Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34212 in VHS
• Released on: 2002-01-01
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Format: NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Whiniest super hero vs. Evil chromedome in a silver mumu
The 4 stars are for being such an ridiculously bad film you can't help but laugh your hinder off, whether it's the MST3K version or the "unadulterated" version. Donald Plesance is the villain that looks like an earlier version of Dr. Evil. He steals an Aztec mask from a sacred cave (from Pumaland, no doubt), A hulking Aztec named Vadinho, journeys to England to find the Puma Man. Why is this Puma Man in England, where nothing resembling a Puma has ever been noted. Oh well, the movie tells us he's there so I'll play along. So how do you find a Puma Man? Yellow Pages, Personal Ad, perhaps stake out a lamb in an open field? Nah. Just throw out some poor shmoe from a high rise building and if he doesn't go splat, you get yer man (no joke)!

After a few noted failures to fill the Puma Man position, a paleontologist named Tony is found an acceptable applicant. Tony has the disposition of a 3 year old; whiny and annoying. After much cajoling and bullying, Vadinho convinces Tony to take on our villain bent on World domination (again Dr. Evil-esque). The other reviewers have already noted his unorthodox method of flying (Pumas can fly?!?), so nuf ced about that.

Of course every Puma Man has to have a ditzy blonde bimbo girlfriend with a penchant for wearing WWI fighter pilot cap minus the goggles- doesn't every super hero? If this chick has more than 5 brain cells, then Michael Jackson is normal.

Every aspect of this film, is laugh-out-loud bad! Of the Sci-Fi era Mystery Science Theater episodes, this is one of the best. Rhino must release Werewolf, Jack Frost and Puma Man on DVD. Classics must be preserved.

Can Bad Be Good?
I must say, this movie is the mother of all B movies. I first saw this a couple of years ago on Mystery Science Theater 3000, and it has been since on of my favorite examples of film making at it's worst-which may be to your benefit. A sad, wimpy man named Tony is the man called "Puma Man." His special abilities include ticking off his Aztec sidekick, Vadhino, falling out of tall buildings, flying with his butt higher than his head to an 80's porn soundtrack, and playing dead. Also, our "hero's" costume is made of a pair of faded Dockers, penny loafers, and a cotton sheet tied around his neck. Donald Pleasance, who seems to be trying very hard to pulverize-into-dust his already dead career, plays the bad guy who likes to make play-doh heads of world leaders to shoot with a light that I think is supposed to be a laser. I don't exactly understand what Puma Man is trying to save the world from, or even why the Puma Powers were bestowed upon his sissy person, but I think that Vadhino is about the only saving grace. ... I reccomend watching both this version and the MST3K version, so you can laugh at other peoples jokes and make your own. Sooooooo, I give this movie 5 stars, because it's so awful, it's funny. A must for any MST3K fan. P.S.-don't miss the last scene, it's the funniest in the movie!

Never fear! It is I, PUMA MAN!!!!
This has got to be one of the most inane and insane superhero movies of all time. Compared to PumaMan, The 'Greatest American Hero' is Superman!

Tony is some sort of museum caretaker or something, and one day he is thrown out of a third story window by a hulking, stone faced, Aztec high priest. When he is not hurt he runs away from the priest who gives chase. Later on in his home, he discovers he can see in the dark where the priest is lurking. He also has a sort of 'puma sense' that tells him when danger is afoot.

Now in the beginning of the movie we have these aliens who travel in a large lighted ball that leave behind a golden mask. Donald Pleasance finds it and uses it to hypnotise people to do his bidding. Once they are hypnotised, a plastic head appears in his headquarters like some strange trophey room or something.

The plot here is really not even worth discussing. The star of the movie is Puma Man, so I will talk about him. He whines alot, and flys at about three miles an hour. The real problem is, is that he flies with his butt way up in the air while his head and feet are down, something like a non-spinning boomerrang. To watch this guy fly around is worth the price of admission.

Now with a name like Puma Man, so you think he would resemble a Puma in any sort of way. When you think Batman or Spiderman, you can see the similarities. Not so with the great PumaMan. He wears beige Duckhead trousers, loafers, a black sweatshirt thing with an Aztec inscription, and a silk type cape that doesn't even reach his lower back. A mask is not necessary either. Whether he is Puma Man or Regular Man, his hair is always styled and his face is shown.

The only other worthwhile thing to mention is the soundtrack. Fight scenes and chase scenes both have great late 70's disco music, or very early New Wave music, it's hard to tell.

So next time you feel like watching a superhero movie and are sick of the Hollywood over-budget and over-hyped flicks, get yourself a copy of PUMAMAN!!!!!!!