This was an interesting film with its exploration of how some people with superpowers discovered what they were and that they were being medicated protect both themselves and the rest of society - at least in the eyes of the authorities. The realisation of the superpowers was slowly and effectively done, not least as a good amount of time had been spent in setting up the ordinary and not very succesful lives that they, and the main female lead in particular, were having. As the story unfolded, the inner conflict between the ordinary family life that Wendy had with Lars and her son Karl and he awareness of the powers was very effectively done in a way that alloowed one to share her dilemma. The film benefited on this focus on character and the scenes of mayhem were few but all the more effective for that. And how different characters reacted to their growing awareness of teir special qualities was also, I thought, quite original with some being dangerously immature, like Electro Man which made the authorities actions actually more understandable.
The ending was satisfying and there was the clear implication that this could be the start of a series of films featuring a range of these people with special powers although, as ever, it is the time spent on ‘ordinary’ characters rea;ising and coming to terms with the fact that they are extraordinary that remains by far the most interesting and gripping part of this sort of story. Once superheroes are ‘aware’ of who and what they are,the different paths that other films/franchises can go down becomes less interesting - new people with different superpowers, villains to fight etc etc etc. Hello MCU!