Taking the bulk of its narrative inspiration from the comic, Woman of Tomorrow, Supergirl is a solid introduction to this new version of Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock).

Piggybacking on the end of Superman, we see Kara in a red sun system celebrating her birthday week. Under a red sun, she doesn’t have her super-powered abilities and, more importantly for her, she can get drunk.

It becomes very obvious that she is suffering from all manner of PTSD. Her home planet was destroyed; she grew up on a protected sliver of that destroyed world, Argo City, and had to watch countless people, friends and family die.

She didn’t have the upbringing that Clark (David Corenswet) did, and she’s not as positive as he is. She is hurt and angry and soon finds herself helping a young girl, Ruthye (Eve Ridley) who has had her own family brutally murdered by the Brigands.

The Brigands are murderous, violent, and are sex traffickers, kidnapping women to serve as breeding machines for their males-only gang. Oh, these guys need their asses kicked, and I am here for it.

The film follows the spirit of the graphic novel pretty closely, but adds in the iconic DC character of Lobo (Jason Momoa).

It’s not as colourful and fun as Superman, but that’s kind of the point. This is, by nature, a darker story as Kara finds her way to being a hero.

I quite like Alcock as Kara. I’ve always enjoyed the character of Supergirl; I do like a strong woman. And the fact that this version is flawed and hurt and not quite the person she’s supposed to be yet – that’s fun to explore.

I can see why there is an attempt to throw in a comparison to Guardians of the Galaxy, and I think that may be one of the reasons James Gunn didn’t direct it, to avoid that. Yes, it is a big pace adventure, but it’s definitely darker than anything Guardians did.

Because of the subject matter, it’s not quite as joyous and fun as Superman was, and I think that may have hurt the film a little. I, for one, like this interpretation of the character. I like that she’s a little bit more edgy than previously seen.

It’s not the best superhero film made, but I like the way it looks. I wish the needle drops had been a little catchier, but I like the production design. This is a solid entry in the new DC cinematic universe, and perhaps isn’t as bright and playful as audiences would have liked (though there is a lot of humour in the film), but I liked this incarnation of Kara Zor-El and I will be back for more.