Sun, Oct 08
|Honokaa Peopleʻs Theatre
Blue Beetle
Time & Location
Oct 08, 2023, 7:00 PM – 9:10 PM HST
Honokaa Peopleʻs Theatre, 45-3574 Mamane St, Honokaa, HI 96727, USA
About the Event
PG-13. 2hr 7min. Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the Super Hero BLUE BEETLE.
Peter Travers ABC News: "The thrills in the first Latino superhero epic are mostly generic but the personal relationships between protagonist Jaime Reyes (a charming Xolo Maridueña) and his irresistibly rowdy and resilient relatives make all the difference. Viva la familia."
Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times: "While it’s great to see a Latino get center stage, this is a mostly by-the-numbers origin story with underwhelming VFX and a disappointingly cartoonish villain."
Owen Glieberman Variety: The brisk, cheeky, unabashed gizmo-happy triviality of “Blue Beetle,” a superhero origin story from the DC side of the tracks, is enough to make the film feel like a breath of fresh pulp."
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer Score: 79%