately sums up within the film by quipping, "My greatest role--what an ending!"

I bought this movie for a buddy, we were both kids when we watched this film originally. so of course I had to watch it again.

I had mostly forgotten it until the scene -- Dave speed can't shoot an alligator, so holds his gun into the air and shoots (I guess to scare the alligator). He shoots a Nuclear missile (which happened to be flying past), which then explodes giving him his super powers--- later...

Next he has figured out he has powers--he makes a truck roll backwards, using his new telekinetic powers, then (and the facial expressions are great for a laugh) he uses his powers to push it sideways into a parallel parking spot. (Background singers) "Super Superrrr!!!" Hilarious back then--even funnier now though, retrospectively.

"Super Snooper" (that's the title under which I saw this movie) isn't that good. It's actually pretty bad. But it's the kind of bad movie that you can't really complain about. It's not a high minded movie. It's a silly (very silly really) comedy. It doesn't have many laughs. Hardly any actually. But I must admit, I laughed-out-loud at one joke towards the end of the movie. "Super Snooper" somehow manages to have such goodwill that you don't groan at what's going on while you watch it. Terrence Hill and Ernest Borgnine are the main reasons for that. They are both very likeable actors. Hill has so much charm on screen it's hard to explain. All that said, despite being a really stupid movie, I can see myself watching "Super Snooper" again.