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Name: Blue Beetle
Released: 2023-8-18
Cast: Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Elpidia Carrillo, Bruna Marquezine

Blue Beetle

PG-13
2h 7m
2023

78%

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Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the Super Hero Blue Beetle.

Director:

Angel Manuel Soto

Producer:

John Rickard, Zev Foreman

Writer:

Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer

Cast:

Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Elpidia Carrillo, Bruna Marquezine, Raoul Trujillo, Belissa Escobedo, Harvey Guillén, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez

Extras

Blue Beetle Generations

Scarab Vision

Locked video

Blue Beetle's Nana Knows Best

4 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

78%

Critics Consensus: Led by Xolo Maridueña's magnetic performance in the title role, Blue Beetle is a refreshingly family-focused superhero movie with plenty of humor and heart.

Reviews

Houston Press

Pete Vonder Haar

There's a raid on the family home by Kord's private army that's easily the most emotionally devastating scene in any 21st century DC movie (you heard me, Martha), and would stand toe-to-toe with many of Marvel's as well.

Ten years ago, Angel Manuel Soto's "Blue Beetle" would have been a hit. But it appears at the lowest point of the genre to tell basically the same story. [Full Review in Spanish]

The key is that family unit and the characters... I like this family. I want to see more of this family. I care about this family.

The film could have easily been called Blue Beetle & His Amazing Family. The filmmakers are more concerned with the supporting players than the superhero they push to the background.

Practically everything related to the superhero saga is so formulaic that the dialogue track could get swapped with that of a dozen other superhero flicks and no one would know the difference. Where the film scores is in its moments dealing with family.

November 8, 2023

FULL REVIEW