Big Kids movie night
The Golden Blaze
The story
The Golden Blaze is a 2005 American animated superhero film written by Archie Gips and directed by Bryon E. Carson. The feature, starring the voices of Blair Underwood and Michael Clarke Duncan, had a limited theatrical run making it the second flash animation ever to be theatrically released, after Mexico's Magos y Gigantes in 2003, and the first in the United States. The film is animated and stylized like a comic book. It also took top honors at the prestigious 2005 Giffoni International Film Festival.
The film had a limited theatrical release on April 29, 2005, and released to DVD on May 10, 2005.
Plot
This feature-length animated movie follows the troubles of two school kids. Fierce rivals, the two regularly butt heads over all manner of issues, ranging from the trivial to the important. The film enters the fantasy realm as an accident occurs and the two boy's fathers suddenly possess some lethal superpowers, allowing them to enter into battle at the behest of their offspring.
Cast
Blair Underwood as Gregory Fletcher/Golden Blaze
Khleo Thomas as Jason Fletcher/Sure Shot
Michael Clarke Duncan as Thomas Tatum/Quake
Ricky D'Shon Collins as Leon Tatum
Neil Patrick Harris as Comic Shop Owner
Sanaa Lathan as Monica