Blue Beetle 2023 by AverageMansReviews

Blue Beetle 2023 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/immigration/racism/sexism/disintegration/shooting/stabbing/burning/electrocution/transformation/disfigurement/bodily functions/robotics/kamikaze/medical

Ring-Ring... Ring-Ring, hello there, it is the 2000's calling, can we please have our superhero outlay back please and thank you: basically; the Scarab/Khaji Da [voice by Becky G:] a Scarab named Khaji Da "Khaji"  that is a alien which is highly advanced and has many destructive or constructive capabilities at its disposal, that is looking for the right human to bond with/be symbiotic with will find the right person in Jaime Reyes [Xolo Maridueña:] he is a good person that comes from a incredibly poor family, but they are incredibly proud of him as he is the first to graduate from college. But their lives get to completely turned upside down when Jaime unknown to him gets given Khaji by Jenny Kord [Younger: Isabella Aparicio/Older: Bruna Marquezine:] a young woman trying to do the right thing for her father's Ted Kord; company Kord Technologies, which after her father's disappearance is being rammed by his sister Victoria Kord [Susan Sarandon:] she is a slightly unhinged business woman that wants the Scarab back as she has big plans for the power, but as you can probably tell she doesn't exactly get along with her niece and the feeling is mutual.

Generally speaking: framework and pacing of this 127 minutes film is straightforward as has it sticks to the plan. But I can't stress this enough; this film is so out of date it is not funny. Does anyone remember how Marvel Studios [MCU] used to follow a simple yet very effective outlay of an origin story in the early 2000's which was absolutely fine and good fun and highly entertaining on an average back then, but the clear problem is it isn't for an example it isn't 2008 [Iron Man] anymore and on top of that this film may use that outlay and everything that comes with that, but it is not exactly the highest quality of this outlay anyway and yes I am fully aware of the fact that this is not an Marvel Studios project, instead it is a DC knockoff version or whatever they want to call their studio nowadays.

So with all this being stated from the beginning; we have safe and reliable; reliably good action sequences, mixed in with comedy and discovery of one another as it relates to the partnership of Jaimes/Blue Beetle and Khaji with their symbiotic character intertwining process. The only art I can say is either worth pointing out and/or outstanding would be this brief outer space as sequence for our lead partnership and this is truly outstanding the outer body sequence for this partnership. It will stick out like a sore thumb, simply based on the fact this is the only sequence of events that truly feels and looks like of modern filmmaking of 2023, I am not going to take anything away from this sequence of events, but it has to be said that it shows that they could have done more with this project, likewise yes the character developments and the performances are on both counts reliably good also. But the only voice performance/performance that actually stood out for me was Scarab/Khaji Da [voice by Becky G] and  Nana Reyes [Adriana Barraza:] she is an elderly as the name would suggest Nana to the Reyes family, I can't say too much more, but when she was much younger she seems to have had a life fighting for what was necessary as she seems to handle this chaotic rescue sequence and weapon with great ease and comfort, she very much becomes the rock and little warrior of Reyes family with some good naturally fluent comedy thrown in, once again these two characters/voice performance or/and performance feels and looks like something from 2023.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; as an individual film, it does everything right to be given this mark, having said all of this as a superhero film, it does the bare essentials and finally this film has two extra scenes, one at the end of each ending credits block.