This Got The Power!

Masters of the Universe it‘s based on the popular animated series of the same name, and the 1987 movie, directed by Travis Knight and stars Nicolas Ghitzine, Camila Mendes, Idris Elba, and Jared Leto.

After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power of King Grayskull leads Prince Adam Glenn back from his mother's home planet Earth to his father's home planet Eternia where he discovers his home has been destroyed and is now under the rule of powerful warlord and sorcerer Skeletor. In order to reclaim his family legacy and save the world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies Teela and Man-At-Arms and embrace who he is truly meant to be: He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe.

It‘s A Campy Ride

Masters of the Universe is a silly, fun movie that resembles a lot of the original animated series, bringing so much dumb humor, but it works, because it‘s a film that doesn‘t take too seriously. What I loved about this story, is that we met Adam Glenn as a human first and then he becomes He-Man in a way that feels earned and respected.

Travis Knight, former director of Bumblebee and basically, some motion capture films, brings too much joy to the screen. Like Knight knew the characters, the world and the heart and soul of He-Man, because it resembles so much to the original cartoon.

Skeletor Needs Some Subtitles

Jared Leto has been in a rough patch this past of couple of years delivering failure after failure, but this time he puts on a mask and a suit, but his Skeletor is menacing, but also it‘s the Skeletor that we all know and love, the one that runs away before chaos happens. 

Behind all the digital effects, Leto gives a good performance, but I couldn‘t understand what Skeletor was saying half of the time, because his voice was doing an accent and there‘s some digital muffled voice changes there. Couldn‘t comprehend most of his dialogue.

It‘s A Combination Between Thor Ragnarok and Dungeons and Dragons

The tone of the movie from the get-go is silly, campy, and dumb. But it works, because of Travis direction, Nicola‘s commited performance as He-Man, and the rest of the cast that elevates the material. The first 20 minutes are not the best part, the editing is rough and it takes too long to find it‘s footing.

The jokes are great, and it‘s more physically comedy than anything. Travis Knight knew how to deliver the spirit of the character in the best way possible.

Final Thoughts

Masters of the Universe crafts something special that lands, sticks and gives us something in return, while giving a big smile to the fans that watched this show in our childhood, and this is for the new audiences that are introduced to this world.

There‘s 2 post-credits scenes, so you‘ll need to stay in the theater.