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''[[The Meteor Man]]'' is a 1993 [[Superhero Movie]], starring Robert Townsend alongside an [[Ensemble Cast]] ranging from well -known black actors and comediescomedians such as [[The Jeffersons|Marla Gibbs]], [[Star Wars|James Earl Jones]], [[Benson|Robert Guiliaume]], [[Jingle All the Way|Sinbad]] and even [[Bill Cosby]] himself, to then-up -and -coming black actors such as Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his was a with his previous film The Five Heartbeats. Although neither of films [[Box Office Bomb|fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.
 
[[The Hero|Jefferson Reed]] is a mild-mannered schoolteacher in a neighborhood terrorized by gang activity. Jeff tries to help a woman who is being mugged by two kids apparently trying to get into the Golden Lords. The woman flees but the entire gang shows up and proceeds to chase Jeff. He hides in a dumpster for hours. After leaving the dumpster, he spots a falling meteor and tries to run away. [[The Call Knows Where You Live|But his life is changed dramatically]] when he awakes in the hospital realizes the effects of the meteor gave him [[Combo-Platter Powers|a number of different superpowers.]] He decides to don a superhero identity, Meteor Man, and to use his powers [[They Fight Crime|to fight crime.]]
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* [[Acrophobic Bird]]: Meteor Man never flies more than a few feet from the ground due to his fear of heights.
* [[A God Am I]]: The [[Big Bad]] after he {{spoiler|gains powers from the meteor and bests Meteor Man in battle.}}
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