While it maybe a nice homage to David Bowie for making one of his songs as the name of a film. It isn't so nice that Director Robert Rodriguez has yet again fallen into the "same film pit" as here it goes into the same styles as Spy Kids and Sharkboy and Lavagirl before it, albeit the second film is worse than this, in pretty much every way, that means We Can Be Heroes is just that little bit more bareable. But only that little bit more. A lot of us at this point are starting to miss the Robert Rodriguez that made The Faculty, From Dusk Till Dawn and even 2005s Sin City, even the Spy Kids version Rodriguez wasn't anywhere near as bad, but we are left to wonder what else is down the road for Rodriguez, as he continues down this slope of 'same old stuff'. Yet there's a light at the end of the tunnel as We Can Be Heroes isn't anywhere near as insufferable as the aforementioned Sharkboy and Lavagirl or the black hole that was Spy Kids: All The Time In The World. As there are moments of storytelling grandeur here (and we use that term loosely) as it feels a bit more original, here we have superhero kids (not so original) taking on aliens who guide them to be better than their parents (that's better), and while it plays out that way for most of the film, the rest is jut stuff we've all seen before from Rodriguez. Instead of feeling Heroic, it feels powerless compared to the likes of Sky High or the many other superhero films out there. In fact if this were to be Sky High, the only thing missing is a giddy Kurt Russell and a fourth wall breaking Linda Carter - oh wait no its not. Let's just say these kids should've just stayed home, and the adults should've done too, no wait everyone who made this should've just not done it. But at least it's something that children can enjoy. 2/5.
Review of We Can Be Heroes
