Black Adam Review – Cliches Have a New Champion

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Black Adam is a truly puzzling case of just enough originality combined with almost every superhero cliché we’ve experienced since the modern MCU came into its own.

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Or perhaps a more accurate catchall term is, as one character puts it, the “superhero industrial complex.”

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Anyone who has seen a movie featuring the superpowered will recognize several tricks of the trade.

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– The ancient origin story coming to life in the modern world. – The race for the obligatory object of power. – Epic CGI smackdowns, some of which are set to a kickass song

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Black Adam doesn’t try to pretend that it doesn’t exist in a world that’s not filled with superheroes. It would be a tough sell anyway, given that he receives his powers partly by uttering the word “Shazam.”

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A fresh start was never the goal, anyway. DC is determined to remind audiences they’re building their own universe by including plenty of cameos.

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These most frequently come from the always formidable Viola Davis, showing up to rule all as Amanda Waller.

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Black Adam Review – Cliches Have a New Champion

Black Adam is a truly puzzling case of just enough originality combined with almost every superhero cliché we’ve experienced since the modern MCU came into its own.

Or perhaps a more accurate catchall term is, as one character puts it, the “superhero industrial complex.”

Anyone who has seen a movie featuring the superpowered will recognize several tricks of the trade.

– The ancient origin story coming to life in the modern world. – The race for the obligatory object of power. – Epic CGI smackdowns, some of which are set to a kickass song

Black Adam doesn’t try to pretend that it doesn’t exist in a world that’s not filled with superheroes. It would be a tough sell anyway, given that he receives his powers partly by uttering the word “Shazam.”

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A fresh start was never the goal, anyway. DC is determined to remind audiences they’re building their own universe by including plenty of cameos.

These most frequently come from the always formidable Viola Davis, showing up to rule all as Amanda Waller.

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