Lon Chaney was without a doubt one of the best and most prolific actors of the silent era of film, especially when it came to horror. He had the ability to play a huge variety of characters by utilizing the power of good makeup. His son Lon Chaney Jr. Would try to become an unforgettable actor like his father, but most of the movies he appeared in were just average. This movie is a good example of that. It's not horrible, but it probably has one of the lowest user scores I've seen on imdb. I still watched it, but came to roughly the same conclusion in that it is mediocre. It is about a man named Benton played by Chaney who is sentenced to be executed for being a violent criminal. He is killed, and his body is given to two scientists who accidentally manage to bring him back to life via a process that involves a huge amount of electricity. The doctor tries to get blood samples from him, but the needle bends upon coming into contact with his skin. As it turns out, Benton is virtually indestructible. He kills the men responsible for bringing him back to life and goes on a rampage killing other men, including cops sent to track him down. Later on, the cops pursue him into a sewer and this time bring much heavier weapons in the form of rocket launchers and flamethrowers. Benton is burned and takes a bazooka round to his stomach area, severely wounding him. He manages to escape onto a large gantry, which starts moving. It gets blasted with electricity by a nearby power station, and because it's made of metal, it gets conducted into Benton's body, disintegrating him. There's also other characters involved, including Lieutenant Chasen and his girlfriend, but it's not really that important. It just seems like they forced a love story into a movie that didn't need one, and it wasn't enough to salvage the experience anyway. To make things clear, this movie is pretty average. It's not terrible, but it's a shame how Chaney's son never got his same level of praise, and that's mainly because the movies he starred in were mostly forgettable.
Review of Indestructible Man
