Supergirl (2026) Review

Plot: Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) travels the galaxy away from Earth. When a ruthless adversary named Krem poisons her super-dog Krypto, a grieving young alien orphan named Ruthye seeks vengeance for her murdered family, and the pair reluctantly team up on an interstellar journey.

Review: I never bothered seeing Supergirl in the theatre as it just didn’t look especially interesting. I also didn’t like last year’s Superman and figured this would be more of the same. Apparently nobody else went to see it either looking at the box office figures. People have wanted this movie to fail since before it came out, but is it really that bad?

I actually enjoyed a lot of Supergirl and thought it was better than Superman 2025; there were a few dramatic moments and I loved all the stuff on Krypton/Argo. Some of it is also filmed in Scotland which is always an extra bonus too. There were a few fun action set-pieces and the movie is at its best when Lobo (Jason Momoa) is on screen. He was born to play that role as he is basically playing himself.

I wasn’t sure about Milly Alcock as Supergirl before watching the film, but she brought surprising heart to it and I did like her in the role. She wasn’t some insufferable girl boss and actually had flaws which was refreshing.

I’m going into spoilers here so if you haven’t seen the movie then read no further.

The story involves Kara/Supergirl (Milly Alcock) who has lost her way and faith in the universe; she spends her days drinking herself into oblivion on planets with red suns so she doesn’t have any powers and can feel the effects of alcohol. While on one of her benders she rescues Ruthye (Eve Ridley) who has vowed revenge on the Brigand Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts) who murdered her parents in front of her. While the two are together Krem poisons Krypto so Kara has her own motivations for wanting to find him so she can get the antidote. So, Kara and Ruthye begin their quest for vengeance to bring Krem and his gang to justice.

J-Man is 100% accurate in his review for this movie. This iteration of Supergirl certainly isn’t a role model for young girls due to her heavy drinking and murdering of unarmed opponents. That ending really jarred with me; we spend the whole movie with her being told she is good and the more time she spends with the young girl Ruthye she learns to overcome her anger with the world and teaches Ruthye that vengeance is not the way.

They defeat the main villain, Krem who is lying on the ground and then Supergirl stabs him in the stomach… then the throat. What the actual fuck? Couldn’t he have gone to jail or even have Lobo kill him which would have been more in line with his character? After she kills Krem she meets up with Clark and everything is great with no repercussions for cold blooded murder.

I’ve seen people try to defend it saying”Oh she was just making sure that Ruthye wouldn’t do it, so he wouldn’t come after her again”. Like I said, jail or have Lobo do it. I was going to give the movie 3 stars before that whole scene as I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have fun with it up until then.

It has some humour, but not too much and it had enough serious moments where I almost cared about the leads. The film looks ugly though with a grimy style that just makes you feel like you want to have a bath after it.

The score is bland and forgettable with no memorable theme and as I’ve said before I am so sick of songs being used in fight/action scenes; it takes away any stakes or sense of threat.

Overall, Supergirl has some fun moments and was better than expected, but I have a problem with that ending and it looks so ugly that it leaves you with a bad taste. I can understand why it wasn’t a box office hit, but I think it will find a home on streaming.