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Secret Society of Second Born Royals

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A rebellious princess is stunned to learn that she has superpowers and belongs to a secret society with a longstanding tradition of covertly keeping the peace throughout the kingdom.
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Secret Society of Second-Born Royals holds up just well enough to suffice as a streaming diversion -- which may be all its target demographic is looking for.

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David Ehrlich indieWire "Secret Society of Second-Born Royals" is such a sad baby chimera of second-wave digital content that the mere act of reviewing it feels unnecessarily hostile. Rated: D Sep 28, 2020 Full Review Perri Nemiroff Perri Nemiroff (YouTube) Second Born Royals feels like a PG version of Kingsman: The Secret Service with humor and an aesthetic akin to Disney Channel features. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 25, 2020 Full Review Brian Lowry CNN.com It's slick and generally solid comic-book-style fun, with uniforms and everything, as these youths discover their powers and Astin provides welcome humor as the group's able if exasperated mentor. Sep 25, 2020 Full Review Jamie Healy Radio Times Undiscerning kids may forgive the film its many foibles, but that's probably not be enough to warrant further episodes. Rated: 2/5 Apr 4, 2024 Full Review Jennifer Heaton Alternative Lens The film's premise is basically a haphazard combo of The Princess Diaries and X-Men with half the charm and an eighth of the budget... Rated: 1.5/10 Jan 15, 2021 Full Review Shawn Edwards Fox 4 Kansas City A great premise, but the story is a bit incoherent and more than trite... Rated: 3/5 Oct 8, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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joy s Good for kids, action/ superhero. fun to watch Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/08/23 Full Review Alex M It was made by the Disney Channel for Disney plus and very much shows. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review derek l Secret Society of Second Born Royals is quite an underwhelming attempt to do a teen-superhero flick that really lacked anything exciting in terms of its plot and direction in addition to the characters that didn't really seem to have any chance to shine. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Yep this is a bad attempt to make a SuperHero movie. There was no fun in this movie, everyone was so moody and bitchy. I think the actors needed a paycheck. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Enjoyed watching it . I really liked it because I can some how relate to it cause I am similar to Sam not like i am a princess 😜 but yeah her attitude towards her family and friends is similar to mine . Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Second-Born Royals begins as an interesting idea but ends tarnished by partially-developed mechanics, unoriginal characters, and obvious plot twists. A Society of Second-Born Royals who defend the world and keep order could have made a great spy thriller if handled properly. However, the idea becomes encumbered by adding gimmicky superpowers. Not only does the story not explain why the second-borns of royal families exclusively have powers beyond saying "genetics," it fails to maintain that explanation moving forward. Almost immediately after we get the line about genetics, we're told one of the second-borns is a twin, born a minute later than her brother, yet has powers when her brother doesn't, despite the only difference in their order of birth being chance and not genetics. Second, the characters are stereotypical, which the movie even acknowledges by referring to the group as the breakfast club. From the secret, but obvious, secondary villain to the protagonist, every character is one-sided and hollow, intended to fit a single designated role and character development arc. A personal point on representation, our token gay side character mentions his husband by name, which I both hated and appreciated. I'm assuming they hoped to be able to argue that "at least we didn't just say he was gay" when it would eventually be pointed out they were making a character gay to tick a box. As for plot twists, none of them were truly surprising. Everything from the secret second villain to the final weapon is laid out. As Chekhov said, if a gun is mentioned, assume it'll have a ticking clock for suspense and that the hero will eventually turn it against the villain at the last moment. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A rebellious princess is stunned to learn that she has superpowers and belongs to a secret society with a longstanding tradition of covertly keeping the peace throughout the kingdom.
Director
Anna Mastro
Producer
Andrew Green, Juliana Janes
Screenwriter
Andrew Green
Production Co
Disney Channel
Genre
Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 17, 2020
Runtime
1h 39m
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