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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

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

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.

If audiences still want movies as an art form a few years from now, and we end up with an inevitable wave of nostalgia for superhero films, it seems clear to me this one will be quickly reclaimed as an unsung classic of the genre.

It’s ok for superhero stories to be fun, creative, and inviting, all things "Blue Beetle" is, suggesting that a future outing, should this film not be a oner in the new DCU, would not only be absolutely welcomed, it would shoot up to hotly-anticipated.

The adventure of the first hero in the upcoming DCU, with its blend of humor, heart, and emotion in a Latin key, has become a strong contender to rise to the podium with the best comic book adaptations of the year.

There's a sweet, important message in here about the importance of family, but sadly it's buried in a heavily cliched superhero flick whose beats you can list off well before they happen.

October 30, 2023

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