This breathtaking legend begins with Kara Zor-El (Helen Slater) who lives in an isolated Kryptonian community called Argo City, in a pocket of trans-dimensional space . Zaltar (Peter O'Toole) affords Kara to watch an unique and hugely powerful item known as the Omegahedron, a baseball-sized sphere which he has borrowed without the knowledge of the city government , and which powers the city . Nevertheless , after a mishap , the Omegahedron is blown out into space . Then Supergirl travels twenty million light years to save her house and the adventure is just beginning . Much to the distress of her parents (Simon Ward and Mia Farrow) , Kara follows it to Earth in an effort to recover it and save the city. There she has all the immensely power of the universe , but she still has to learn about love . Along the way , Supergirl is in pursuit of a magic paperweight , but an evil sorceress (Faye Dunaway) and her hoodlum (Brenda Vaccaro) want it too . Her legend is just beginning . Adventure runs in her family. The most incredible girl you'll ever meet. From out of another galaxy and into your hearts comes... Supergirl . Her first adventure on Earth. She'll be with you this summer. She taught him what it was to fly. He taught her what it was to love.
Big budget bomb in which Helen Slater made her failed movie debut and nearly killed her career with the help of Kryptonite . Thrilling first Supergirl outing with action-packed , impressive feats , spectacular fights , usual romance , hilarious set pieces and overwhelming scenes . Unexciting and unsophisticated story of a young woman , cousin to Superman , with superpowers , loosely based on the comic book series , which should delight the kiddies and occassionaly tickle the adults . Slater is great to look at , but is much better in almost any other movie . The picture has gaps , flaws and silly events as when in the process undergoing an inexplicably surprising transformation into "Supergirl" . While Dunaway is a terrifically villainess with awesome black magic powers . Along with both protagonists , here shows up a lot of familar faces , giving simple and functional interpretations ; however , this stellar support cast doesn't seem to take it seriously , such as : Peter O'Toole , Mia Farrow , Brenda Vaccaro , Peter Cook , Simon Ward , Hart Bochner , David Healy , Marc McClure , among others .
Here stands out the rousing and impressive musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, as good as the former Superman's John Williams soundtracks . Likewise , colorful and picturesque cinematography by Alan Hume , adding primitive but effective special effects . The picture was regularly directed by Jeannot Szwarc . This craftsman was born 1939 in Paris, France . He is a director and producer , known for Jaws 2 (1978) , Supergirl (1984) and his big success : Somewhere in Time (1980) . During pre-production for Jaws 2 (1978), production designer Joe Alves recommended him for the director's position because of the collaborative work they did together on Rod Serling's Night Gallery (1969). He directed the following ones : the 1984 theatrical film "Supergirl" , ¨Hércules y Sherlock¨ , ¨Revenge of a Blonde ¨, ¨You'll Never See Me Again¨, The devil's daughter¨, ¨Enigma¨ , ¨Santa Claus¨ as well as several episodes of the TV series "Smallville" about the teenage years of Clark Kent , Superman . Rating : 4.5/10 . This PG-rated release can be a questionable choice for some viewers , both youngsters and old .
Big budget bomb in which Helen Slater made her failed movie debut and nearly killed her career with the help of Kryptonite . Thrilling first Supergirl outing with action-packed , impressive feats , spectacular fights , usual romance , hilarious set pieces and overwhelming scenes . Unexciting and unsophisticated story of a young woman , cousin to Superman , with superpowers , loosely based on the comic book series , which should delight the kiddies and occassionaly tickle the adults . Slater is great to look at , but is much better in almost any other movie . The picture has gaps , flaws and silly events as when in the process undergoing an inexplicably surprising transformation into "Supergirl" . While Dunaway is a terrifically villainess with awesome black magic powers . Along with both protagonists , here shows up a lot of familar faces , giving simple and functional interpretations ; however , this stellar support cast doesn't seem to take it seriously , such as : Peter O'Toole , Mia Farrow , Brenda Vaccaro , Peter Cook , Simon Ward , Hart Bochner , David Healy , Marc McClure , among others .
Here stands out the rousing and impressive musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, as good as the former Superman's John Williams soundtracks . Likewise , colorful and picturesque cinematography by Alan Hume , adding primitive but effective special effects . The picture was regularly directed by Jeannot Szwarc . This craftsman was born 1939 in Paris, France . He is a director and producer , known for Jaws 2 (1978) , Supergirl (1984) and his big success : Somewhere in Time (1980) . During pre-production for Jaws 2 (1978), production designer Joe Alves recommended him for the director's position because of the collaborative work they did together on Rod Serling's Night Gallery (1969). He directed the following ones : the 1984 theatrical film "Supergirl" , ¨Hércules y Sherlock¨ , ¨Revenge of a Blonde ¨, ¨You'll Never See Me Again¨, The devil's daughter¨, ¨Enigma¨ , ¨Santa Claus¨ as well as several episodes of the TV series "Smallville" about the teenage years of Clark Kent , Superman . Rating : 4.5/10 . This PG-rated release can be a questionable choice for some viewers , both youngsters and old .