Brightburn Dvd

Brightburn is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by David Yarovesky, written by Mark Gunn and Brian Gunn, and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang. It stars Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones and Meredith Hagner. It follows Brandon Breyer, a young boy of extraterrestrial origin reared on Earth who realizes he has superpowers. Upon learning of them and being brainwashed by the ship he arrived in, Brandon rejects his humanity and turns to evil, opting to terrorize his hometown, including his parents. The film was produced and financed by Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, The H Collective and Troll Court Entertainment.

Brightburn was announced as Untitled James Gunn Horror Project in December 2017. Aside from Gunn producing the film, his cousin Mark and brother Brian Gunn wrote the screenplay. Principal photography began in March 2018 and wrapped in May of that same year. It adapts the concept of Superman for explicit horror.

Brightburn was released in the United States on May 24, 2019 by Sony Pictures Releasing. It received mixed reviews from critics, who felt that the film did not deliver on the full potential of its premise. The film earned $32 million against a budget of $6–12 million.

Plot

In 2006, a spaceship crashes in Brightburn, Kansas. Tori and Kyle Breyer, who are unable to create a child, look inside to find an infant. The couple adopts and names him Brandon. They hide the spaceship in their barn to hide the truth from him.

In 2018, the ship begins transmitting an alien message, drawing Brandon to the barn. He tries to open the cellar, but Tori intervenes. Brandon begins to exhibit superhuman powers.

One day during a trust exercise in PE, Brandon falls toward a girl in his class named Caitlyn; she lets him fall and accuses him of being a pervert, having previously seen him in her room at night. Caitlyn is forced to help Brandon up, and Brandon, angered by her actions, crushes her hand. He ends up receiving a suspension. That night, Brandon is once again drawn to the ship and breaks into the barn where it is hidden. Tori follows and sees him levitating, chanting the ship’s message: “Take the world.” Tori reveals the truth of his origin, and Brandon goes on a rampage. He develops heat vision, which he uses to slowly murder Caitlyn’s mother, Erica, at the diner where she works. Police find a series of runic Bs drawn on a window while investigating Erica’s disappearance.

The next day, Brandon kills Noah by lifting and crashing his vehicle. The following morning, Tori and Kyle inform Brandon of Noah’s death, but Brandon has no reaction, angering them both. Kyle accuses Brandon of murder and grabs him, and Brandon retaliates by violently shoving him. Kyle finds Brandon’s blood-stained shirt and shows it to Tori, but she refuses to believe it.

While Brandon is examining deer tracks, Kyle shoots him, but the bullet bounces off his head. Brandon eventually kills Kyle using his heat vision. A sheriff arrives at the Breyers’ and ask to see Brandon. Tori tells the sheriff that Kyle and Brandon aren’t home, so he shows Tori the symbol found at the scenes of Erica’s and Noah’s deaths. Tori finds Brandon’s notebook with drawings of his murders and his message to “take the world” and begins to believe Kyle. She tries calling Kyle, until Brandon says that he’s gone.

Brandon destroys the house as Tori calls the police. Brandon murders the sheriff and his deputy. Remembering that the ship can injure Brandon, Tori runs to the barn. There, she finds Erica’s mutilated body. Tori arms herself with a piece of the ship to stab Brandon but fails. Brandon flies Tori to the clouds and drops her to death. An airplane crashes, killing everyone on board. News reports that Brandon is the only survivor in the area.

During the credits, Brandon begins his worldwide attacks, which news reports cover. A conspiracy theorist named Big T discusses the Brightburn incident and the existence of other super-beings, pleading with humanity to take action.

Cast

Elizabeth Banks as Tori Breyer: Brandon’s adoptive mother and Kyle’s wife
David Denman as Kyle Breyer: Brandon’s adoptive father and Tori’s husband
Jackson A. Dunn as Brandon Breyer / Brightburn: a superpowered alien who is adopted by the Breyer family
Matt Jones as Noah McNichol: Brandon’s uncle and Merilee’s husband
Meredith Hagner as Merilee McNichol: Tori’s sister, Brandon’s aunt, and Noah’s wife who works as the school counselor.
Abraham Clinkscales as Royce: a young boy who bullies Brandon
Christian Finlayson as Fauxhawk: one of the kids who bullies Brandon
Jennifer Holland as Ms. Espenschied: Brandon’s school director
Emmie Hunter as Caitlyn Connor: Brandon’s love interest
Becky Wahlstrom as Erica Connor: Caitlyn’s mother who dislikes Brandon
Gregory Alan Williams as Sheriff Deever: a local sheriff of the small town
Anne Humphrey as Deputy Aryes: Deever’s partner
Steve Agee as EJ
Stephen Blackehart as Travis
Michael Rooker as the Big T: a conspiracy theory blogger who reports on the super-powered beings
Rainn Wilson cameos in a photograph during the credits as his character Crimson Bolt from James Gunn’s Super. Mike Dunston, Terence Rosemore, and Elizabeth Becka appear as a gym teacher, a reporter, and Brandon’s school principal.