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6.1/10 • 3.1K

2019-05-091h 31m

HorrorScience FictionThrillerMystery

What if Superman was an evil little boy?

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

Directors
David Yarovesky
Editors
Peter Gvozdas

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  1. Jackson A. Dunn

    Jackson A. Dunn

    Brandon Breyer

  2. Elizabeth Banks

    Elizabeth Banks

    Tori Breyer

  3. David Denman

    David Denman

    Kyle Breyer

  4. Matt Jones

    Matt Jones

    Noah McNichol

  5. Meredith Hagner

    Meredith Hagner

    Merilee McNichol

  6. Becky Wahlstrom

    Becky Wahlstrom

    Erica

  7. Emmie Hunter

    Emmie Hunter

    Caitlyn

  8. Gregory Alan Williams

    Gregory Alan Williams

    Sheriff Deever

  9. Annie Humphrey

    Annie Humphrey

    Deputy Ayres

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May 13, 2019

Bad Superman What if superman was a bad guy? That's the premise Brightburn is built upon. To my mind its a more mature concept than the traditional good guy Superman. It makes sense on a certain level too. A superior being would inevitably assert its superiority over lesser beings. That's how evolution and predator/prey relationships tend to work. Whether you agree with my Darwinian assumptions or not, this is a decent horror sci fi film. There's a sense of the comfortable and familiar family dynamic being turned on its head. The innocent, much loved, adopted son, transformed into something so overwhelming powerful and ruthlessly destructive, that even his parents come to fear him. Its the abrupt contrast between these two realities, that makes this film genuinely unnerving.Helped in no small part by a clever climax, that underlines the fall from grace humanity faces, at the hands of this alien other. A decent watch I rate 7/10.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,000,000.00
Revenue
$33,224,654.00
Keywords
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