Welcome back to Comic Book Guy, your one-stop destination for all things superhero cinema! This week, we’re diving into a trio of wildly different caped escapades (including two who love arrows). Let’s break down what’s hot, what’s not, and what’s just plain weird in the latest round of superhero spectacles!
BOOSTER GOLD II: THE BOOSTER GOLD STORY
Booster Gold II is back with more laughs, chaos, and time-traveling narcissism as Billy Magnussen's Michael Carter learns absolutely nothing from his previous blunders. Now trying to juggle superhero antics, a failing film career, and his endless ego, Booster’s misadventures hit a new high (or low) when he inadvertently creates a clay-based villain, Clayface, played by Jesse Plemons in a tragic, gooey meltdown of a performance. The Creed concert fight scene might just be cinema’s most bizarre crossover since Space Jam, while Mahershala Ali’s deadpan Martian Manhunter adds gravitas to the chaos - like dropping Shakespeare into Dumb and Dumber. Meanwhile, Lee Pace’s Maxwell Lord slithers through the plot with ambiguous menace and perfect hair. It’s a rollicking sequel that knows exactly what it is: a gaudy, ridiculous romp that never takes itself too seriously, and honestly, that’s why it works.
GREEN ARROW 2: HUNTERS
Green Arrow 2: Hunters is an aggressively grim sequel that doubles down on the serial-killer drama while sprinkling in just enough archer action to remind you it’s a superhero movie. Armie Hammer broods his way through Star City as Oliver Queen, balancing his vigilante work and his seemingly doomed romance with Vanessa Kirby’s Dinah Lance, who spends half the film in danger and the other half questioning why she's dating a guy who fights crime with arrows. Tao Okamoto’s Shado adds an intriguing layer of moral ambiguity, and the plot zips between tortured warehouse beatdowns, Yakuza backstories, and climactic helicopter escapes. The result? A slightly overstuffed but engaging crime thriller where the Green Arrow somehow makes you believe that arrows really are mightier than bullets.
HUNTRESS
Michelle MacLaren’s Huntress feels like a mafia revenge flick got dipped in a superhero origin story and wrapped in an Italian soap opera. Hailee Steinfeld shines as Helena Bertinelli, a crossbow-wielding antihero whose tragic backstory could fill an entire season of The Sopranos. With a star-studded cast - including Michael Imperioli as a slimy uncle and Jon Bon Jovi (aka Millie Bobby Brown's father-in-law) as a shady mobster - every scene feels one wrong step away from a melodramatic explosion, and that’s kind of the point. The action is brutal, the costumes are fabulous, and the Venice Carnival fight scene is so stylish it feels like a Bond movie on steroids. Sure, it occasionally veers into over-the-top territory, but watching Helena grow into the Huntress is worth every melodramatic second.
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