It's an underwhelming film about superpowers and its effects when exploited, which starts out pretty cool but becomes very dull halfway through with no real sense of conflict or urgency. The protagonists pretty much chill around without them know the impending conflict or threat, or the lives at stake due to the antagonist. They keep investigating stuff, which is pretty much dull and lacks any sense of tension or grounded-ness. The characters come and go, especially the drug users, acting like fillers for the next scene. The takedown of the school kid lighting up his school is pretty nonsensical, as he surrenders without hesitation or putting up any fight for our heroes. If he doesn't even want to kill people, then what's he trying to do? Threatening the bullies? No answer is given at all. He disappears completely the next scene onwards.
Our protagonist, Gabriel Moreau is a blank-slate of a character without much depth to keep me invested in his character. His backstory has a 'trauma' which, throughout the sequence, made me yawn. The villain has an interesting backstory, but his current motivations made no sense. He seeks justice or something by extracting superhero serum? Nonsense. The superserum source girl, Lily, is a disposable character with no deserving emotional investment other than that she's a teenager. Other supporting characters add no real weight to the narrative and theme, and just exist to be plot vehicles.
One that that really stood out for me is the relationship between the two investigating partners. First, it develops as a careless association, turning into an interesting friendship, only to be ruined by a climax kiss scene that left me really frustrated. I thought he'd give her a hug or something, but no, they literally go at it. And it left me very angry. Because the movie hinted it to go in a sweet partner-in-crime sorta thing, but made it a romance thing.
Comparisons to Project Power, I think this is an inferior piece, even though this is based off of an original novel far back when PP was conceived. Overall, it's mostly a one-time watch, which you can forget it the moment you turn it off.
Our protagonist, Gabriel Moreau is a blank-slate of a character without much depth to keep me invested in his character. His backstory has a 'trauma' which, throughout the sequence, made me yawn. The villain has an interesting backstory, but his current motivations made no sense. He seeks justice or something by extracting superhero serum? Nonsense. The superserum source girl, Lily, is a disposable character with no deserving emotional investment other than that she's a teenager. Other supporting characters add no real weight to the narrative and theme, and just exist to be plot vehicles.
One that that really stood out for me is the relationship between the two investigating partners. First, it develops as a careless association, turning into an interesting friendship, only to be ruined by a climax kiss scene that left me really frustrated. I thought he'd give her a hug or something, but no, they literally go at it. And it left me very angry. Because the movie hinted it to go in a sweet partner-in-crime sorta thing, but made it a romance thing.
Comparisons to Project Power, I think this is an inferior piece, even though this is based off of an original novel far back when PP was conceived. Overall, it's mostly a one-time watch, which you can forget it the moment you turn it off.