Brightburn (2019) (original) (raw)

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?

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? (less)

Director: David Yarovesky
Writers: Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones (XLVIII), Meredith Hagner, Becky Wahlstrom
Producer: James Gunn

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Review by Brian Orndorf, May 23, 2019

5 / 10

�Brightburn� offers a premise where a Superman-like figure is born bad. Fans of comic book cinema have seen this before, in �Superman III� and sections of �Justice League,� but writers Brian and Mark Gunn have decided to push the idea into the realm of horror, losing fantasy touches to move full steam ahead into slasher territory. It�s a shame the screenplay doesn�t show more interest in doing something original with a well-worn concept, but this is a low-budget chiller after all, giving the production little room to experiment as it tries to deliver frights. �Brightburn� has promise in its ea ...read more...

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