Film Review : Brightburn

It is interesting how this movie was marketed in a way to let us know it is what if Super-man was born bad , without coming out and saying that is what it is. I know super hero movies are all the rage right now , but I can't wait until we hear the outcry from parents who went in as uniformed consumers take their kids to go see this. This is not a super hero movie it is a horror movie. In fact one with gore done very well. So well it impressed me and even grossed me out a little. It has ties to super hero movie due to James Gunn being the producer. It's director also directed "the Hive" . At first it is paced a little slow and could have been edited better so the story telling on the front end was more compact and lets us get to the good stuff before midway into the film.

The plot is the same as Super-man's origin when he fell to Earth , just minus any looks  at Krypton. The main character Brandon is a 12 year old boy who's changes are first written off as puberty. In an age of school shootings I think it is interesting to look at how he doesn't need a gun in fact when his uncle tries to give him one for his birthday, his father won't let him have it and this pisses him off. But all the other Columbine like elements are their the weird kid who gets picked on and rejected lashes out at the world. The first target is his crush. I think in this p/c world it took some balls for them to have her break her hand as I can here the argument the SJs might make against this .

is funny because I was on a horror forum and people were talking about how 'original" or "cool of a concept" this was and I responded with "wasn't this once called the Omen". My prediction is right as heat vision aside, the Omen is the movie this has the most in common with. Not as dark or as creepy, but it makes up for that in the gruesome way he does nt hold back with his powers. So for the more sadistic comic book fan... like myself who wants to see super heroes kill more and not hold back, well this movie is for you. They should use this as inspiration for the Sentry movie and just add schizophrenia,  addiction and a solar deity complex. It's the Omen meets Super-,man without a doubt, but it was fun and I liked it.