Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
I quite enjoyed this movie. Given the story (some superhero wakes up 5000 year later) I was a bit afraid that it would be a lot of unintelligent Hollywood slapstick humor with Black Adam trying to adapt to modern society. There where a little bit of that but, luckily, not too much.
I did actually have some hopes for this movie given that those woke intellectual midgets that the rubbish site Rotten Tomatoes calls critics gave it a rotten rating whereas the actual audience gave it a near 90% fresh rating.
Overall it is a decent story without too many ludicrous elements in it. It works pretty well from start to finish.
The Rock is, well, he is The Rock which is good. He did play a more serious character in this movie than he has done in many of his movies though. Pierce Brosnan (I actually didn’t recognize him at first) worked very well as Dr Fate. The rest of the characters was okay but nothing to write home about.
It is a superhero movie so of course there were plenty of special effects, CGI and action. That is really the main reason to watch these movies and I enjoyed every moment of it. Especially when Black Adams let loose.
The action is sometimes quite violent actually with limbs and heads flying. I don’t mind at all. There are way too many movies that some Hollywood bean counter has forced the producers/directors to ruin because they thought it would appeal to a larger audience. Well, then pick a story that is made for that audience you stupid morons.
As usual the mid credits scene hinted that there would be more movies with Black Adams and, as long as they keep The Rock as Black Adams in them I can certainly see myself watch more Black Adams.
**There is nothing to dazzle with the DC Universe in the year 2022**
If you decide not to enter this movie into the cinemas, you will not miss except two things. The first is a very impressive Post Credit Scene, and the second is the opportunity to see the largest group of characters that look like hell.
It is the 11th film between the extended DC universe films and the only movie from this world that will be shown in 2022, in addition to the Batman 2022 movie, which shows events that don't take place in the universe that exists inside The Black Adam. As for the superheroes and comic book films in general, this film is considered the fourth for the year 2022.
This is generally true for super hero films, comic books, and things like that. The year 2022 didn't get anything remarkable for fans of this type of movie. I see it as a year that is not remarkable for this type of movie. The events focused on the character of Black Adam, who has a relationship in one way or another, and who is an extension of the personality of Shazam, which we saw within the DC world.
The events revolve around Black Adams, which is the new name that was given to him, and he is the protector of the city of Kahndaq, and he was in a stable state for 5,000 years, but he returns to modern times to fight a number of mercenaries who took control of the city called Intergang and continuously plundered the city's resources.
Black Adam's personality and methods of dealing with enemies do not apply to superheroes because he is violent and bloody, and these methods attract the attention of Amanda Waller, especially since his strength is very strong because he is considered a hero with very exceptional superpowers because his strength extends from the same source as the power of Shazam. That's why Amanda Waller decided to summon the Justice Society to capture Black Addams and control his powers.
My expectations for the Black Adams movie were medium to low. I didn't have high hopes before I watched the movie. It's probably due to DC's recent reliance on hilarious films with entertaining content, whose essence is devoid of epic content and bloated drama, which also doesn't contain things that don't. It dosent have anymore to make the viewer is shocked or surprised, and it is also not a condition that the film contains an artist with extensive talent in the world of acting. I'm not talking about actors specifically, I'm talking about superheroes, although it might apply to actors as well.
When I found out that The Rock is playing the role, I set my expectations in this place, which is that there is nothing new in this movie that makes you dazzled by it. 6/10
Pretty good movie. just didnt like the kid he was very annoying. also dont like the extra company of black adam. they are trying to steal the marvel characters now. one guy is like ant-man and the other is the falcon. the old guy is dr. strange. i only gave it a rating of 6 because black adam is the shit in this. otherwise i would have given it a 1.
'Black Adam' holds hits and misses aplenty, but I think I got enough out of it by the time the credits rolled.
The most standout part of this 2022 DCEU flick is its humour, albeit weirdly. What I mean is that I found the comedy to actually be fairly amusing, much more so than I was anticipating, but the way it is placed into other events onscreen is very messy and almost forced.
It's as if they made the whole movie without humour and then went back and placed bits throughout. Like I'd be watching a gag and it would make me at least smirk, though it would be surrounded by more serious moments so it comes across as unconnected. It's weird, perhaps just a me thing.
Lorne Balfe's music is good, I particularly enjoyed "The Justice Society Theme" in the end titles - added it to my playlist already! As for this film's other elements, I found the action to be well done - and as such the editing. The special effects at the beginning for Kahndaq's backstory isn't great though, I've seen a lot of films (early 2010s, mind you) use that sorta effect and it rarely comes out positively.
Cast-wise, I have no negatives. Dwayne Johnson fits the titular character as you'd expect, I wouldn't say his performance is anything all that great but what he gives is enough - when coming to terms with Amon's superhero ideas, Johnson plays off the 'learning on the job' angle well.
Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan and Sarah Shahi are solid. Mohammed Amer offers good comedic relief, definitely the one that got the most chuckles out of me. The characters of Noah Centineo and Quintessa Swindell feel derivative, though Marwan Kenzari is thankfully more villainy here than he is in 2019's 'Aladdin'.
A more thorough execution and I may have loved this. In the absence of that, I'd simply class it as passable.
**_This review contains spoilers._**
“The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change” is the catchphrase that star Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson kept spouting about this movie as it was in production and being promoted after wrapping. It was meant to be both in and out of character. Now James Gunn is in charge so, in a way, Rock was right. And to think Rock has supposedly been trying to get this film made since what, 2008, I think? It was not worth the wait. The film is not very good. That’s not to say that _some_ of the action isn’t entertaining but for the most part it is very repetitive; Black Adam is so superhuman and powerful that every fight is him letting thousands of bullets bounce off him before he throws dudes across the world or electrocutes them. That's it. That's every fight scene.
Black Adam’s character arc is nonexistent. He goes from scene to scene because they have to get to the next bit of action, not because there is anything driving him. They try some really weak comedic bits. A dash of “kid teaches badass killer things to say” from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1992). When he surrenders to the JSA, it’s only because we’re at the third act, not because he actually learned anything. The movie acts as if his backstory was a big twist or reveal when it was in all the trailers. Ignoring the fact that prior to this film, in this Zack Synder created DC film universe Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman have all killed people; for all the nonsensical “heroes don’t kill” back and forth Black Adamn has with Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), in the end Black Adam has to kill the big bad anyway - and does so with ease and so quickly, because he’s so awesome and powerful - because that’s the only way the villain can be stopped at all. So all the arguing was pointless anyway.
Speaking of Hawkman, we spent so much time with the Justice Society of America that it could have easily just been a JSA movie instead. The whole cast of that team are the film’s highlights and even they can only do so much with what they are given, which is… not much. I feel bad for both Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) and Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell). While the two are good in their roles and are cute together, they don’t do much in the film. Pierce Brosnan is an excellent Dr. Fate and is the only one on the team that feels like a full character. Or maybe he’s just that damn good in the role. We know nothing about Hawkman and because of that he feels like he’s been simmered down to “Iron Man but with wings”. Is he the alien version of Hawkman? Is he the immortal human version? We don't know. It would have been more interesting to go with the immortal/reincarnation version of the character, so that he can relate to Black Adam in some way, and then their butting heads on the kill/no kill topic would make some sense. This version of Hawkman, who has lived a thousand lifetimes, could have been one who at one time had his own rage, killing all who got in his way, who then later found the value in letting those live even if they may not deserve it. There is such a better and more interesting story here and it was squandered to feed Rock's ego.
Rock was so confident that this movie was going to shake things up, that Black Adam was going to be the Thanos of the DC Universe, and be in every movie going forward, that he forced WB to being back Henry Cavill for a cameo. So not only did Cavill never get a chance to be in a _good_ Superman movie but his final portrayal was a cameo that was never going to lead to anything else afterwards anyway.
What a waste.
