'Dwayne Johnson carries “Black Adam” atop his mighty shoulders, but it proves too weighty a task,' writes briantruitt in his review for DC's newest superhero movie. Read the rest of his review:
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra , the newest DC film is full of swagger and intensity, yet it sadly lacks character – which is a problem considering “Black Adam” rolls out all sorts of new personalities. This is Johnson’s baby, a film spotlighting a complicated antihero he has championed for years. It wins some battles and packs plenty of punch, yet it just can’t get past familiar tropes and flaws.
Enter the Justice Society of America, a group of heroes led by Hawkman – a mix of Bruce Wayne and Professor X running a superteam out of his extremely high-tech mansion – tasked with confronting this new global metahuman threat. The squad includes helmeted sorcerer Doctor Fate , human tornado Cyclone and fresh-faced, size-changing youngster Atom Smasher . But even together they have trouble tussling with a wrecking machine who harnesses lightning and doesn’t dig people getting in his way.
Like a lot of its ilk, “Black Adam” tosses out too many new characters without adequate development. Hodge and especially Brosnan are most effective at giving audiences rousing new heroes, even though we don't get a chance to know them well. Then there’s Black Adam himself, who at least earns somewhat of a character arc. While the film’s definitely going for a Man with No Name bent – a Clint Eastwood movie even plays on a TV before Johnson’s antihero blasts it – results are mixed.
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