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Brightburn - Movie Review

 

What If?

This is definitely a horror movie that was produced by James Gunn. This is no Guardians of the Galaxy movie. This is fully a rip off of Superman with a twist. This completely justifies Lex Luthor's opinion of Superman. 

Now that I have randomly voiced my thoughts, I was a little interested in this movie. With Sony rewards, I was really limited on my free movie choices. Brightburn in 4K was one of my options. 4K for free with a movie that looked interesting seemed like a no brainer. Granted it, I waited a while to watch this movie. I severely underestimated how much of a horror movie this was going to be. Might have been more fun watching this with a date. Then again, it freaked me out too. I won't tell you if it had a good or bad ending because that would spoil the surprise. I will say that if Kal-El came to earth with this mindset, Lex would be a hero.

Review

While it draws from the Superman story, it is definitely not that story. If you don't know the story of Superman, this review will have spoilers. The story focuses on a boy from another world coming into his powers. The movie moves at a good pace. The cast does a great job of portraying small farm town living. When things go south as they do in horror movies, let us just say the movie got the R rating from more than just language. Speaking of language, it was used appropriately in this film.

If you are not interested in horror movies or if you don't want to understand Lex's opinion of Superman, I would say you could skip this movie. If either or both apply to you, I would highly recommend you watch this movie. I am personally glad I was able to get my 4K copy for free.

Rating

The movie was good regardless of whether or not you like horror so I am giving it a HD rating. Depending on your interest in horror movies or finding out what would have happened if Kal-El was the villain, I would suggest skipping this in your collection or adding it if you get it under $10. I was fortunate to get my 4K from Sony rewards for free.

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