An alien that looks like a human boy uses its powers in sinister and destructive ways.An alien that looks like a human boy uses its powers in sinister and destructive ways.An alien that looks like a human boy uses its powers in sinister and destructive ways.
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Bright Idea
Not a bad film at all. Kept me interested and watching. The stunts and the gore were fabulous. The acting was great. The kid was very good in it. Decent atmosphere and music to go with it. Paves the way to another film should they do wish too. Entertaining.
Interesting concept hurt by poor execution
This felt like a stripped down, summarized version of this story. No time is really invested into characters, so you don't really feel anything for them. The concept, while fascinating, is never fully explored. The actors all do their best though and are solid throughout. The film is also surprisingly gore-filled and there were some genuinely queasy moments. Everything just chugs along at a breakneck pace and it plays out as you'd expect. There was an opportunity to take a lot of chances with this story, but it decides to settle for being a mildly entertaining flick.
This could have been a gamechanger in the Superhero Genre...
What would happen to the world if Superman was evil ? This film tries to explore this intriguing concept with mediocre outcome. They were able to provide some really chilling & gory scenes to project the horror, but lack of character development and a weak script, made me disengage from the film. Hopefully there may be other films which will try to explore the dark side of Superhero genre successfully, like Joker did.
I just hope there's a sequel
I almost didn't give this a shot. Have been considering watching the modern "Firestarter" movie. A reviewer on another site suggested that Brightburn was better. I don't watch trailers, as they tend to destroy movies (for me). I prefer a brief description, and perhaps the leading cast.
Camera/video effects were more than acceptable, acting was acceptable, the gore was a welcome surprise (lol), and the story was certainly more than engaging enough.
I'm not sure what I was expecting. I do prefer to go in fairly ignorant. At less than 90 minutes, it felt a little rushed. But for some, that might be the sweet spot for such a flick. I could definitely see watching this again. Probably in the near future! And I'm definitely interested in a sequel!
Camera/video effects were more than acceptable, acting was acceptable, the gore was a welcome surprise (lol), and the story was certainly more than engaging enough.
I'm not sure what I was expecting. I do prefer to go in fairly ignorant. At less than 90 minutes, it felt a little rushed. But for some, that might be the sweet spot for such a flick. I could definitely see watching this again. Probably in the near future! And I'm definitely interested in a sequel!
What I dislike most about this movie is how much better it could have been.
There's not much else to say. The concept of this movie is very interesting. Unfortunately, the acting and the story leave much to be desired. I really wanted to like this movie more because the plot descriptions are so cool.
I wish they had put more effort into this movie. It could have been great.
I wish they had put more effort into this movie. It could have been great.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe middle school scenes were shot at the now-defunct Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia. This is the same location used for both Hawkins Middle and Hawkins High Schools in seasons 1 and 2 of Stranger Things (2016).
- GoofsIn class, when describing wasps, Brandon says only bees are pollinators. This is not true, wasps are very important pollinators.
- Quotes
Brandon Breyer: Who am I?
Tori Breyer: You're our son.
Brandon Breyer: What is this? Where did I come from?
Tori Breyer: Listen, baby, I... I know it's been difficult for you lately, that you feel different from other kids. You *are* different. After your dad and I got married, we prayed for a baby for so long, to God, to the universe, to anyone that would listen. One night, one perfect night, someone listened.
- Crazy creditsSPOILER: There are a few short scenes during the first part of the end credits where news reports and a conspiracy theorist reveal there are other super beings, including a half-man/half-sea creature and a witch who chokes her victims with a rope.
- Alternate versionsThe UK version is cut in two scenes to reduce strong gory images in order to obtain a '15' rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Movie Villains of 2019 (So Far) (2019)
- SoundtracksFireflies in a Steel Mill
Written by Blake Sennett (as Blake Sennett)
Performed by The Elected
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
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- Hijo de la oscuridad: Brightburn
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,300,439
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,845,658
- May 26, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $33,224,654
- Runtime
- 1h 30m(90 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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