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Synopsis
You probably know the Superman story. An alien infant crash-lands on Earth, is raised by kindly parents, and grows up to be a hero the likes of which we have never seen. Things could have been different, however. What if, instead of becoming a hero, the alien child became a terror?
Brightburn turns a classic superhero scenario into a horror story. Elizabeth Banks and David Denman play the couple whose lives become a battle for survival as their adopted son manifests a sinister will along with his powers. Produced by Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker James Gunn.
Cast
- Elizabeth Banks
- David Denman
- Jackson A. Dunn
- Matt Jones
- Meredith Hagner
- Emmie Hunter
- Becky Wahlstrom
- Greg Alan Williams
- Annie Humphrey
- Jennifer Holland
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- May 23, 2019
We Need to Talk About Clark Kent
Wesley R. BallMay 21, 2019The details of Superman’s origin are so ingrained in pop culture they’re rarely questioned, but dwell on them for even a second and the story becomes completely deranged. A kind couple from Kansas discovers an alien baby in a space ship and raises it as their child? When he…
Matt SingerAug 5, 2019Get it? He's the bad guy.
Josh Lewis - May 22, 2019
It’s a no from me... The best part of the movie was the credits when Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy played.
tyJun 30, 2019Congratulations it's very edgy.
matt lynchPros: • Genuinely scary • Outrageous violence and lots of gore • Elizabeth Banks' performance • The ending Cons: • An intriguing concept that they didn't utilize that much. What a waste! Also, Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" played during the end credits. I thought it was…
LinusMxx - Sep 11, 2019
Bad Superman. You mean Evil Superman, right? Nope. Just bad, bland, beige, boring Superman. But what about the gory bits? Fine. Bad Superman with some cool gory bits.
DirkHMay 28, 2019Really makes you think. Like, what IF Superman was an evil little boy? Probably would be bad news.
estherMay 22, 2019Hey they made a solid Ultraman origin movie!
Patrick Willems
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- GENAI lovedBrightburn
Despite the absolutely brain dead parents, this was so insane and so fun. It’s not even just an evil Superman story, because the aspect of it being a pre-teen somehow makes it so much worse. I wanna kick this kid into the sun out of self-preservation💀 so overall a good movie lmao
Bre dislikedBrightburnaverage white suburban mom doesnt believe her husband (its really annoying)
Zack likedBrightburnI just love this movie, the concept is absolutely amazing. 8/10
- Arsal likedBrightburn
A brilliant superhero-horror mashup—a “what if Superman was a psycho?”. Basically like Homelander. Brandon’s unchecked powers justify every paranoid fear characters like Batman ever had about Superman. It’s creepy, gory, & unforgettable, a bold twist on the genre.
Martini lovedBrightburna great thriller, to think such as what if Superman was evil after discovering his power, the costume design of this movie deserves their own awards, i feel like there should be a sequel with a time gap, just to grasp his full power as an adult, Overall - 9.5/10
Superbad dislikedBrightburnMovie with some well known good actors plagued by a mediocre evil superman story with hopes that shotty cgi gore and violence would hold this film up, which I guess it mostly does considering everything else sucks about this film
- CanadianZar is "meh" onBrightburn
Brightburn was a movie I was looking forward to watching since it’s produced by James Gunn who is making the next Superman movie, so I thought hearing that this is essentially a take on Superman if he was actually evil. Brendan Breyer is a kid who crash lands on earth in a spaceship from an…
Giorgio likedBrightburnt was only a matter of time before the superheroes got tired and a "villain" came along, to be original, to change the facts!!!!!!! First of all, I think the idea is stolen from Stephen King, whose similar story has been made into a movie, and it's actually quite old, from the 80s......(if I…
Cory Nunez is "meh" onBrightburnI liked this when I first saw it, but I guess it’s because I was a kid. The movie is so rushed. You can’t get a grasp on one scene before the next is in front of you. From the very first scene even. It tries to be a gory horror slasher but it isn’t scary enough, the jump scares are cheap, and the…
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Verified Review
this movie was so mf stupid i wasted my f****** money
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this was white privilege at its finest.
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Metacritic
Jun 23, 2019
In its attempts to provide an antidote to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s catalogue of liberal fantasies, the film swings too far in the other direction.
Simran Hans
The Observer (UK)
May 24, 2019
Brightburn doesn't ask if you want blood, but you've damn-well got it in this nastily gruesome superhero hack-n-slash that's a nightmare for parents everywhere.
Matt Donato
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