I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE!

For the past two decades, comic book superhero of the graphic novel variety has dominated the blockbuster tentpoles of major film studios and yearly release dates; drawing upon the large-than-life heroics for various origin features, solo films, and team-up endeavors. Naturally, the properties of Marvel and DC Comics have been the more prominent usage of this variety; utilizing the likes of Iron Man, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman and many others for large-scale cinematic blockbusters. However, there have been other / lesser-known features films that have been adapted from graphic novel comics such as 2005’s Sin City, 2006’s 300, 2006’s V for Vendetta, 2009’s Watchmen, 2015’s Kingman: The Secret Service, and 2017’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets just to name a few. Now, Netflix and director Gina Prince-Bythewood present the latest graphic novel film adaptation in the movie