Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Supergirl
Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), Superman's cousin and one of Krypton's few survivors, just drifts through the galaxy until Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts), a ruthless scavenger, goes after the one thing she cares about: her dog, Krypto. That forces Kara into action, tying her fate to Ruthye (Eve Ridley), a thirteen-year-old bent on avenging her murdered family. During the course, bounty hunter biker Lobo (Jason Momoa) crashes in to throw even more chaos into the mix.
Sure, the movie has its highlights. There's one sequence—a cheap, battered shuttle with an oddball cast of aliens chain-smoking, drooling, or even knitting—that actually nails some real comedy. For a moment, it feels like the movie wants to have fun. When the story brings you to Barenton, a volcanic planet shot in Iceland, the scenery actually feels epic, like someone finally realized a superhero movie in space should look wild and strange.
But the story itself? It never really hits home. You get shuttled from planet to planet, and when it's over, nothing sticks. The action scenes don't give much satisfaction. Kara's powers seem to shift on a whim; sometimes she mows down enemies with heat vision, sometimes she almost gets beaten flat and then bounces back good as new, no explanation, nothing. The rules feel shaky, so it's hard to care what happens.
Krem spends his time smashing and pillaging, locking girls in cages, that doesn't keep Ruthye away from confronting him even though she barely makes any impact. Ruthye is supposed to push Kara to grow, but she ends up pretty much a background prop, shouting for justice or waiting to be rescued.
There's at least some ambition in the film's visuals. Director Craig Gillespie and cinematographer Rob Hardy go all in on neon colors, and the worlds actually have personality. Still, a lot of the alien creatures just end up looking messy or odd instead of interesting. Milly Alcock, though, is doing the work. She holds the movie's tonal lurches together well enough, but her Supergirl deserved a sharper script and a real sense of purpose.
"Supergirl" opens in theaters on Friday, June 26, 2026.
