Masters of the Universe
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After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam back to Eternia, where he discovers his home shattered under the fiendish rule of Skeletor. To save his family and his world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies, Teela and Duncan/Man-At-Arms, and embrace his true destiny as He-Man — the most powerful man in the universe.
What critics thought
A genuinely split film: admirers find it a self-aware, big-hearted blockbuster that earns its silliness, while detractors see a bloated, derivative misfire that mistakes irreverence for originality. The humor and screenplay are the sharpest fault lines — what some call a confident tonal tightrope, others call wildly confused. Jared Leto's Skeletor and the action sequences draw the most consistent praise across both camps.
“a film that appreciates the source material, silly names and all, and proves the best way to add to a 50-year-old [sic] franchise that's about toys as much as anything else is to not take it too seriously”
Clint Gage·IGN
“a two-hour-plus comedy-and-effects bonanza whose fantasy images are more notable for their quantity than quality, like a digital Golden Corral”
Kyle Smith·The Wall Street Journal
“Masters of the Universe is a patchwork misfire that fancies itself as a new Thor: Ragnarok, Flash Gordon or Guardians of the Galaxy without displaying a sliver of originality and which instead frequently trips over its own wildly confused gender politics”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“Amazon's head-scratching $200m-budgeted misfire fails to explain why so much time, money and effort has been wasted… [in a] laboured attempt to resurrect [a] toy IP very few people still care about”
Benjamin Lee·The Guardian
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Travis KnightDirector
Nicholas GalitzineAdam / He-Man
Camila MendesTeela
Idris ElbaDuncan
Jared LetoSkeletor
Alison BrieEvil-Lyn
Jóhannes Haukur JóhannessonFisto
Jon Xue ZhangRam Man
Sam C. WilsonTrap Jaw
James PurefoyKing Randor
Charlotte RileyQueen Marlena
Morena BaccarinThe Sorceress
Kristen WiigRoboto (voice)
Daniel PembertonComposer
Chris ButlerWriter
Aaron NeeWriter
Adam NeeWriter
David CallahamWriter
Alex LitvakWriter
Michael FinchWriter
Fabian WagnerCinematographyMasters of the Universe
After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam back to Eternia, where he discovers his home shattered under the fiendish rule of Skeletor. To save his family and his world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies, Teela and Duncan/Man-At-Arms, and embrace his true destiny as He-Man — the most powerful man in the universe.
What critics thought
A genuinely split film: admirers find it a self-aware, big-hearted blockbuster that earns its silliness, while detractors see a bloated, derivative misfire that mistakes irreverence for originality. The humor and screenplay are the sharpest fault lines — what some call a confident tonal tightrope, others call wildly confused. Jared Leto's Skeletor and the action sequences draw the most consistent praise across both camps.
“a film that appreciates the source material, silly names and all, and proves the best way to add to a 50-year-old [sic] franchise that's about toys as much as anything else is to not take it too seriously”
Clint Gage·IGN
“a two-hour-plus comedy-and-effects bonanza whose fantasy images are more notable for their quantity than quality, like a digital Golden Corral”
Kyle Smith·The Wall Street Journal
“Masters of the Universe is a patchwork misfire that fancies itself as a new Thor: Ragnarok, Flash Gordon or Guardians of the Galaxy without displaying a sliver of originality and which instead frequently trips over its own wildly confused gender politics”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“Amazon's head-scratching $200m-budgeted misfire fails to explain why so much time, money and effort has been wasted… [in a] laboured attempt to resurrect [a] toy IP very few people still care about”
Benjamin Lee·The Guardian
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Travis KnightDirectorNicholas GalitzineAdam / He-ManCamila MendesTeelaIdris ElbaDuncanJared LetoSkeletorAlison BrieEvil-LynJóhannes Haukur JóhannessonFistoJon Xue ZhangRam ManSam C. WilsonTrap JawJames PurefoyKing RandorCharlotte RileyQueen MarlenaMorena BaccarinThe SorceressKristen WiigRoboto (voice)Daniel PembertonComposerChris ButlerWriterAaron NeeWriterAdam NeeWriterDavid CallahamWriterAlex LitvakWriterMichael FinchWriterFabian WagnerCinematographyStream