The Meteor Man

Writer/director Robert Townsend leads an all-star cast in this magical, inner-city fairy tale about a substitute teacher who finds himself endowed with superpowers after being hit by a meteor., A meek substitute teacher in an inner-city neighborhood becomes a reluctant superhero when he is hit by a meteor and gains special powers, after which he tries to rid the area of a gang of leather-jacketed goons who call themselves the Golden Lords., A schoolteacher is struck by a meteor and develops superpowers in this humorous adventure. The newly created “Meteor Man” works to free his neighborhood from crime but runs into trouble when he finds his powers fading just as he comes into conflict with a powerful drug syndicate., Comedy in which an unassuming schoolteacher finds himself in possession of phenomenal abilities after he is hit by an emerald meteor. But Meteor Man is not the average superhero – his fear of heights, for example, keeps him flying at an altitude of just four feet. But this is unimportant when he discovers that he has acquired the power to help people help themselves., An inner-city school teacher is hit by a meteor, endowing him with super powers., Off-beat superhero comedy written, directed by and starring Robert Townsend. He plays Jefferson Reed, a humble teacher who becomes an overnight superhero after being hit by a meteor! The trouble is, he’s not quite invincible yet…