DC Studios, Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company’s Supergirl (dubbed from the Hollywood film of the same name; UA) is the story of Kara and her dog, Krypto. Eight years before her birth, Kara’s father, scientist Zor-El (David Krumholtz), and his wife, Alura (Emily Beecham), had evacuated Kryptonians when planet Krypton was being destroyed. Kara is born after eight years of the evacuation. Following the death of Alura, Zor-El sends Kara to Earth. On Earth, Kara meets her cousin, Kal-El (David Korenswet), who is leading a double life as Clark Kent and Superman.
On her completion of 23 years now, Kara (Milly Alcock) is celebrating on different planets where she travels with Krypto. During one of her stops, she meets Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), the last survivor of her family. Her entire family had been murdered by Brigand leader Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts) of the Yellow Hills. Ruthye wants revenge for which she requests Supergirl for her assistance, but Supergirl refuses. Krem hijacks Supergirl’s ship alongside several Brigands, and also shoots Krypto with a poisonous dart in the process. Supergirl learns that Krypto has only three days left to live, so she decides to pursue Krem to retrieve an antidote. She reluctantly takes Ruthye as her companion. Supergirl and Ruthye soon learn from a local couple that the Brigands have been kidnapping young women to force them to be their brides. Supergirl fights the Brigands, and also stops Ruthye from killing Krem, allowing him to escape. Now guilt-ridden, Supergirl pursues Krem alone, and is escorted by several local aliens to the Brigands’ location on another planet. However, Supergirl is weakened by the planet’s green sun, and is tended to by Ruthye, who secretly followed her. Ruthye is then kidnapped by the Brigands and taken to their ship. Ruthye manages to escape her cell, but is caught by Krem. She is then saved by Supergirl, who has managed to recover after the planet rotates to a yellow sun. With assistance, Supergirl defeats the Brigands and frees the captive women on board. She then pleads with Ruthye to not seek revenge by killing Krem as it would not ease her pain. As Ruthye walks away, Supergirl kills Krem. She then recovers the antidote and returns to Krypto, saving him in time. Later, as Supergirl bids farewell to Ruthye, she invites the latter to join her in celebrating the rest of her birthday week.
Some time later, Supergirl reunites with Superman on Earth, where she expresses a desire to stay for the long term, reaffirming that the planet is now her home.
Based on characters from DC Comics in general and and Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow in particular, the story and screenplay are written by Ana Nogueira. While the story lacks novelty or freshness, the screenplay is at least fast-paced and quite engaging. Having said that, it must be added that putting the entire burden of the drama on a woman protagonist is not the rightest thing to have been done.
Milly Alcock does a fine job as Kara/Supergirl. But to expect her to successfully carry the burden of the entire film on her shoulders is a bit too much. Matthias Schoenaerts is alright as Krem. Eve Ridley is quite good as Ruthye Marye Knoll. David Krumholtz lends decent support as scientist Zor-El. Emily Beecham is okay as Alura. David Korenswet impresses as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman. Jason Momoa is effective as Lobo. Others provide adequate support.
Craig Gillespie’s direction is quite nice. Claudia Sarne’s background music enhances the impact of the scenes. Rob Hardy’s cinematography is fantastic. Neil Lamont’s production designing is of a good standard. Editing (by Tatiana S. Riegel and Fred Raskin) is sharp. Dubbing is proper.
On the whole, Supergirl is too ordinary a fare to do anything remarkable at the turnstiles.
Released on 26-6-’26 at Movie Time Goregaon (3D; daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Warner Bros. Pictures (India) Pvt. Ltd. Publicity & opening: dull. ……..Also released all over. Opening was below the mark everywhere.
