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.
