Supergirl (2026)

I will be honest and say that I know very little about Supergirl or Kara Zor-El. I was aware but have not seen the 1984 movie or the TV series that ran for several seasons. All I had seen of Supergirl was her appearance in The Flash and Milly Alcock’s cameo in last years Superman. 

The premise is that Kara (Milly Alcock) is going from place to place getting drunk with her cute dog Krypto when the dog is shot by evil villainous Krem and Kara has three days to find Krem and get the antidote. Meanwhile she is travelling with Rutheye (Eve Ridley) who has lost her family at the hands of Krem and wants revenge. Every so often Lobo (Jason Mamoa) pops up from attending a KISS cosplay event to be the quirky funny character.

It may seem like I am being dismissive of the film but I thought that the film was ok. Nothing more. Milly Alcock is a good choice for Supergirl and the best thing about the film. Kara is a strong character but has flaws and the film doesn't try to hide them which is what would have been the tendency in previous years. I don't want to be horrible to Eve Ridley who is 15 at the time of writing this review but she was quite bland in this and the the film needed someone with a bit of personality and someone who we can buy having genuine anger at the loss of her family but unfortunately this wasn't the case with Ridley. She did have a good sisterly bond with Alcock but that was about it. Jason Mamoa just seems to wander in, say his part and then leave before returning and seems to be there to add the personality that is severely lacking in this film. Despite doing his best, Matthias Schoenaerts does his best with Krem. He does mean things but as the main villain of the film the character doesn't quite have the gravitas that a villain in one of these films should have. I’m not expecting Thanos everytime but something approaching that would be good. The whole sex trafficking aspect of the character would have been a better main point but it seemed that Kara was more interested in helping her dog.

The main issue from this film is that it comes across as mediocre. It has the vibe of a James Gunn film with a great soundtrack yet it doesn't have the magic that you would expect so it just comes across as aimless. I thought that the director of Cruella would be able to do a better job of instilling some energy but that seems to be lacking from the movie. 

I doubt that this is the last time we have seen Kara/Supergirl but if we do get a standalone Supergirl film then hopefully they will do a better job of making this cinematic world seem important because we are two films into the James Gunn DCU and it does seem to be stuttering a little bit. This film is directed with very little enthusiasm and whilst its nowhere near the terrible mess that some seem to be saying, neither is it the home run that other are saying.