Supergirl (2026) Review

 

Alright, we got another film set in the DC Universe. Will this one be any good, will be decent like last year's Superman, or is it as bad as some reviews say it is?

Supergirl (2026) is a comic book movie that takes influence from the 2021 comic miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. It also serves as the second film in the DC Universe. Production was done by DC Studios, Troll Court Entertainment, and The Safran Company with distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie's written by Ana Nogueira and directed by Craig Gillespie.

The story is, Kara was enjoying celebrating her 23rd birthday. But things took a turn when she meets a revenge seeking girl named Ruthye wants someone to help her find and kill a man named Krem of the Yellow Hills for the murder of her family. At first Kara doesn't want any part of this, but when her dog Krypto is poisoned by Krem she joins up with Ruthye to find Krem and cure Krypto. During this journey Kara also wants to stop Ruthye for letting revenge take her over, but can Kara truly help her when she's a mess herself?

Initial Reaction

My expectations for this movie were low. Mainly because so far Gunn's DCU hasn't been all that spectacular despite what grifters and influencers would have you believe. Everything with this new DC cinematic universe has either been decent or bad. It also doesn't help that character of Supergirl just can't catch a break on the big screen. First there was the laughably bad 1984 Supergirl film. Where the main villain's focus is she wants to bang her handsome gardener....I'm not joking that's basically that villain's motive. Then there was The Flash back in 2023. Now I didn't hate that movie it was decent at best, yet at the same time a huge box office bomb. It also didn't help that Milly Alcock the star of the movie apparently didn't learn anything from Rachel Zegler. Cause she decided to shot her mouth off and go on and on about how fans are sexist and they don't want to see a female play a superhero. And all of that other bull. So yeah. Supergirl (2026) has quite a lot going against it.

Cons

One problem with the movie is the villain Krem of the Yellow Hills. What a forgettable bad guy. There's nothing about him that'll stand out from other comic book movie villains. He is bland, he is boring, and he's generic. It also doesn't help that instead of giving him his comic book design which was this.

Now some of you could argue his design probably doesn't look memorable as well. But I'll this over the movie Krem who looks like a rejected Ravager from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Then there's also the look of the movie. Aside from maybe one or two shots, there was nothing about the cinematography that popped out at me. It looks bland and every planet Kara and Ruthye go to pretty blend in with each other. Almost to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if people mistaken Kara and Ruthye being on the same world despite the movie showing them traveling from place to place. It also doesn't help that this would've been a perfect opportunity to bring the colors that were in the comic book [Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow] to the big screen. But nope, we either get shades of brown or colors that don't stand out at all. Remind me again how James Gunn's DCU is the colorful one yet Zack Snyder's DCEU films were the ones lacking color?

Then we have the writing for the characters. We lack of there of. There's barely any develop for them. Ruthye despite being the reason why Supergirl is part of this adventure, barely has a story. Her story much like the comic miniseries is about how she should let hate and revenge consume her and she shouldn't kill people. But aside from one argument with Kara/Supergirl, it's never truly touched upon. Then we have Supergirl herself. While we get to see her trauma about surviving the destruction of Krypton and seeing her family die, but the end of the movie everything she lectures Ruthye about (or barely lectures her on) she does herself! So basically this version of Supergirl is a massive hypocritic.

• Mix

I've got nothing.

• Positives

The only praise I can give is Milly Alcock and Jason Momoa's performances. Despite the bad material, Milly is still able to give a pretty good performance. On the other side, Momoa was actually pretty entertaining in the film despite his role not being as big as the marketing would let you believe.

Supergirl (2026) may not be in my top ten of worst comic book movies, but it's still not worth seeing in theaters. Just wait until it's on HBO Max (which giving the box office numbers will probably be very soon) or rent it for like four dollars.

A Few Words

Hey! Before I give my final rating there's something else I wanted to say but it's mainly just a theory and not something I can confirm which is why it's not in the negative category of this review.

So with that out of the way I have a theory that James Gunn is more than just a producer for this movie. I believe he either shadow co-wrote, shadow co-direct, or both when working on this project. Why? Because while I'm not the biggest fan of Craig Gillespie's work I've seen some of his stuff. Those being the 2011 remake of Fright Night, I, Tonya, and Cruella, none of those movies reminded me of stuff James Gunn would do. And what has Gunn been known to do as of recently? Have humor that clashes with the tone of a movie, needle drops both with popular songs and songs that aren't so popular, and making stuff feel like Guardians of the Galaxy one way or another. And what does Supergirl have? All of the stuff I just listed.

Let me remind you this is only a theory and not something that's a true. Now do give you may rating.

My final rating is, Bad.

How is that after Wonder Woman superhero films or tv shows starring females have only gotten worse? Anyways, that's all for now. Come back on Monday, Jun 29th, for part fix of Looking Back at the Films of 2025. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.