Boy Wonder Review

Boy Wonder

Imagine you’re just a kid, about 7-12 years old and you witness the murder of your mother, would you be able to move on with your life? That’s a question that cannot be answered so easily. Thanks to our unique personalities, to the life we live, and how we are raised the answer will defer from person to person.
That’s what the movie ‘Boy Wonder’ tries to explore with one of many possible answers. Don’t let the name fool; this is not the story of Robin, Batman’s Sidekick. The story is about a teenager named Sean Donovan played by Caleb Steinmeyer. In his youth he experienced the death of his mother. He grows up with a friendly but reserved personality. He is a student that receives straight A’s and even helps out at the police station by looking at mug shots in hopes of remembering and identifying his mother’s killer.

After working on a long case leading to an arrest, Teresa Ames played by Zulay Henao is promoted to Detective. She joins the homicide division at the same police station Sean helps out at. They eventually bump in to each other and Teresa gets curious and tries to help Sean with his research, but gets pulled away due to recent murders, where people are praising the killer as hero. As Teresa investigates the murders, she begins to question who the hero is and everything around her including Sean that leads to an unexpected turn of events and an outcome that breaks all the rules.

Caleb Steinmeyer did a superb performance that you will grow to love, hate, and feel empathy towards. Zulay Henao’s performance as rookie detective presented a brash, straightforward, no-nonsense by the book cop that was likeable, but annoying too. After seeing her in the movie Takers and Fighting; playing the sexy girlfriend roles, I wasn’t sure if she could deliver a believable cop. She proved me wrong and delivered an excellent performance.

With the title Boy Wonder, you can easily confuse this movie to be a superhero flick with action. I almost thought it was, but I was surprised and thrilled it was not. With so many superhero movies that have been released this year, any more would have received horrible reviews given how high my expectations are. Thankfully this was not.

Overall, I enjoyed this movie. It delivered a very entertaining and dramatizing crime story with a few action scenes. It had a few confusing moments, but slowly unfolds to piece it all together to provide an unexpected ending.

I give 'Boy Wonder' 3 out of 4 smiles. Worthy seeing!