Captain Vitosium: A True Vitosian Hero
| Captain Vitosium: A True Vitosian Hero | |
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| Directed by | |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | Captain Vitosium |
| Produced by | Genoveva Moniz |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Thiago Montenegro |
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| Music by | Cláudia Monteiro |
Production company | |
Release dates | August 17th, 2012 |
Running time | 151 minutes |
| Countries | Timeria, Vitosium |
| Language | English |
Captain Vitosium: A True Vitosian Hero is a 2012 superhero film based on the XD Comics character, Captain Vitosium, produced by Synamatic Studios.
Plot
The film starts in 1976. A man, Jack Mannera, wakes up in some weird cell. Before he has a chance to do anything, the movie cuts to November, 1982. A war in Ushaudal is raging and Sergeant Shawn Avillio stares at this mutated super soldier (False Condor) with a caped hero standing over him. The hero, Captain Vitosium, leaps off and walks towards Avillio before asking if he is okay. Avillio nods sheepishly and thanks the hero. There is a news broadcast covering Captain Vitosium's latest defeat of the Ushaudalian super soldier, False Condor. In a bar, Shawn Avillio talks to his buddy, Sergeant Tulio Braga, about seeing Captain Vitosium face to face a week and a half ago and how intense it was. In walks Chief Warrant Officer Tony Dawson and Chief Warrant Officer Luke Balentos. The bartender recognizes the two. The two of them talk about tensions still being there in Ushaudal. While Luke feels like there is a lot of progress being done, Tony expresses how stressed he is from the amount of work he's had to do outside of being on the battlefield. Avillio is ecstatic to meet two war heroes. While Tony is a bit dismissive, Luke appreciates their enthusiasm. As they leave, Luke tells Tony that he can be a bit more positive in life. In the car, Tony expresses that it has been seven years since they left the simulation and the whole experience really messed with his head, especially the cover up. Luke admits that it was hard for him too and he hasn't fully re-adjusted to civilization but his therapist says to try and be more positive so that is the approach that he is taking.
When the two get to their apartment building, they notice a familiar man in front of their two apartments: Jack Mannera. The three of them are sitting in Luke's living room. Jack says that the past six years have been intense and the three of them will be called back to Ushaudal within the next month. Luke is annoyed as he just got engaged a week ago while Tony is calm, a mix-up of how the two were earlier. They are both curious as to where Jack disappeared to for the past six years. Jack says that he can't say anything about it but he can confirm that he is now the military's new superhero. Luke says that superheroes and supervillains seem like there were just a fantasy from comic books and, now, everything they experienced in the simulation is real and has been real for the past ten years. Agliyya, Vitosium and now Ushaudal have super soldiers and it is absolutely frightening. Tony gets a phone call and walks to the kitchen. He comes back and says that it was just his doctor setting up an appointment to see him. Luke asks which doctor it is, to which Tony says Dr. Val, who is out of town. He's been seeing Val since 1977.
Jack visits his mother, Melanie, and his step-father, Alex Gouveia. His siblings, David, Eddie and Teresa, are also there. Everybody is excited to meet him! Teresa talks about having her fourth baby a month ago, David discusses being a real estate developer and Eddie says that he has published his sixth mystery novel. Melanie asks when Jack is going to leave the army as he has been gone for years and years at a time. Jack says that he's due back in Ushaudal in three weeks and he would love to spend as much time as possible with his family.
It is three weeks later: January 1983. Jack is seen putting on his Captain Vitosium costume as General Atílio Faria comes in the room. He says that it is an honour to be in the Captain's presence. He says that Ushaudal has an unusually high activity of super soldiers. The next three months will determine who wins the war in the end. General Faria says that his recent capturing of False Condor was amazing and he knows he will help them win the war. After he leaves, Lieutenant Márcio Monteiro comes in and says that it has been a few years since he has been checked up on. The One Percent wants to know how things are going. Jack says that his powers are working well and wonders why he needs constant surveillance from The One Percent. Lieutenant Monteiro says that since the incident with General Castro, as well as developing his second ability, they want to keep an eye on their greatest creation. Captain Vitosium says that he is helping his nation because of his loyalty to Vitosium, not because of some shady government organization.
It cuts to the Vitosian army in Ushaudal battling against Ushaudalian soldiers. A super soldier appears, only for Captain Vitosium to fly in and knock him out. Cue a battle between Captain Vitosium and three different super soldiers at the same time. Later, at camp, everybody celebrates. Sergeant Avillio and Sergeant Braga notice Captain Vitosium enter and alert everybody, who cheers for him. Avillio comes up to him and admits to being inspired by him to join the military. Captain Vitosium says something very encouraging to him, smiles, and heads for the General's office. Chief Warrant Officer Luke Balentos walks past them and into the General's office to announce to the General and the Captain that he may have discovered a nearby Ushaudalian base. That night, the Vitosian army experiences an ambush and, thanks to Captain Vitosium, the casualties are minimum. He notices a soldier escape underground and follows him, discovering an Ushaudalian laboratory. After fighting off soldiers and two super soldiers, he discovers a room that has a sleeping Louie Torres in it. He is held at gunpoint by Dr. Andreas Valentine, who reveals that this is, indeed, Louis Torres from the Vitosian army. Despite being fatally stabbed by General Castro while in the simulation, he was able to act quick and save him. Captain Vitosium, not phased at all, is curious why a Vitosian scientist is working with the Ushaudalians.
At that point, Andreas Valentine runs away while aimlessly shooting at the hero, thankfully missing. Valentine is heard using a walkie-talkie, telling somebody that Captain Vitosium discovered Torres and he needs back up. At that point, a masked super runs up to Captain Vitosium and uses portals to battle him, giving the hero a hard time. The battle ends with the masked super running away while Captain Vitosium continues to chase Dr. Andreas Valentine. He then runs into a small, familiar prison. It then flashbacks to 1976. Dr. Valentine is seen behind a couple of scientists looking at Jack Mannera in the cell. Back in the present, a voice somewhere in the room says that his name is Dr. Andreas Valentine, the head scientist of this branch. He comes out, leading to an intense gun-fu fight between Valentine and his arsenal of weaponry and Captain Vitosium and his fists. Valentine manages to escape again when the Masked Super makes a second reappearance and portals him away. Captain Vitosium heads back to the room with Louie Torres, who wakes up with a major headache. He searches the table and screams for Dr. Valentine, who doesn't appear. He then falls back unconscious but not before many things in the room are knocked around with his telekinesis.
Back at camp, Chief Warrant Officer Luke Balentos asks Captain Vitosium in private if he is Jack, to which the hero nods but tells him to keep it a secret as he could be killed for knowing that information right now. Quietly, he warns Balentos to steer clear of Lieutenant Monteiro. As the Captain begins to walk away, Jack says that the past six years makes sense and he hopes that they can find a way to take down the organization. As Captain Vitosium enters the main tent, the General calls him into his office. Inside his office is a tall man in a suit named Victor "Vic" Fieri, who asks to speak to the Captain in private. After the General leaves, Fieri says that he wouldn't normally talk to somebody in a large scale battlefield like this but he has no other choice. He asks if he is the Captain Vitosium of this dimension, to which the hero nods, confused. Fieri says that he found his way here, somehow. In his dimension, countries like Agriyya and Ushaudal don't exist and Vitosium seems much more peaceful to an extent. He even recognized Luke Balentos, who was a war hero that died in his dimension back in 1979. Apparently, he is in 1983 as opposed to 2003. The hero is very confused on the situation and asks for clarification that he is from another dimension. Vic Fieri says that, in his dimension, there was no Captain Vitosium. The man behind the mask died in 1977--friendly fire. He didn't even become Captain Vitosium. He asks for his help to return to his dimension, although the hero doesn't know how. Fieri says that it was a masked super that called himself, "Alternum". When the hero asks who he is, he says that he is Vic Fieri of SPAULDER, an extra-governmental counter-terrorism and intelligence agency, tasked with maintaining both national and global security.
The two of them are in the underground Ushaudalian laboratory. Fieri notices an empty bed with his name (Victor Michael Fieri II) on it and is even more confused. Just then, they are ambushed by a crazed Louie Torres, who keeps calling himself, "Lethal Lynx", a codename Valentine came up with for him. An intense battle between Captain Vitosium and Lethal Lynx, who is now wearing an outfit similar to Lethal Lynx's outfit from the comics, commences. The battle is stopped short when Lethal Lynx flies backwards into a portal created by the masked super, who Fieri recognizes as Alternum. As Captain Vitosium fights Alternum, Fieri notices Dr. Valentine and runs after him. Cornered, Fieri demands to know why he is here and who Alternum is. Valentine says that he wanted his experiment back but it appears that the Victor Fieri who they captured from 22-K was, indeed that dimension's Fieri and not their own. He had Alternum try to bring him back but it appears that he failed. The battle between Captain Vitosium and Alternum rages on, ending with Alternum opening a portal to 22-K. Fieri and a critically injured Valentine jump through the portal, not intentionally by Valentine, while Alternum pushes the Captain through, who grabs onto Alternum and brings him into 22-K as well.
All four appear in the streets of Gatovita where Captain Vitosium and Alternum continue their fight. In the end, the hero manages to unmask Alternum to reveal him to be ... Tony Dawson. SPAULDER comes in, arrested both Alternum and Dr. Valentine. Captain Vitosium realizes that he is no longer in his dimension (74-R) anymore with Fieri welcoming him to the year, 2003. He invites him to join SPAULDER as the credits roll.
Cast
Lorenzo Sashia as Jack Mannera / Captain Vitosium
Channing Renda as Warrant Officer Louie Torres / "Lethal Lynx"
Louie Sashia as Dr. Andreas Valentine
Carlitos Mandao as Chief Warrant Officer Tony Dawson / "Alternum"
Emilia Bellanti as Melanie Mannera
Ivan Giaderi as Victor "Vic" Fieri
Maffeo De Salvo as Chief Warrant Officer Luke Balentos
Vittorio Crisafi as Private Shawn Avillio