Xolo Maridueña, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez star in a comic book adaptation that combines taut action with cultural specificity
An alien relic chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero, Blue Beetle.) facility with adapting the DC Comics material.
It’s not until later that Jaime discovers that Jenny is in possession of a vibrant blue, fist-sized, beetle-shaped remnant of ancient alien biotechnology that was discovered by Jenny’s inventor father, Ted Kord. When Ted disappeared years earlier Victoria began developing the object as a super-weapon. Now secured in a Kord Industries lab, cracking the scarab’s operating system is proceeding apace when Jenny steals the relic and inadvertently turns it over to Jaime.
-style, right in front of his horrified family, the device commandeers Jaime’s nervous system, rapidly developing a symbiotic relationship that transforms him into the alien-human hybrid Blue Beetle.Although Jaime’s metamorphosis would typically be treated as an intense action sequence, the filmmakers instead strive for an often comedic tone here and throughout the film.
However, it’s the cohesiveness among the cast members playing Jaime’s family that lends their performances both authenticity and relatability. Alcázar and Carrillo are the parents providing unconditional love, while Barraza’s sly Nana conceals more strength than she initially reveals, and Lopez overplays Uncle Rudy’s conspiracy theorist old-school tech geek for all the laughs that he can eke out of it.
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