Black Adam 2022 by AverageMansReviews

Black Adam 2022 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/slavery/electrocution/decapitation/shooting/stabbing/burning/frying to death/disintegrating/skeletons/medical

Rise of the Saviour of Kahndaq, the obliterater of that deserves no mercy: paraphrasing here; after a gun is being pointed at Adrianna Tomaz [Sarah Shahi] she reads this inscription which releases Teth Adam/Black Adam [Dwayne Johnson;] which he has not seen the light of day for roughly 5000 years which this individual is a godlike from Egyptian times which has a zero tolerances for those that bring harm to his people or in his way.

Amanda Waller [Viola Davis] this individual is a high-ranking person within the United States of America Government which has many different ties throughout such as The Director of A.R.G.U.S. [Advanced Research Group Uniting Superhumans or Advanced Research Group United Support.] Waller in this case called upon the Justice Society led by Carter Hall/Hawkman [Aldis Hodge] to apprehend him or taking down either way works and all I can say to that is "Good luck with that."

The pacing of this 125 minute film is smoothly good, you know; it is a sturdy frame of the film and it moves along at a good pace.

The art and action: Teth Adam/Black Adam in this ancient hood and cloak, in our first massive action sequence makes his presence felt as he takes down some of Intergang and their resources. To accompany this sequence of events we get this soundtrack of "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones with these smooth incredibly slow if that's all sequence. This is designed to show how quick Adam is moving; as he is by his own incredibly quick speed goes around this location changing things, including a little bit of comedy as it relates to his grenade.

I have deliberately/specifically chosen this sequence based on it does everything perfectly with the right background music to incorporate with this sequence and Adam's personality and ominous presence with these slow motion effects in effect here with a pinch of comedy.

Or when the special abilities are in effect for just two examples such as Maxine Hunkel/Cyclone [Quintessa Swindell] and/or Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate [Pierce Brosnan;] this scenery, landscapes and wardrobe and make up departments. These would hopefully get at the very least nominated for positive awards at some point down the line. But however where I have given high praise for the slow motion effects in that action sequence involving Adam earlier on in this review. On reflection I will go with there is a kind of overreliance on in comparison to this sequence inferior in slow motion effects or that is how it comes across, maybe they should have adopted the approach of less is more. If or when or indeed you have seen this film already, you will quickly grasp the moment when it feels natural over the sequences when it feels stretched out consequently inferior consequently somewhere from the late 1990s to 2000's of filmmaking. If you around back then you remember when the film industry went through this phase of making everything slow motion possibly 3-D, this is what we have here minus the 3-D. On a quick side note There is a soundtrack by The Smashing Pumpkins track "Bullets With Butterfly Wings" 1995. The only reason I have brought this up is because the front man/guitarist Billy Corgan also like Johnson has links to the wrestling industry currently he is the owner of the NWA [National Wrestling Alliance]

Character developments and the performances: generally speaking they are all good, mixed in with some more comedy such as Adam learning sarcasm and Albert "Al" Rothstein/Atom Smasher [Noah Centineo] as he is carrying on the name of  Atom Smasher from his uncle Al Pratt [Howard Winkler:] better known as Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli a.k.a. "Fonzie" or "The Fonz" from the American sitcom Happy Days [11 Seasons; 255 episodes from 1974 to 1984.] But back to his nephew; his nephew now and again does clumsy things, because he needs more time to learn about his abilities.

But this cast get led by Dwayne Johnson which as Teth Adam/Black Adam puts in the masterful performance which isn't too surprising considering Johnson is a massive fan of this character and he has been working on getting this project off the ground for the past 15 years, so we are fortunate to have another performer that strongly believes in their character, you may have noticed I said another performer this is in reference to Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool in two very different universes I think this film is going to be put under the umbrella of DC Studios now whilst Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson is now under the Marvel Cinematic Universe [MCU] and on a very quick side note only time will tell, but I am willing to give DC Studios a chance to be a competitive especially when James Gunn is going to be the head of studio.

Yes James Gunn is the guy that brought us the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise from 2014-2023 in the MCU, Kevin Feige the boss of Marvel Studios has given his blessing to Gunn. I should also point out that Gunn has already done some work for DC in one way or another on DC's The Peacemaker 2022 [Created for TV, Writer and Director] for the first season, I haven't seen this TV program yet, but my point being if you like Gunn's work here, the present and the future looks positive for the DC Studios.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is lots of fun; I had to take off a smidgen for the slow motion effects which I have mentioned, but it isn't enough for me to take the mark off. This film offers a lot of fun throughout and yes around the first ending credits section there is one extra scene.