We never see exactly what he does to it. In most likelihood, Brandon won't forget Caitlyn unless he finds another girl to fixate on. Perhaps more likely is those powers haven't manifested yet. In 2013's Man of Steel, Superman (Henry Cavill) tells Lois Lane (Amy Adams) the S symbol on his chest stands for "hope" in Kryptonian. Brightburn has this very interesting concept, but I feel it fell short of what it could have been. She tries to kill him with a piece of the ship that brought him to Earth, but he threatens her long before that. First, the most obvious, it's creepy and looks cool as hell. He could have been sent to Earth by a people still very much alive, and he may have been sent specifically to conquer. In a reversal of the typical Superman story, Brandon is an extraterrestrial who is sent to Earth with the sinister intentions of taking it over. Second, Superman didn't wear a mask and that may be the point. Box office estimates indicate it … Crime scene investigation has spawned plenty of hit TV shows, but it’s the shocking real-life cases that have really captivated the public over the years. When murdering his uncle Noah, his father Kyle (David Denman), and his mother, Brandon dons the mask even though it's clear his victims know who he is. Brandon then destroys a plane flying overhead, using the crash as a way to cover his tracks and parent’s murder. The scene where Tori tries to stab Brandon at the end right after telling him she loves him, holding the knife behind her back and then attacking as they are hugging, is very similar to the scene in Carrie when Margaret stabs Carrie at the end. What if you wanted to have a normal child, but then that child discovered his powers and it becomes a thread for the humanity? While Brandon is examining deer tracks and has his back to his father, Kyle loads his rifle and shoots Brandon in the head. The world will never be the same. When Merilee sees no remorse in him, she warns him she's going to be forced to report that to Sheriff Deever. Libby - Shot in the face by one of Jacques' goons. Let's see who will win between this two psycho killers without humanity! Shocking no one, when the sheriff and another police officer arrive they are brutally killed by Brandon. Not to mention that while Brandon does take some compulsory precautions to conceal his identity, eventually that seems to have little to do with the mask. Jump to 2019, and ‘Brightburn’ turns that grey into tar black: it puts a savoury (and scary) twist to the all known origin tale and turns that “what if” on its head. While Brandon's story is a dark reflection of the story of Clark Kent, the young alien wears a laced mask whenever he commits a murder. But Brightburn isn't the only threat he mentions. There, she finds Erica's mutilated body. The last we see of Caitlyn, she's in her bed with her hand in a cast. The Man of Steel just trusted in the deceptive powers of his eyeglasses. Some of the most shocking investigations have involved Hollywood stars. Brandon lashes out, eventually slaughtering Noah as he tries to escape in a car. Tori is the last human Brandon has any faith in. Brightburn does not end with the problem of young Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn) being solved. In this entry, we tackle the ending of Brightburn. Erica Connor Mutilated Brandon Breyer / Brightburn No 2. Police Are Useless: Then again, it's not like they could do anything to Brandon anyway. Marcum was called to what he described as a gruesome scene on Monday morning after the man’s body was discovered in […] We see during the credit’s screen an Alex Jones-esc character ranting about other monsters and aliens, which means there’s a chance we get other movies about them. In a last-ditch attempt, Tori attempts to comfort her son who is waiting for her. This leads to the girl’s mother rightfully blaming Brandon and telling her daughter she cannot see Brandon anymore. Brandon destroys the house as Tori calls the police. Believed to have died in a drunk driving accident, Brandon’s parents become increasingly more suspicious of his actions. teacher demands she help him up, Brandon takes the opportunity to get back at Caitlyn by crushing her hand. During his mandatory guidance meeting, Brandon confesses that he isn’t remorseful for hurting the young girl. The movie revolves around a young couple discovering an alien ship that crash lands outside their remote farm. Subscribe to Sony Pictures: http://bit.ly/SonyPicsSubscribe Follow Us on Social: https://www.facebook.com/BrightburnMovie/ https://www.instagram.com/BrightburnMovie/ https://www.twitter.com/Brightburn Visit our site: https://www.Brightburn.Movie What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? Why do Brandon's people want him to conquer the Earth? Brandon scares her when he sneaks into her room one night and watches her from behind a curtain. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Threatening her, Brandon then stalks Merilee as she goes to bed, but shifts his sights on Merilee’s husband and his uncle, Noah. One of the most telling moments in Brightburn comes when Brandon tells his aunt Merilee (Meredith Hagner) that he's "superior." But there’s more to Brightburn’s finale than just what happened, as a mid-credits sequence opens the door to a wider world of havoc and mayhem. She appeals to his innocence and hugs him, and it seems Brandon is about to power down. His first act of violence is him breaking the hand of a young girl who denies his affection. Yes, Brightburn is technically a superhero movie and the superhero film is the 21st Century patron saint of cinematic universes, but Brightburn is also the … This is the alien that crash landed from another planet in a pod in a field to be adopted by a childless couple, but turns out to be a malevolent entity. There's a whole Justice League full of horrors in his world. Furious and emotionally broken, Brandon grabs his mother and launches into the sky. What would happen if Superman was evil? He shows us a scary picture of a choking woman, and tells us about a "witch woman" who's reportedly strangling people to death with her rope. While investigating the horrific death of Brandon's Uncle Noah (Matt Jones), Deever shows pictures of the symbol to Brandon's mother Tori (Elizabeth Banks), commenting that it looks like two letter Bs back-to-back, possibly standing for "Brandon Breyer." This culminates in the boy shoving his father into a cabinet after being accused of lying. He wants her to fly on her own to prove that she truly is his "real" mother who he can trust and love. There's no rule saying he has to be a carbon copy of Superman, after all. He could be one of many super-powered psycho babies blasted across the galaxy with instructions to become the rulers of all they surveyed. Inside the vessel is an infant boy which gets adopted and raised by the Breyer family. Brandon then destroys a plane flying overhead, using the crash as a way to cover his tracks and parent’s murder. Sheriff Deever Ran over by brandon Breyer,body Dismemberment With Brightburn,…2019-03-06T17:00:05.000Z. Other tragic crimes have made martyrs of the innocent victims — while certain murderers have found their own sick celebrity after their homicidal rampages. He ends up crash landing in Brightburn, Kansas, where he is adopted by a couple unable to have children. Second, it acts as homage to the old comic book trope of giving characters first and last names starting with the same letter — or in the case of Clark Kent, the same consonant sound: characters like Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Stephen Strange, Reed Richards, and so on. He can lie about murdering with a straight face, but if he were to hear his father say he wasn't his son, his emotional response would be impossible to hide. Trivia . This could be a setup for a sequel, though it could also just be a nod to the comics that inspired the film. Sadly, this choice doesn’t go well for the mother as she is killed the following night by Brandon with her body mysteriously disappearing. Trivia . Having been betrayed by everyone he loves, the boy drops his mother out of the sky to her death. As the ship that brought Brandon to Earth calls to him from his parents' barn, it speaks in a deep and alien tongue. But the question of whether or not he ever comes back to her remains open. Even though he is presumably immune to anything on Earth, we do learn early on that the material on the spaceship he arrived in cuts his skin. Brandon's spaceship crashes on the Breyer property in the beginning of the film. When the P.E. The half-man, half-fish is Aquaman. Five For Fighting's hit ballad "Superman (It's Not Easy)" speaks to us from what's supposed to be the perspective of the iconic hero Superman. Unfortunately for Kyle, Brandon is as bulletproof as his Kryptonian inspiration, and you can guess what follows. For any of us worried about the godlike power wielded by the Man of Steel, the lyrics assure us "Well, it's alright, you can all sleep sound tonight/I'm not crazy/Or anything." Something about the movie just wasn’t connecting the way it should have. When Tori goes to the alien ship so she can pull a piece off of it, she finds Erica's body pinned to a wall, naked and eviscerated. Tori is able to hide from Brandon a number of times, and all in instances when X-Ray vision would have allowed him to find her. They hide Brandon’s spaceship in the barn’s cellar to keep his true identity from him and the rest of the world. If he kept going we'd probably hear about a half-man, half-bat and a man who moves so fast no one can see him. When she predictably falls, it's the final confirmation of how deeply alone he is. Furious, Noah drags the young killer out of the house, scolding him and promising to tell his parents. She has a coloured streak in her hair like Barndon's mother Tori at the beginning of the film. Still wearing his mask, Brandon’s identity is presumably still a secret and his existence is considered a conspiracy. Ending Explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. The next day, police, paramedics, and FBI are at the farm investigating the airplane crash, which killed everyone onboard. Justifiably upset, Kyle rummages through Brandon’s room, discovering the dirty and bloody shirt he wore the night he murdered Noah. The death of Brandon's mother is different. Some of the most shocking investigations have involved Hollywood stars. 2019-03-06T17:00:05.000Z. Driven by alien voices in his head, Brandon’s personality begins to change too a much ruder and colder version of himself. #Brightburn in theaters May. Exposition is dribbled out like a closed off faucet. The film asks what would have happened to the family-friendly story of young Clark Kent if the emergence of his powers made him lose his marbles. The death scenes are entertaining enough but the overall feel of the film is that it lacks any real depth whatsoever. He sneaks into her house but never kills her. One possibility is that he simply doesn't have the abilities. We don't see Brandon use any of Superman's extra-perceptive abilities like X-Ray vision or super hearing. After killing the police, Brandon ransacks the house looking for Tori, only to find her in the barn. The ending of the film is also an homage to post-credits scenes in superhero movies and cinematic universes that linked several stories together. While Brandon's crashing of the passenger jet could protect him in the short term, unless he went through a lot of hard work in hiding bodies (which is possible, but we never see it) what he did and what he is will be exposed. On a more mundane sense, however, it takes for him to connect a symbol that was left on two different murder scene, despite it being intentionally a signature to show that the same person was behind both. Otherwise, Caitlyn will likely live in fear of him for the rest of her days — which, if he returns to her, probably won't be long. I didn’t hate Brightburn, but something felt missing. The exposure of what he's done is just a matter of time. This question is the at the core of director David Yarovesky horror film, Brightburn. While it’s never explained, there’s a chance that Brandon’s alien race function like wasps. But there's a more symbolic reason – Brightburn begins with a crash and ends with a crash. One possibility is that the planet Brandon comes from, like Superman's Krypton, was destroyed and his parents specifically sent him to Earth knowing he would be safe because he was more powerful than anyone else. In a fit of rage, Brandon burns his dad’s skull with his laser beam eyes. What I love about the psychology of Brightburn is that the character is as much a victim as he is a menace. Brandon Breyer, otherwise better known as Brightburn, is the titular protagonist villainof the 2019 super villain horror film of the same name. He destroys the family home, kills a couple of police officers, and eventually drops his mother from the sky after she tries to stab him with the only thing that could hurt … 2019-03-06T17:00:05.000Z. We see huge buildings falling from his assaults, and interestingly, the anchormen and women refer to him as "Brightburn." He can kill anyone, he can destroy anything, and unless someone finds a way to take him down, there aren't any consequences anyone on Earth can make him suffer for what he does. Brightburn stars Elizabeth Banks who is trying to have a child with her husband, but when an alien spaceship crashes in Kansas, they adopt the child and raise him as one of their own. Cookies help us deliver our Services. The world is just one big sandbox to Brandon Breyer. Enraged, Brandon flies Tori through the barn roof and above the clouds and drops her to her death. Brightburn ends with a … Brandon doesn’t take this well and visits the young woman in the middle of the night. As we see the wreckage we hear a news report of the crash, and it's made clear it's being blamed for the deaths of Brandon's family and the destruction of their house. Brandon gives the impression he intends to return to Caitlyn and court her, even though she's clearly terrified of him. At the same time, his mom Tori discovers a notebook full of gruesome drawings that depict Brandon’s kills throughout the film. Brightburn drags its story out to an almost infuriating degree. 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