Blue Beetle Summary, Trailer, Cast, Where to Watch and More

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Blue Beetle is a superhero-action film that follows college graduate Jaime Reyes as he inherits the powers of a mysterious alien relic known as the Scarab, bestowing him with a powerful exosuit that gives him unearthly capabilities. Now an inheritor of a power he isn't sure he deserves, Jaime will become a hero to protect the ones he loves.

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Xolo Mariduena

Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle

Bruna Marquezine

Jenny Kord

Susan Sarandon

Victoria Kord

Raoul Max Trujillo

Carapax

Belissa Escobedo

Milagros Reyes

Damian Alcazar

Alberto Reyes

Elpidia Carrillo

Rocío Reyes

George Lopez

Rudy Reyes

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Blue Beetle's Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle

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Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes in Blue Beetle wearing the Blue Beetle suit..

Blue Beetle with his sword in the DCEU's Blue Beetle

Jaime Reyes in the Blue Beetle costume in Blue Beetle

Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes' Blue Beetle in the DCEU

Blue Beetle making a sword in Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle looking at Earth from space in Blue Beetle

Xolo Maridueña smiling as Jaime Reyes and flying as Blue Beetle next to David Corenswet's Superman

Ted Kord rides The Bug to Jaime Reyes in Blue Beetle #10

Xolo Mariduena's Jaime Reyes becoming Blue Beetle in the DCEU

Xolo Maridueña with his fist raised as Miguel Diaz in Cobra Kai.

Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz smiling at dinner in Cobra Kai

Alberto and Jaime Reyes speak for the last time in Blue Beetle

Alberto Reyes speaks to Jaime in Blue Beetle

Jaime's father sits in front of candles in Blue Beetle

Xolo Maridueña as Javier Reyes looks over his shoulder in Blue Beetle.

George Lopez as Rudy Reyes screams in Blue Beetle.

Raoul Max Trujillo as Ignacio Carapax in his OMAC suit in Blue Beetle (2023)

Raoul Max Trujillo frowning as Ignacio Carapax in Blue Beetle.

Raoul Max Trujillo strapped to a chair as Ignacio Carapax in Blue Beetle (2023)

Ted Kord knows what being a hero is all about in Blue Beetle #10

Victoria Kord unveils to Ted the new Bug in Blue Beetle #10-1

Victoria Kord demands that Blue Beetle finishes the job

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The Reyes family laughs around a dinner table in Blue Beetle with Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes in the middle.

Blue Beetle Review: Xolo Maridueña Shines In DC's Funny & Touching Hero Tale

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Blue Beetle's family-centric story has universal appeal, but the strength of the new DC movie lies in Jaime Reyes' ties to his Mexican heritage.

By Tatiana Hullender

Aug 16, 2023

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7/10

Blue Beetle (2023)
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Watched: February 22, 2026

The Plot: An alien scarab chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blu...

Cast: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Becky G

This is my third viewing.

The Good: Is this movie perfect? No. Read the raws for that! But what it does, it does well. To coin a phrase from another superhero franchise (fight me): 'It's all about FAMILY'.

Blue Beetle is a lot better than people give it credit for. It's fun and it's chaotic and it's messy in spots, but this movie wasn't made for people who were there when Eric Bana walked so Iron Man could snap. It's made for a younger crowd. Does it have superhero battles?

Enough to flatten Metropolis. Does it have witty banter? Enough to make even Andrew Garfield go sheesh.

But like Dom Toretto says. It's all about family, and at the heart of this hyper-velocity superhero flick is a movie about how family can give you all the strength you need.

The Alternative: Well. I'm feeling nostalgic, so I'm going to say The Shadow. It's ten million miles away from Blue Beetle, but it's pulpy noir fun.

The Last Word: This one's fun. It doesn't have a lot of meat on it's bones, but it looks gorgeous in 4K and Nana Reyes and Rudy Reyes make this movie what it is. You want the straight dope? Check out the raws. They're brutal.

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10/10

Having similar themes like SHAZAM! and other emotional superhero films, Blue Beetle has a great lead actor, supporting cast and action with plenty of humor and heart.

2024-09-02 20:50:06
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8/10

The DCEU ended on a high with this one. Funny and heartwarming. The suit looks awesome as do the effects. I really hope James Gunn follows through on bringing this character and his family back in the new DCU.

2025-05-13 14:41:44
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8/10

Though I love an interesting superhero story, Blue Beetle is not a character I was hugely familiar with before seeing the movie. Perhaps that worked in my favor because I found the movie to be a breath of fresh air in the crowded landscape of superhero movies. I love the emphasis on the Reyes family here and that they get to unapologetically embrace their Mexican-American heritage even as their entire world is turned on its axis. It's the family dynamics that make the movie so fantastic compared to many of the other comic book movies released in recent years.

2024-08-27 22:28:25
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10/10

Best dc film ever.

2024-10-08 12:03:26