We Can Be Heroes Movie Review: Priyanka Chopra & Pedro Pascal's Superhero Film Underestimates Young Audience
We Can Be Heroes underestimates the younger audience with a half baked plot, when its predecessors like Spy Kids had so much more to offer even a decade ago.
Star
Cast:
YaYa
Gosselin,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Pedro
Pascal,
Director:
Robert
Rodriguez
Available
On:
Netflix
Duration:
100
minutes
Language:
English
Story:
The
superhero
children's
film
is
a
stand-alone
sequel
to
the
2005
release
The
Adventures
of
Sharkboy
and
Lavagirl.
The
film
follows
a
group
of
super
kids
who
have
to
step
in
to
save
the
world
after
their
superhero
parents
have
been
kidnapped
by
aliens.
Review:
We
Can
Be
Heroes
is
a
film
made
purely
for
kids
with
the
direct
message
that
kids
are
the
future.
The
film
follows
YaYa
Gosselin
as
Missy
Moreno,
who
despite
being
a
Heroics'
kid
does
not
have
any
superpowers.
After
losing
her
mother
who
was
also
a
Heroics,
she
makes
a
deal
with
her
father
Marcus
Moreno
(played
by
Pedro
Pascal)
that
he
will
never
return
to
the
field.
Marcus
ends
up
breaking
the
deal
when
the
world
is
under
attack
by
an
alien
race.
Missy
for
safety
has
been
placed
in
an
underground
bunker
with
the
other
super
kids.
The
young
superheroes
after
watching
their
parents
get
attacked
and
kidnapped
by
the
alien
forces
break
out
of
the
bunker
and
head
to
the
spaceship
to
save
their
parents.
The
film
is
directed
by
Robert
Rodriguez
who
is
best
known
for
films
like
From
Dusk
Till
Dawn
(1996),
Once
Upon
a
Time
in
Mexico
(2003),
Alita:
Battle
Angel
(2019),
but
he
is
also
known
for
the
Spy
Kids
series
and
The
Adventures
of
Sharkboy
and
Lavagirl
(2005).
We
Can
Be
Heroes
also
follows
its
predecessors
and
mainly
brings
back
the
nostalgia
for
the
90s
and
early
2000s
kids
with
cheap
sets,
bright
colours,
comic
acting
and
slapdash
CGI.
The
film's
story,
screenplay
and
dialogues
have
been
written
from
a
child's
perspective,
where
the
adults
are
always
changing
their
minds,
making
up
new
rules
and
make
questionable
decisions
when
children
can
do
so
much
better
if
given
a
chance.
The
makers,
however,
end
up
spending
too
much
time
setting
up
little
details
that
the
young
audience
wouldn't
notice
or
even
care
for.
If
the
same
screen
time
would
have
been
used
on
setting
up
the
story
better
or
developing
the
characters
more
We
Can
Be
Heroes
would
have
also
been
enjoyable
by
the
adult
audience.
All
adults
in
the
film
including
Priyanka
Chopra,
Pedro
Pascal,
Christian
Slater,
Sung
Kang
and
others,
unfortunately,
come
off
as
plastic
versions
of
themselves
and
are
given
little
to
nothing
with
work
with.
Kid
stars
YaYa
Gosselin,
Andy
Walken,
Nathan
Blair,
Vivien
Lyra
Blair
and
others
are
the
real
heroes
of
the
film.
They
manage
to
present
the
film
with
sincerity
despite
its
flaws.
Overall,
We
Can
Be
Heroes
underestimates
the
young
audience
with
a
half
baked
plot,
when
its
predecessors
like
Spy
Kids
had
so
much
more
to
offer
even
a
decade
ago.