Genre: Action, Adventure
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto
Screenplay by Gareth Dunnet Alcocer
Produced by John Rickard, Zev Foreman
Based on Characters from DC
Starring: Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon & George Lopez.
Executive Producers: Walter Hamada, Zev Foreman, David Siegel
Cinematography: Pawel Pogorzelski
Edited by Craig Alpert
Music by Bobby Krlic
Production companies: DC Studios, The Safran Company
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
The plot: Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes gains super powers when a mysterious scarab binds to his spine and provides him with a powerful suit of blue alien armour.
I was so looking forward to this new DC film even before it was announced.
The Blue Beetle Movie was Good.
Pros: Xolo Maridueña was likeable as Jamie Reyes / Blue Beetle. I liked the movie for getting across who Jamie was, so they can move on for the rest of the movie. Reyes’s family dynamics and how they got involved were the key highlights of the film for me. Seeing how Latino was represented was good and the blue beetle suit looks accurate to the comic books.
The story is similar like a marvel movie.
Cons: Most of the jokes didn’t work for me. The villains were not good. This film came and went in spite of the DCEU hit and miss track-record of films.
The Cast & Characters:
- Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle:
A recent college graduate who gains superpowers when an alien scarab grafts onto him, forming a powerful reconfiguring exoskeleton around his body. - Adriana Barraza as Nana: Jaime’s grandmother
- Damián Alcázar as Alberto Reyes: Jaime’s father
- Elpidia Carrillo as Rocio Reyes: Jaime’s mother
- Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord: The daughter of Ted Kord, and Jaime’s love interest. Isabella Aparicio portrays a younger Jenny.
- Raoul Max Trujillo as Ignacio Carapax / OMAC: A bodyguard working for Victoria Kord. Ayden Rivera portrays a child Carapax while Xol Gonzalez portrays a teen Carapax.
- Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord:
A businesswoman and the sister of Ted Kord who is hellbent on acquiring the Scarab. Sarandon says Victoria represents the theme of “imperialism in the name of democracy”, and that she is driven by a need to be ambitious and prove herself, after her brother mysteriously disappears and leaves his company behind. - George Lopez as Rudy Reyes: Jaime’s uncle
I recommend watching this movie.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe