Gen V(2023)

Gen V drops superhero action into a college setting where the stakes are grades, rankings, and who gets to be famous, except everyone can level a building if they lose their temper. The dark comedy is genuinely sharp, and the drama earns its uglier turns rather than softening them.

Every student here knows their powers came from a manufactured drug, and that knowledge poisons the ambition rather than fueling it. The campus itself functions like a pressure cooker: institutional corruption runs from the administration down, and the competition between students keeps tightening the screws. Action sequences arrive with real consequences attached, which keeps the pacing urgent without letting the story coast on spectacle alone.