Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel – Movie Review
Need your fix of super-hero cinema before Black Panther pounces into theaters this February? Well Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel is a January release that’s got more comic book fun and celebrity cameos than you can shake a pyramid tipped rod at. Don’t worry, it’ll make sense later. As a comic book reader for nearly 3 decades I was curious to see what this Surge of Power sequel was all about, especially since I hadn’t heard of the original. Though judging by the plot and tone, creator and star, Vincent J. Roth is obviously in the same boat. By that I mean he’s definitely a long time comic book fan, not someone who hadn’t seen the first film, that would be…odd. Luckily the film features some flashback scenes in both animated and live action forms to catch us up on the lore of the Surge of Power universe, but what is this movie all about, you ask? Surge is cinema’s first out gay superhero and encounters his nemesis,