In an interview with IndieWire last week, “Supergirl” director Craig Gillespie said that the tone of his film will be very different from James Gunn’s “Superman” – the first film in Warner Bros. relaunch of the new DC Universe. Gillespie said audiences could expect less “Guardians of the Galaxy” and more Mad Max – “The Road Warrior,” to be specific.
But “Supergirl” is less “Road Warrior” than it is “Fury Road” – and less of an homage to that aesthetic than it is a total cribbing.
Despite a committed effort from star Milly Alcock, “Supergirl” (screenplay by Ana Nogueira) is immensely derivative of other, better films in a way that’s impossible to ignore – not least of all because the movie insists on calling attention to that fact. But “Supergirl” also runs into issues that plague any superhero movie trying to aspire to harsh, complicated themes while still attempting to stay palatable enough to garner a PG-13 rating. It’s an unenviable task, and “Supergirl” certainly has moments where it gets close to walking the line in a way that works. But a poorly balanced narrative and the inevitable comparisons the movie invites drag it down.
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