SUPERGIRL (2026)

Genre: Action/Superhero
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Milly Alcock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, Jason Momoa, David Corenswet
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Rating: PG13 (Some Violence and Coarse Language)
Released By: Warner Bros
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Opening Day: 25 June 2026

Synopsis: When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice. 

Movie Review:

"Supergirl" is not a sleek, perfectly engineered superhero movie, and that may be the best thing about it.

Craig Gillespie’s cosmic adventure often looks and moves like it was assembled from spare parts: a rattling spaceship, dusty alien stops, rough edits, strange creatures, and action scenes that sometimes wobble before they land. Yet that scrappy quality gives the film a personality many smoother blockbusters never find. It feels lived-in, slightly reckless, and genuinely out of this world.

There is a freshness in watching a superhero film that is willing to look a little scuffed, take a strange turn, and leave a few seams showing.

Milly Alcock is the main reason it works. Her Kara Zor-El is not a bright-eyed symbol of hope waiting to follow Superman’s example. She is hungover, sarcastic, restless, and carrying grief she would rather bury under another interstellar night out. Alcock never turns that attitude into a simple “bad girl” pose. She lets us see the hurt beneath the shrug, making Kara funny and prickly while keeping her easy to root for.

The story sends Kara across space with Ruthye (Eve Ridley), a determined young girl seeking justice after a terrible loss. Their journey has the shape of a revenge western - only the horses have been replaced by junky spacecraft, floating dogs, and a wonderfully odd space bus. The plot itself is not especially surprising, but its simplicity helps. The movie mostly knows where it is going, even when the route there gets bumpy.

That bumpiness is part of the appeal. The galaxy here is not shiny or majestic. It is full of grime, roadside weirdness, crooked bars, and places that look one engine failure away from falling apart. The film carries echoes of other space adventures, but it is most charming when it stops trying to resemble anything else and simply enjoys its own collection of battered, colorful oddballs. A fight with teleporting pirates on public transport has more imagination than several of the bigger battles.

The emotional material is also stronger than the noisy surface might suggest. Flashbacks to Krypton give Kara’s anger a sad foundation, while her uneasy bond with Ruthye slowly pushes her toward responsibility. Kara’s messiness is not something the story needs to clean away. It is the starting point of her heroism. She does not become inspiring by suddenly turning calm, polished, or noble. She becomes inspiring because she keeps moving while still carrying all her damage.

Not everything works. The editing can feel chopped up, some action becomes hard to follow, and the villain Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts) is more visually memorable than dramatically interesting. The film sometimes rushes through ideas that deserve more room, especially the relationship between Kara and Ruthye. Its darker themes and jokier moments do not always sit comfortably together, and a few emotional turns arrive before they have been fully earned.

Still, even these weaknesses fit the movie’s handmade energy. "Supergirl" often feels like a film that is discovering its tone as it goes. One scene is sad, the next is silly, and the one after that throws in a creature, a punch, or a needle drop simply because it can. That looseness could have made the whole thing feel careless. Instead, it gives the movie an unpredictable rhythm that suits Kara herself.

Jason Momoa’s Lobo brings a burst of loud, shaggy chaos, though the movie wisely uses him as seasoning rather than the main course. Krypto remains an unbeatable emotional weapon, even with limited screen time. Around them, the film keeps tossing out bits of invention: grubby costumes, eccentric aliens, loud music, and sudden flashes of visual wit. Even its half-successful risks help keep it from feeling factory-made.

"Supergirl" may not fly in a perfectly straight line, but its crooked path is what makes the trip fun. It is rough around the edges, occasionally underwritten, and visibly patched together, yet it has warmth, humor, and a hero who feels wonderfully unfinished. Instead of hiding its dents, the movie turns them into decoration. The result is a scrappy space adventure with enough heart and weirdness to make its flaws feel less like failures and more like proof of life.

It is not flawless, but it is refreshingly, charmingly alive.

Movie Rating:

(A scrappy, uneven space adventure whose rough edges give "Supergirl" its strange, heartfelt, out-of-this-world charm)

Review by Gabriel Chong