Brightburn Review

The most important thing to get out of the way is that Roy from The Office is in this movie. David reminded me about 50 times throughout.

The first shot we see in the movie is the camera panning over a bookshelf full of books about infertility. In the background, the Bryers are having sexy time and talking about their inability to have a baby.

We get it.

The find Brandon ala Kall-El in the woods. and then there is a montage of baby Brandon looking neutral.

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The thesis of the movie is basically stated when Brandon in class describes wasps that have lost their ability to create nests, so they use their strength to get other wasp species to raise their young.

That pretty much sets up how Brandon’s purpose on earth is going to be for the remainder of the film.

Brandon is summoned to the Barn in the middle of the night by glowing red light and voices in his head. He seems possessed.

He later finds out that he has superpowers by flinging a lawnmower 200 yards and then shoving his hand into it’s spinning blade.

At Brandon’s birthday him and his dad have a spat, and it seems as though Brandon’s anger affects the electronics in the restaurant.

The parents are determined to “give a shit” about what is going on with Brandon, but chalk it up to puberty. When they go through his room they discover some innocuous bra ad porn quickly followed by pictures of open body cavities.

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Brandon’s father (Roy from the office) take Brandon on a camping trip to have “the talk”. Brandon mistakes his father’s explanation of bodily functions and hormones as a tacit endorsement to be a huge creep to a girl he likes in class.

He proceeds to use his superpowers to creep on said girl. When she catches a brief flash of him before he disappears and her mother responds to her screaming.

Later at gym, when the girl refuses to save Brandon in a trust fall exercise, Brandon completely crushes and mangles her hand. Her mother flips out at Brandon and his parents. Brandon visits the girl again and she tells him that her mom doesn’t want her talking to him. He tells her that he will “take care of it”

He takes care of it by attacking her mother at her work. He uses his powers to explode some florescent lights, sending a shard into her eye. He then kills her in the freezer.

Brandon’s father is suspicious that all of his chickens have been mutilated after he catches Brandon creepily staring at them. The mother doesn’t think Brandon is capable of doing it though.

During this conversation, it is mentioned that Brandon has never been cut or bruised.

One last time, Brandon is summoned to the barn, and he finally breaks into the cellar where he discovers the spaceship that brought him to earth. He accidentally cuts himself on a piece of the spaceship when his mother startles him.

He finally understand what the voices from the spaceship are telling him: “Take the world”.

Brandon makes a visit to the school counselor which also happens to be his aunt. He shows no remorse for hurting the girl in his class. When his aunt tells him that she will have to report to the sheriff that he is making no progress, he becomes threatening.

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He visits his aunt later at her home and threatens her if she doesn’t keep quiet. She refuses to be intimidated.

His uncle discovers him in the closet of his bedroom and is furious that Brandon is acting so weird. He tells Brandon to get in his truck so he take him back to his parents. Brandon refuses.

Probably the best scene in the film is Brandon’s uncle encountering Brandon on the road and being creeped out and then attacked by Brandon. It is also probably the most gory. The uncle’s jaw is basically ripped from his face by the steering wheel. Brandon revels in his murder and paints his symbol on the ground.

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When Brandon comes home that night, his parents have been worrying about where he is. When Brandon acts suspicious, his father investigates why Brandon was trying to hide his shirt. When he sees that it has blood on it, he connects the dots and determines that Brandon killed his brother in law.

The father take Brandon out on a hunting trip and tries to kill Brandon unsuccessfully. Brandon promptly uses his laser eyes to blow a hole through his father’s head.

His mother finally realizes how dangerous her son is and calls the cops. Brandon toys with his mom by flying through the house and destroying it while she is in it. When the cops arrive, they are immediately dispatched by Brandon.

Brandon’s mother then trys to trick Brandon and kill him with a piece of the ship he came in, but Brandon stops her and the kills her by flying into the stratosphere and dropping her to the earth.

The moral to the story is that wasps are assholes.