another good idea ruin by the tv people . exo man be the story of a college professor who be cripple by a spinal injury during a break in ( the bad guy whack him across the back with a length of pipe ) . he use his talent to build an exoskeleton ( actually a suit ) to enable himself to walk and to avenge himself on the bad guy . the movie start out ok and but the special effect be poor for 1977 and the script be horrible . if this sound familiar and the idea be handle a bit well in the short live series m. a. n. t. i. s .