Blue Beetle is the kitschy sort of superhero throwback DC should have been making years ago

A young man in a dark blue form-fitting exoskeleton adorned with glowing neon pining across the chest.

Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes. | Image: Warner Bros.

Director Ángel Manuel Soto’s new Blue Beetle movie checks all the flashy, formulaic boxes Warner Bros. should have been focusing on when it first started trying to build a modern cinematic universe.