3 Dev Adam (1973)

Also known as Turkish Captain America for those of us who don’t know how to pronounce 3 Dev Adam. Some of us also feel that its literal English translation of Three Mighty Men isn’t enough to communicate the effect of a micro-budget film in which Captain America and Mexican wrestler Santo face off against the evil Spider-Man. Yep, Spider-Man’s the bad guy here. He’s a psychotic mob kingpin who’s happy to kill a girl with a boat propeller and isn’t above feeding his enemies alive to rats. I guess the Turkish in 1973 didn’t have their Marvel Comics lore down, yet. This is the worst movie you’ll see all week, but a brain cell-melting good time if you’re in the right company. It’s a prime product of the Turkish exploitation film industry of old, who shirked the laws of copyright as well as basic storytelling sense. This is a film that will get you drunk, even if you don’t drink.

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