Look, after last year’s ‘Superman” reboot letting me down, I went in to see “Supergirl” over the weekend with very low expectations.
Honestly, I’ve learned my lesson in getting my hopes up for superhero movies of any fandom as of late and was more than glad to nearly have the theater to myself so I could enjoy this flick without interruptions.
Supergirl took an arguably minor character and catapulted her into the spotlight while weaving a tragic backstory carefully enough to provide insight to the main character’s utterly disastrous stage in life.
Overall, I really enjoyed all aspects of the film from its entertaining comedic moments and exciting action sequences to gaining a better understanding of the main character as a whole.
Supergirl is a superhero film based on the DC Comics superheroine Supergirl.
Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, it is the second film in the DC Universe (DCU).
Milly Alcock stars as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl, alongside Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, David Corenswet, Jason Momoa, Thalissa Teixeira, and Kadiff Kirwan.
The movie clocks in at 108 minutes long and is rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, action, language, and smoking.
Supergirl (Alcock) travels with Krypto to several planets and parties in celebration of her 23rd birthday.
Superman (Corenswet) often calls her, concerned that she is constantly off-world and unable to settle on Earth.
During one of her stops, Supergirl encounters Ruthye Marye Knoll (Ridley), the last survivor of her family who were murdered by the Brigand leader Krem (Schoenaerts) of the Yellow Hills.
Ruthye requests Supergirl's assistance in her quest for vengeance, but is denied.
Krem hijacks Supergirl's ship alongside several Brigands, and shoots Krypto with a poisonous dart when he tries to stop them.
Upon learning that Krypto has only three days left to live, Supergirl decides to pursue Krem to retrieve an antidote that he keeps on person, while also reluctantly taking on Ruthye as her companion.
After a brief skirmish with the Sklarian Raiders, a group of space pirates, Supergirl interrogates them and learns of Krem's location on the planet Bilquis.
There, Supergirl and Ruthye learn from a local couple, Bomar (Kirwan) and Mareck (Teixeira), that the Brigands have been kidnapping young women to force them to be their brides.
It’s here that Kara recounts the her home planet Krypton, including her father – the scientist Zor-El and his wife Alura evacuating along with many Kryptonians to Argo City, where Zor-El activates a force field system that separates a chunk containing the city from the planet, preventing it from being destroyed when its core explodes.
Eight years later, Alura gives birth to Kara.
Eventually, it is discovered that the separation of Argo City exposed a mineral known as "Kryptonite", which is slowly killing the citizens via radiation.
After Alura succumbs to her illness, Zor-El decides to send Kara and her dog Krypto on a ship headed to Earth.
Upon landing, they are greeted by Kara's cousin Kal-El, who is living a double life as Clark Kent and Superman.
Kara explains that she later tries to adjust to her new life on Earth, while also adopting the moniker "Supergirl," but it hasn’t worked out.
Soon, Mareck attempts to drug Supergirl to trade her and Ruthye to the Brigands in exchange for their daughter Sarna, but Supergirl resists and fights the Brigands.
Supergirl ends up being assisted by the bounty hunter Lobo (Momoa), who is targeting the Brigands' lieutenant Drom Baxton.
From there, Supergirl and Ruthye both have their fair share of growing up and working through their respective trauma before ultimately coming out on top in the end.
After all, what kind of superhero movie doesn’t have a happy ending overall?
