Typical superheroes have great looks, a tragic past, incredible strength, and flamboyant weapons. However, not all superheroes are the stereotypical crime fighters that are pictured. The film Super (2010), directed by James Gunn, illustrates this notion in various ways exemplifying how an atypical man can find the power within and become the enticing, crime fighting hero that saves humanity.
Rainn Wilson is known for acting abnormal characters and is highly identifiable by his awkward personalities. Like previous characters: Dwight Schrute from The Office or more recently Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom from Backstrom, Wilson portrays the nervous quality in his character Frank Darbo who later becomes The Crimson Bolt. After his wife Sarah, a recovering drug addict, is victimized by a drug dealer, Darbo takes it upon himself to become her savior after researching non-super powered heroes. Despite his discoveries on common heroes, Frank lacks many usual superhero qualities that add to the unconventional, yet unique, hero he becomes.
