In Black Adam nothing that happens matters. Or rather, the only thing that matters are the visual effects that are repeated ad nauseam in the two hours that the film lasts. Apparently there is no need to develop characters or tell a good story if you have good CGI. Or at least that’s what those involved in the new DC movie seem to think.
Dwayne Johnson He does what he can to give soul to a film that aims to be the kickoff with which DC seeks to create a new universe of superheroes to compete with Marvel. However, not even the charisma of The Rock manages to save the film from shipwreck.
The origin story of the antihero played by Johnson it never manages to take flight or generate a minimum interest in the viewer. It’s a shame that a talented director like Jaume Collet-Serra (The Orphan, Non-Stop, Unknown) ends up delivering such a bland, generic film.
Black Adam (Thet-Adam in the ancient kingdom of Kahndaq) is a character who has accumulated a grudge for centuries when he is released in the 21st century, which could be interesting when it comes to giving the antihero nuances and facing existential dilemmas with some kind of of relevance. But none of that happens, and Johnson’s character seems lost amid an explosion of computer-generated effects.
The presence of CGI in practically all the scenes of the film is so overwhelming that at times the mission of each character or the function they fulfill within the story is not understood. The characters move at high speed and fight in action scenes that do not make much sense and do not advance the plot.
It is impossible not to get a headache from the accumulation of visual artifices and vertiginous camera movements that do not allow us to understand what Black Adam and his allies are looking for? of the Justice Society, a kind of NATO of superheroes with unclear goals.
The new DC movie has another big problem: its solemnity. The conversations between the characters are very boring, launching declamatory phrases that lead nowhere and that do not allow empathy with any of them. Johnson and the members of the Justice Society seem like robots without any sense of humor or thought of their own.
Black Adam He also does not hide his intentions to replicate some of the characteristics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with almost traced characters such as Doctor Fate (played by Pierce Brosnan), who can predict the future just like Doctor Strange. In addition, there is the obligatory post-credit scene anticipating the crossover between Adam and another of the superheroes of the dc extended universe.
It will be necessary to see if this intersection of superheroes actually takes place or if Black Adam it ends up becoming a new misstep for DC in its attempt to replicate the successful formula of Marvel, which has also been showing great signs of exhaustion.
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Black Adam: a soulless movie that not even Dwayne Johnson can save