Never get between a girl and her super-dog. If you saw Superman and found yourself on its ultra-comic-booky wavelength, chances are you were enamoured with Krypto – Clark Kent’s unruly pooch, who delivered several seriously satisfying smackdowns in James Gunn’s DCU-starter. And, as that film revealed in its final moments, it’s not even Clark’s dog; it belongs to his boozed-up cousin Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl (Milly Alcock), who’s feeling less than super since she saw her planet blow up, killing her entire family and all its people with it. Now, in Supergirl – the second DCU film, this time directed by I, Tonya’s Craig Gillespie – Kara takes centre stage, going on a vengeful quest; and Krypto’s life is on the line.
This is our second proper look at Supergirl, and while Gunn isn’t director on this one, there’s still plenty of Guardians Of The Galaxy energy going on here – which is no bad thing. The film is based on the acclaimed comic run Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow, and sees Kara team up with Eve Ridley’s Ruthye Marye Knoll to track down Matthias Schoenaerts’ rampaging villain, Krem of the Yellow Hills, who killed Ruthye’s father. Along the way they encounter DC fan favourite mercenary Lobo, played by Jason Momoa; no longer Aquaman, but still very much in the DC family.
Stay tuned to see if Supergirl proves another solid step in Gunn’s overall DCU plans – next up, he’s returning as writer-director of Superman sequel-of-sorts Man Of Tomorrow, expected to go into production soon with stars David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult. For now, Supergirl hits cinemas on June 26.