Overview
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’ll admit right up front that this is not my genre. I like movies with a plot and good dialog. That said, I’ve seen just about every major comic book movie made over the last 20 years and I usually had some level of enjoyment watching them. In other words, the bar isn’t high and I don’t over-think what I am watching.
This movie was a tough watch. All of the adults in the group were looking at their phones 15 minutes in. As so many reviews have pointed out, it feels weird to have The Rock in a movie and not utilize his personality. I get that the character might be stoic…. it just made for an odd experience. The effects are like no other movie that I’ve ever seen before, and that’s not really a compliment. I watched the movie with a bunch of adults and children – I can’t recall the last time one group absolutely loved it (the kids thought it was the best thing that they’d ever seen) and the adults hated it. I would think that it would be fairly hard to mess up the superhero formula but they pretty much did.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Black Adam
Movie title: Black Adam
Movie description: 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.
Date published: 2022-11-23
Director(s): Jaume Collet-Serra
Actor(s): Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Marwan Kenzari, Mo Amer, Bodhi Sabongui, Pierce Brosnan, James Cusati-Moyer, Jalon Christian, Benjamin Patterson, Odelya Halevi, Uli Latukefu, Jennifer Holland, Henry Winkler, Chaim Jeraffi, Sharon Gee, Stephan Jones, A. Manuel Miranda, Djimon Hounsou, Raj Kala, E. Lloyd Napier, Kiara Rashawn, Onye Eme-Akwari, Sanna Erica, Vince Canlas, Tonea Stewart, Meghna Nagarajan, Patrick Sabongui, Alex Parkinson, Joseph Gatt, Kamen Casey, Dennis Dawson, Mike Senior, Jermaine Rivers, Regina Ting Chen, Sekou Laidlow, Cameron Moir, Donny Carrington, Boone Platt, Philip Fornah, Derek Russo, Angel Rosario Jr., Tang Nguyen, Christopher Matthew Cook, Natasha Ellie, Daniel Danca, Yssa Mei Panganiban, Ben Jenkin, Viola Davis, Henry Cavill
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
My Review
I’ll admit right up front that this is not my genre. I like movies with a plot and good dialog. That said, I’ve seen just about every major comic book movie made over the last 20 years and I usually had some level of enjoyment watching them. In other words, the bar isn’t high and I don’t over-think what I am watching.
This movie was a tough watch. All of the adults in the group were looking at their phones 15 minutes in. As so many reviews have pointed out, it feels weird to have The Rock in a movie and not utilize his personality. I get that the character might be stoic…. it just made for an odd experience. The effects are like no other movie that I’ve ever seen before, and that’s not really a compliment. I watched the movie with a bunch of adults and children – I can’t recall the last time one group absolutely loved it (the kids thought it was the best thing that they’d ever seen) and the adults hated it. I would think that it would be fairly hard to mess up the superhero formula but they pretty much did.
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My Review - 5/10
5/10