The Helipad 3/18/22 - Movie Review: 'The Hyperions' (*Some Spoilers*)
The Chairman shares his thoughts on the movie 'The Hyperions'
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The Hyperions
(Jon McDonald)
The Daily Wire, Bonfire Legend
Score: 7/10
Watch the movie here.
If you have any sort of cultural awareness, you’d know that a lot of American cinema now focuses on prequels, sequels, and remakes. A majority of it involves superhero movies that just give people an escape from the news and the grind of their every day lives. These films are boring, predictable, formulaic, they usually have an awful script, and rely way too much on CGI and special effects rather than following an actual plot.
The Daily Wire’s new film The Hyperions is the answer to all of that. The film is a different take on the whole superhero genre. Without giving too much away, the movie is about a professor who invents a device that can give anyone wearing it special superpowers. Over a period of time he switches out the team of superheroes (called The Hyperions) for a younger team. The twist though is that two of the original team members are the professor’s adopted children who have since been replaced by the second (and soon-to-be third) generation of Hyperions. Again, not to give too much away, this and years of unchecked family disfunction leads to a mutiny of sorts where the first generation are desperate to get their powers back.
This is all a very refreshing take on the superhero genre. The idea that anyone can be a superhero reminds me of my favorite superhero movie of all time, 1999’s Mystery Men. What is also refreshing was how wonderful and how much detail went into the sets and backgrounds of The Hyperions. The movie really takes you back in time to the 1970’s with amazing attention to detail from the costumes, to the cars, to the technology, to allusions to pre-Pixar Disney movies, etc.
However, there was a point where I was wondering if the film was relying too much on its mid-century aesthetic. While the story was compelling, it seemed like the film tried to crowd too much in the second half of the film making it a little disjointed. The dialogue overall basically did the job to keep the story moving, but it seemed that in the most dramatic of scenes and the funnier scenes fell a little flat. Those could have been executed a bit better.
The Hyperions doesn’t leave you on a cliffhanger or anything like that, but it does end where you wonder if there could be a sequel. And if there is a sequel, then the issues of trying to fit so many sub plots in the latter half of the film might make more sense. After watching it, I felt that the notion of a sequel could go either way.
Once again, The Hyperions is not your average superhero movie. It’s way more compelling than anything released by Marvel or DC these days. It does have some issues, but it definitely has the potential to have a cult following especially if Bonfire Films and The Daily Wire decide to make it into a trilogy. With all of this in mind it is still worth a watch.