The usual action adventure: ordinary, but acceptable.
Supergirl is directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Ana Nogueira and released by Warner Bros. It is the second chapter of the new DC cinematic universe (DCU) and adapts the comic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. It hit theatres in June 2026.
Milly Alcock, already seen in Superman (2025), plays the lead, Kara Zor-El. The story follows Kara on a journey across the galaxy, together with Krypto the dog and a young alien girl, on the trail of the enemy behind a wrong that has to be avenged. The cast also features Jason Momoa as Lobo.
Unlike Superman, who is naive, Supergirl is a far more streetwise girl, yet she gives in to the vices (almost) every human being shares. The two main threads are Ruthye, the girl with the sword who wants revenge on the raiders, and Lobo, a ruthless bounty hunter.
I am glad they cast Jason Momoa as Lobo, because he is exactly the archetype of the classic villain: crude and muscular. There is also a pinch of adventure that keeps you glued to the screen, in the vein of the classic comic-book movie, without the overwrought mental complications of the previous chapter — the political game to smear Superman — which back there had failed spectacularly.
The villains no longer show up at random: at last there is a through line that makes the film easy to follow, with no plot holes.
The film is a textbook action movie: fun, battles and adventure, but it never goes any further. You do not walk in expecting a great film, just a nice little one that is enjoyable to watch.
Apart from the visuals, top tier as in the previous Superman, the film also inherits its soundtrack: low quality and repetitive. They never manage to surprise the audience musically, nor to raise the bar on that side of things.
Supergirl is a nice film, and plenty of people tore it apart. In my opinion they did so because the trailer really was ugly to watch, and we know how high the quality expectations for a trailer are. But what we reviewed here is the film, not the trailer: you do not judge a book by its cover.