Black Adam Review Roundup 5y592e Dwayne Johnson’s Superhero Debut Is a ‘Catastrophe’

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Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Akhil Arora, Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 19 October 2022 11:03 IST

Black Adam Review Roundup: Dwayne Johnson’s Superhero Debut Is a ‘Catastrophe’

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Dwayne Johnson in a still from Black Adam

Highlights

Black Adam is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise)
The film introduces four new superheroes besides Black Adam
Henry Cavill returns as Superman in a post-credits scene

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Black Adam — out October 20 in India — marks the first time the lightning-honing anti-hero is brought to the silver screen. Dwayne Johnson has spent the last 15 years, trying to usher in a new era in the DC Universe, with hopes to reimagine a heavyweight bout between him and Superman. The film also serves as an introductory platform for four new superheroes in the franchise. Besides Johnson's Teth/ Black Adam, we have the Justice Society of America (JSA), roping in Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone, and Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher.

Black Adam are out now, with critics calling out its “repetitive” action sequences and underdeveloped characters.

Here are some of the reviews for Black Adam:

IndieWire's David Ehrlich DC Universe, owing to the “lifeless spectacle” that derives from every other mainline superhero movie.

IGN's Joshua Yehl Mortal Kombat Fatalities against nameless goons, then it starts to get old.”

Variety's Peter Debruge had a more favourable Superman.

Just Tuesday, reports emerged stating that Henry Cavill back on board.

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw Viola Davis' brief cameo as Task Force X chief Amanda Waller brings the menace.”

The Hollywood Reporter critic John Defore held a similar, favourable opinion stating that Johnson's charisma carries the “morally muddy superhero flick.” He also hopes to see what's next in store for the character, saying, “[Dwayne Johnson's] ion project serves the character well, setting him up for adventures one hopes will be less predictable than this one.”

The Wrap's Alfonso Duralde labelled the film as “anti-entertaining,” calling it one of the most “visually confounding of the major-studio superhero sagas, between CG that's assaultively unappealing and rapid-fire editing that sucks the exhilaration right out of every fight scene.”

/Film's Witney Seibold found entire function of Black Adam is to set up a fight between Adam and Superman, as Johnson has said in public, perhaps skip a Black Adam movie and make only a 50-minute-long fight sequence,” he writes.

Black Adam is out Thursday, October 20 in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

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Release Date 20 October 2022
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Superhero
Cast
Dwayne Johnson, Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan
Director
Jaume Collet-Serra
Producer
Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Beau Flynn

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