Standing out from - or rather above - the crowd inspires terror and awe in a darkly comedic coming-of-age story written and directed by Boots Riley. Nineteen-year-old Cootie (Jharrel Jerome) has been raised by his aunt Lafrancine (Carmen Ejogo) and uncle Martisse (Mike Epps) in Oakland, California since he was an oversized baby. Now 13 feet tall, Cootie has never left the family home but he is intensely curious about the outside world where a mogul called Jay Whittle (Walton Goggins) has brought his self-created crusader of justice, The Hero, vividly to life to combat crime. Cootie breaks out of his shelter and shocks the outside world with his gargantuan size, embarking on a belated joyride through adolescence in the company of fun-loving neighbours. Unfortunately, Cootie's unusual size sows seeds of fear and Whittle weaponises The Hero to strike down a real-life miracle that challenges his status as the only superhuman in the city