Truth, Justice, Whatever.
The latter was more than “Supergirl’s” marketing campaign. It applies to the film itself, a dimly-lit shrug of IP unworthy of blockbuster status.
Or anyone’s hard-earned money.
Star Milly Alcock isn’t fully to blame, although she does little to enliven matters. There’s no charisma to be found in her performance, but that’s hardly the film’s only sin.
How much time ya got?
Alcock is Kara Zor-El, the dysfunctional gal known as Supergirl. We briefly met her in last year’s tepid “Superman” reboot, and she apparently is still drunk from that appearance.
Literally.
She stumbles from bar to bar, with little purpose other than to visit a series of grim watering holes that quickly lose our interest.
She eventually meets a teen named Ruthke (Eve Ridley) seeking revenge against Krem, the brute who slaughtered her family. Kara isn’t nice, but she is good and decent to those in need. Or so says the on-the-nose dialogue that permeates this clunker. (The less said about the sorry screenplay, the better.)
So when said brute (Matthias Schoenaerts with a bedazzled face and zero interesting qualities) poisons Kara’s Krypto, she must track him down to get the antidote.
Yes, that’s literally the film’s plot. And, more importantly, this is the second James Gunn production that puts enormous emotional weight on a CGI dog that never appears to be anything but a CGI dog.
Hire. A. Real. Dog. How hard is this??
Even worse?
The “they killed my dog, so I need to slaughter a thousand people” spark that ignited “John Wick” had more emotional heft.
So we watch Kara and Ruthye attempt to track Krem down for dual purposes. Along the way, some of young Ruthye’s humanity rubs off on our anti-heroine.
And, once in a while, Jason Momoa shows up as Lobo, a smirking bounty hunter. Who is he? Why does he matter? How does he fit into the story?
To quote The Critical Drinker, “don’t know.”
Just understand that Momoa is given nothing to do save smoke a stogie and prove he has more star power than Alcock on his worst day.
“Supergirl” reportedly endured severe editing in recent months, and boy, does it show. This film is a bona fide mess, a story with no stakes, microscopic character movitation and bland battle scenes.
“Supergirl” features a trafficking subplot that never registers. We also glimpse our heroine’s backstory which is equally blah but suggests why she drinks herself into a stupor.
We also bounce from planet to planet, with some having yellow suns that give Kara super powers and others? Not so much.
So what?
David Corenswet drops in occasionally as cousin Superman, and these moments are like walking into an air-conditioned mall on a sticky summer day. The actor’s “Superman” film may have been a disappointment, but he embodies the character and has a presence that’s lacking here.
Who cares about anything happening in “Supergirl” from start to finish? The best way to sum up this stink bomb of a superhero romp?
Whatever.
HiT or Miss: “Supergirl” is a dud on every level that counts.
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