Before Superman, Nathan Fillion and James Gunn joined for this science fiction horror comedy

Some things go perfectly together, such as peanut butter and jelly, coffee and cherry pie, and Nathan Fillion and James Gunn. The Canadian-American actor and American director / director of DC Studios has been working together for decades on all kinds of projects, including the recent kick-off of Gunn for his DC universe, “Superman”. In “Superman”, written and directed by Gunn, Fillion plays Green Lantern Guy Gardner, a very different version of the DC hero that many fans know and love, Hal Jordan. (Fillion previously expressed Jordan in several direct animated films at home, but the role of live action at the time went to his former co-star of “Two Guys and A Girl” Ryan Reynolds.)

In fact, Fillion played in more Gunn projects than almost anyone, except perhaps Gunn’s own brother, Sean Gunn, returning to the director’s first feature film in 2005, “Slither”. “Slither” is a brutally violent horror comedy on an extraterrestrial invasion in a small town in South Carolina and Fillion plays local sheriff, Bill Pardy. With the mayor of the City (Gregg Henry), a local teenager named Kylie (Tania Saulnier), and the darling of Pardy’s High School Starla (Elizabeth Banks), Bill is best to fight a disgusting invasion graciousness of the battery nilts. To worsen things, they are led by a foreign version and transferred from Starla’s husband, Grant Grant (Michael Rooker). “Slither” has elements of romantic comedy, surprising moments of “King Kong” which sympathize with the monster, and more rude than you can shake a stick. It is also the start of Fillion and the magnificent Gunn screen partnership, and we are better for that.

“Slither” is an incredible showcase of the unique tone that Gunn has perfected over the years, mixing a lot of heart, coarse comedy and serious horror to tell stories that are both deeply specific and somehow universal. Gunn’s films almost always tell stories about families found surviving impossible ratings, and “Slither” is really the plan. While the survivors of the city of Wheelsy come together, they develop a kind of kinship with each other who resembles a family (quickly and brutally forged), and a mixture of coarse humor and sardonic spirit which balances well with the horror of the hardcore body. Fillion plays perfectly with his own sarcastic forces, offering more dry Gunn lines with just the right edge of irony while managing to be an adorable man and an imperfect but relatable hero. (Seriously, few things are easier to understand that the sheriff pardy seeing a group of people joining the body of the mutant subsidy with the shunt of “Society” and VA “, well, now it’s a F ***** up S ***.” Yeah, Bill, it’s certainly the east.)

While “Slither” is likely to be too bloody for many fans who have discovered Gunn through his films “Guardians of the Galaxy”, this feels perfectly in accordance with his work, even his great DC Extended Team-Up “The Suicide Squad”. Really, there is essentially a straight line from “Slither” to “The Suicide Squad” in terms of humor, themes, and especially in tone, and the best part is that they both have the Fillion. In fact, most Gunn films do it, and it reigns.

Fillion and Gunn have worked a lot together since “Slither”, with their collaborations, including everything, from the short online series by Gunn by Gunn which has usual pornography trophies, “James Gunn’s PG Porn”, with films “Guardians of the Galaxy”. He is the superhero of the Bible The Holy Avenger in “Super”, had cameos in the first two films “Guardians”, played Master Karja in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” The Docuble Kid in “The Suicide Squad”, and is now Guy Gardner in “Superman”. There is a lot to love in “Superman” for fans of previous collaborations of Gunn and Fillion, and it is likely that the two will continue to work together in the future for a certain measure.

Overall, there are a lot of partnerships of great directors, but for my money, I will always root Gunn and Fillion. They are guaranteed to give laughter, shocks and a lot of heart (even when Fillion plays a total shock.)

“Superman” is currently playing in theaters.