Review Roundup for Black Adam
Is the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe about to change? Dwayne Johnson seems to think so. His long-awaited superhero film, Black Adam, is nearly here, and then we'll be able to judge for ourselves.
Black Adam, for the DC Universe, is kind of like Marvel's Deadpool--a well-known actor fought for over a decade to get the movie made. We're going to guess that Black Adam talks to the camera less, but it's still noteworthy that Johnson fought so hard and for so long to make what even DC fans would consider a C-tier character in terms of popularity, and even lesser known than pre-Jason Momoa Aquaman. Now, he's about to be one of the best-known, almost overnight, just by Johnson's attachment to the film.
The film serves as Black Adam's origin story, and introduces the Justice Society of America as well. Dwayne Johnson stars as the anti-hero, and is accompanied by Pierce Brosnan, Viola Davis (reprising her role as Amanda waller), Sarah Shahi, Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge, and Quintessa Swindell.
You can check out a few of the notable review scores below to get an idea of what it'll be like before you go in.
«Black Adam overindulges to the point where it's hard to enjoy the DC anti-hero's debut. It's packed with undeveloped characters and an excessive number of repetitive action scenes, to the point where its half-baked debate on what it means to be a hero is lost in all the noise. Try as it might to capture lightning in a bottle, Black Adam never manages to find its spark.» — Joshua Yehl [Full Review]
«Johnson creates a magnetic antihero, volatile and antisocial. He doesn't fly so much as stalk the sky; he swats opponents like the bundles of weightless CG pixels they are. And this passion project serves the character well,
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