There is no question that Milly Alcock's casting as the titular Supergirl is the film's strength. She possesses a rare charisma, an everyday girl-next-door look that makes her simultaneously ordinary and otherworldly. But given the all-over-the-place storyline she's stuck with, the result is a mixed bag - to say the least.
After a psychotic intergalactic murderer, called Krem of the Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts) murders the family of a girl, Ruthye (Eve Ridley), she demands vengeance. Supergirl refuses to get involved, until the same murderer poisons her dog, Krypto. Needing to track him down in three days - in order to gain the precious antidote required to save her pet - the duo begins their intergalactic trek, visiting several solar system and planets in their quest for justice.
As mentioned above, the storyline is pretty thin, and the adventures in question resemble a sort of outer space, Star-Wars-meets-Mad-Max parodies, where science fiction and dystopia blend to deliver action and mayhem that is more family friendly than it should be. There's little doubt that Supergirl will return in ensuing Superman films. But based on the meekness of this outing, she may not get another movie of her own.
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