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? With Brightburn, the visionary filmmaker of Guardians of the Galaxy and Slither presents a startling, subversive take on a radical new genre: superhero horror.
Max Hanson (Jackson) seems to have it all. But beneath the perfect faade, Max's world is falling apart. While his father Ed (Colm Feore, Chicago) tries to be supportive, his mother Sophie (Oscar nominee Jobeth Williams, The Big Chill) relentlessly pressures her reluctant son to abandon his dreams of becoming an ice-hockey star and pursue his artistic talents. When Max falls for an attractive, vivacious classmate, Molly (Carly Pope, Popular), he thinks he sees his future getting brighter. But his problems have only just begun as Molly introduces him to a crazy world of wild parties and drugs. As his infatuation with both Molly and the high life spirals out of control, Max gets kicked off the hockey team and Sophie puts even more pressure on him to achieve the artistic glory that eluded her. In a haze of confusion and rising danger, Max runs away from home and tragedy strikes, depriving him of everything he ever cared about. But it is Sophie who will have to endure a dramatic confrontation in order to save her fallen child.
Teenager Max Hanson seems to have it all. But beneath the perfect faade Max's world is falling apart. Relentlessly pressurised to succeed by his mother Sophie Max takes refuge in a crazy world of wild parties and drugs. In a haze of confusion Max runs away from home and tragedy strikes - but it is Sophie who will have to endure a dramatic confrontation in order to save her fallen child.
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