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Mystery Men Film Locations

Mystery Men Film Location Downtown Los Angeles

Mystery Men Film Locations

The movie starts with The Red Eyes gang terrorizing a retirement center in Champion City. The MacArthur (The Elks Lodge No. 99 / Park Plaza Hotel) serves as the retirement center. In 1983, the City of Los Angeles designated the building as City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Historic-Cultural Monument No. 267. The building has appeared in countless movies, television shows, and commercials.

Mystery Men Film Location Park Plaza Los Angeles
Mystery Men Film Location Park Plaza Los Angeles
Mystery Men Film Location Park Plaza Los Angeles

After Captain Amazing takes down The Red Eyes gang, the group heads to the Lakeside Diner to discuss their failings. They run into the leaders of the Disco Boys when leaving the diner. I took the comparison photo awhile back before the demolition of the 6th street bridge. It was the bridge’s arcs that provided me a clue to the location.

Mystery Men Film Location Downtown Los Angeles
Mystery Men Film Location Downtown Los Angeles
Mystery Men Film Location Downtown Los Angeles

The Blue Raja’s house, where Jeff lives with his mother, is located in Angelino Heights. Of course, the Sanders House is famously known as the “Thriller” house from Michael Jackson 1984 music video “Thriller”. Wandering this street, you’ll, also, come across the “Halliwell Manor” from the TV Show “Charmed”.

After a slight victory against Casanova Frankenstein, the Mysery Men head out to Hop Louie to celebrate.

Mystery Men Film Location Chinatown Los Angeles
Mystery Men Film Location Chinatown Los Angeles

Mystery Men Film Location Chinatown Los Angeles
Mystery Men Film Location Chinatown Los Angeles

Later in the movie, the Sphinx trains the Mystery Men at the Los Angeles County Arboretum

Mystery Men Film Location Arcadia California
Mystery Men Film Location Arcadia California

Film Locations

The MacArthur – 607 S Park View St, Los Angeles, CA 90057

“Lakeside Diner” – 6th Street parallel to 6th Street Bridge between Santa Fe and Mesquit, Los Angeles, CA

Sanders House – 1345 Carroll Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Hop Louie – 950 Mei Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Los Angeles County Arboretum – 301 N Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007

Other locations are lower Grand Avenue and Huntington Gardens

Links and References

More information on this movie can be found at IMDB and Wikipedia.

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