The first time audiences met Supergirl was in last year’s Superman – the debut film in James Gunn’s revived DC Universe.
The Last Son of Krypton’s party-loving cousin made a brief cameo at the tail end of the successful reboot by crash landing in Fortress of Solitude to pick up her superpowered dog Krypto. After a playful tussle with her unruly pup, she stumbled out with a “Thanks for watching him, bitch!” - soundtracked to ‘Punkrocker’ by Teddybears & Iggy Pop.
The song was an echo to Supes’ “kindness is punk rock” line, but also a cheeky bit of foreshadowing for the next DCU adventure, which centers on Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El / Supergirl – the more chaotic, sarcastic, Blondie t-shirt wearing member of the family.
This year, we meet her after an interstellar bender. She’s turned 23 and she’s really good at drowning her sorrows.
Our hot mess express meets Ruthye (Eve Ridley), a young girl whose family has been slain by a sadistic human trafficker named Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts). Ruthye wants revenge, but can’t do it without some help. A reluctant Kara agrees, but only because the evil space pirate is also a pooch poisoning prick who thought it was a good idea to spike Krypto, keep the antidote, and make off with her spaceship.
