The brothers behind some of the most successful Avengers movies have taken on the adaptation of a Swedish dystopian graphic novel, spending more than $US300 million in the process.

There are relatively few works that deserve to bear the title of “masterpiece,” but The Electric State is certainly one of them — the quiet, heavy, contemplative atmosphere; a young girl’s colorful-yet-fraught past that gave way to a devastating future;

Netflix's new sci-fi movie with a star-studded cast, The Electric State, is based on a graphic novel of the same name, but they're quite different.

Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Woody Harrelson, Ke Huy Quan, Giancarlo Esposito, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo Rating: 2/5 “The Electric State,” the new movie directed by Joe and Anthony Russo for Netflix,

The problem isn't that Netflix's The Electric State takes liberties with its source material; it's that the original book is much, much better.