I like the premise behind “Superargo,” and while he’s not the most competent superhero, I think in the serial world he could have thrived. The Spanish Italian superhero is a wrestler who once accidentally killed one of his opponents. Seeking redemption he spends his time as a superhero known as Superargo. Superargo is a man who has a ton of superpowers, none of which are ever too effective against his enemies in “The Faceless Giants.” He knows martial arts, and has the power to persuade people to do his bidding. He can also hover in mid-air as a means of meditation, can bend matter to his will, and is apparently bullet proof when it’s convenient to the narrative.
Superargo looks like a cherry flavored version of The Phantom, and spends literally all of his time on screen in his costume. Even when he’s seducing a woman and making out with her, he never takes off his costume. In the final scene he takes off his mask for his girlfriend, but we never see his face, as is the tradition with luchadores. “Ken Wood” aka Giovanni Cianfriglia plays the wrestler Superargo who, with his trainer and sidekick Kamir, are called in to investigate a string of disappearances. World class athletes are being kidnapped and replaced by faceless robots. Said robots are very powerful, if lumbering and slow.
Superargo and Kamir are on the case, as they begin learning about the robots, and realizing that they’re coming from a large castle on a mountain peak run by a madman and his alluring female assistant. “Superargo and the Faceless Giants” is an expectedly silly action vehicle for the character of Superargo and Ken Wood, and while it can be argued it’s a knock off of the Santo series, it packs in some fun camp here and there. The Faceless Giants have to be the most uninteresting super villains in movie history, as they don’t really do much until Superargo leaps at them and tries fighting them off. “The Faceless Giants” is a meandering and over long superhero film, but one that packs some entertainment value for its poor editing, and direction.