‘Black Adam’ movie review: Dwayne Johnson saves the day despite some hiccups

Although slow in its progress, once it is done, black adam Funny – OMG no, eyeball-searing movie magic, but jolly good nonetheless. 11 ^th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), it Shazam! The spin-off begins somewhere in Istan some 5,000 years ago, this time going by the name of Kahandak.

Among the sands and high cliffs of Kahandak lies a rare and precious metal, Eternium. What’s with these faux-Latin sounding imaginary metals; Remember Unbotium and Vibranium? Anyway, that’s a story for another time. Back to Jaime Colette-Serra ( Jungle Cruise) led black adam Where the autocratic King Anh-Kot intends to use Eternium to crown Sabbak, gain unlimited power, and rule the world… you get the drift.

A slave boy leads the rebellion, and at the moment of his execution, becomes omnipotent and challenges King Anh-Kot. Five thousand years later, Kahandak’s miseries are not over as the country is ruled by mercenaries. Adriana, a university professor who is also a resistance fighter, (Sarah Shahi) seeks out Sabbath’s crown to make sure it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Wrong Hands, led by Ishmael (Marwan Kenzari), has watched enough movies to know that all they have to do is follow the good professor, turn a team of his against him, and the crown is in your pocket or on your head. However, before that happens, Adriana wakes up sleepy superhero Teth-Adam (Dwayne Johnson) and all hell breaks loose.

To the dismay of Adriana’s superhero-mad son, Amon (Bodhi Sabongui), the Justice Society of America (JSA) is called in to neutralize Adam. The JSA, led by Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), with Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan) delivering vague prophecies in hindsight, the Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) eager to fill his uncle’s shoes, and Cyclone (Quintesa Swindell) only Kahandak. To feel the head. The ground reality is something else.

All naturally comes in a storm of CGI at the end with that mid-credits sequence that promises the deliciously dim meta-human a lot of joy to come. Brosnan lends gravitas, while Centineo and Swindell have a calming chemistry.

The film rides on Johnson’s huge shoulders and considerable charisma. The back-and-forth between Amon and Adam is reminiscent of John Connor urging the Terminator to keep calm. Terminator 2: Judgment Day; We Adam was almost expected to say. “Hasta la vista baby…”