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Rating: 6 stars

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Brightburn (2019)

Directed by David Yarovesky

Horror | Science Fiction | Thriller

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Overview

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?

Rated R | Length 91 minutes

Actors

Jackson A. Dunn | Elizabeth Banks | David Denman | Matt Jones | Meredith Hagner | Becky Wahlstrom | Emmie Hunter | Gregory Alan Williams | Annie Humphrey | Abraham Clinkscales | Christian Finlayson | Jennifer Holland | Terence Rosemore | Elizabeth Becka | Steve Agee | Stephen Blackehart | Mike Dunston | Michael Rooker

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

This movie posits that if Ma & Pa Kent find a baby Kal-El freshly landed from space in their field and raise him and give him all the love parents should, that despite that, because the baby came from some evil alien race, the child will turn on them and all humans. That’s his true nature and this movie delivers on that.

Rather threadbare and intensely mean spirited, BrightBurn is fine. It’s The Omen repackaged. But there’s no layers or complexity; just an evil superpowered kid that seems to hate everyone.

Nice acting, FX and some good setpieces keep it at a solid 6/10. Worth a watch but I wouldn’t bother revisiting.

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