adminOne of my favorite DC comic book characters is Jaime Reyes. He isn’t the first to wear the superhero mantle, like John Stewart, but he is the one who for me best defined the hero. Blue Beetle is that hero. Now that Miles Morales is one of two Latino leads in a movie bearing their names, Jaime gets his opportunity to shine in a live-action role. Blue Beetle, a superhero movie directed by ngel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, distinguishes itself from other superhero movies by putting family first and sharing the secret with them. And that helps move the plot forward in the movie because Jaime’s family is played by an engaging ensemble.
Jaime Reyes, the titular Blue Beetle in the movie, played by Xolo Mariduea, is a recent college graduate who returns to Palmera City with huge hopes. The movie takes liberties with Jaime’s origin tale. When he returns home, however, he discovers that his plans to attend law school and leave the Palmera Keys have been dashed since he must give up his idealized future in order to support his parents in maintaining their home. After a disastrous “interview” with Kord Industries, Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient artifact of extraterrestrial biotechnology, which forces fate to step in and help him discover his place in the world. After Jaime accepts the role of the Scarab’s symbiotic host, his life is thrown into disarray. Get Blue Bettle movie streaming only on the Flixtor.to website.
Capitalism is essentially the source of Blue Beetle’s main conflict. Kord Industries pursues Jaime as he accidentally becomes the host of Kord technology to access the Scarab and its improvements for military hardware. The business has also been displacing families from Palmera City’s outskirts, stealing their homes, and demolishing neighborhoods to build huge condos in their stead. While there are times when the gentrification that is driving the Reyes family from their house is discussed, the movie prefers to illustrate the problem at hand rather than telling the spectator everything.
