It may seem like only yesterday that Henry Cavill was dispensing truth, justice and the American way as DC’s big-screen Man of Steel — actually, it was a cameo in 2022’s Black Adam.
However, with writer/director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, The Suicide Squad) and producer Peter Safran now the head honchos of a revamped DC Cinematic Universe, a new Superman takes his bow in the relatable shape of David Corenswet, who is more genial Boy Scout than Cavill’s brooding take on the last son of Krypton.
Luckily for him, he’s able to get a solar top-up at his nearby Fortress of Solitude, thanks to whistling up assistance from playful, caped super-mutt Krypto (in a scene-stealing live-action debut).
View Green Video on the source websiteAlong with the nanite-powered Engineer (Maria Gabriela de Faria), the masked Ultraman and a gigantic fire-breathing monster, Luthor makes Superman’s life a misery, reducing him from trusted guardian to a pariah with an identity crisis and incarceration in a seemingly inescapable secret jail.
But what of the Daily Planet’s ace reporter Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan)? Her relationship with Clark Kent/Superman is close, of course, despite bringing him to book for interfering in a foreign conflict (a Russia/Ukraine allusion, perchance?) and for his poor social media presence ("Superman doesn’t have time for selfies").
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But with so many characters to introduce, so much action and drama to deliver and a future franchise to establish, the likes of Daily Planet editor Perry White (Wendell Pierce), reporter Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo), Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr (father of the deceased leader of the Suicide Squad) and Isabela Merced’s Hawkgirl are left underused and underwritten.
Gunn has certainly delivered an entertaining relaunch. Only time and healthy box-office returns will tell if his rebooted DC Universe has the legs for a prolific franchise.
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