Has Dwayne Johnson steered the DCEU into a better position thanks to Black Adam?
Well… not particularly.
The Man in Black
Dwayne Johnsons Black Adam isexactly what one would expect.
The actors love for the character is clear, and he brings a great presence to Teth-Adam.
Some may find his performance a little stale and wooden at timessomething that seems to be an intentional choice.
As for the kid, sadly, his performance falters and can bring down the movie at times.
The strongest addition to the movie, and a great one to the DCEU overall, is Brosnans Doctor.
His swagger is relentless, and he effortlessly enhances any scene hes in.
His interactions with every character are great, and Fates power set always provides a visually satisfying spectacle.
When it comes to the weakest link in the JSA, it is, without question, Centineos Atom-Smasher.
Also, besides the dynamic between Hawkman and Fate, the team themselves dont really have any entertaining chemistry.
Really, the JSA themselves work more as the antagonists for Teth-Adam.
The movie would have likely benefited from completely removing Sabbac altogether andkeeping the antagonistic focus on Hawkmanand his allies.
For those hoping for another great DC villain on the big screen, this isnt the place to look.
The Scripts Downfalls
One of the places the movie falls flat is in its script.
Black Adamalso suffersfrom a number of dull action scenes.
Black Adams costume looks incredible, something that is only reinforced as it goes through changes across the movie.
For the most part, the JSA all look fantastic as well.
In fact, arguably, it makes it far messier.
Continuity questions will plague many fans as they watchprovided theyre paying attention to those elements of the film.
If the JSA has always been active, why have they never been mentioned?
Or showed upto fight Steppenwolf?
The movie fails to find a unique voice and doesnt really have anything interesting to say.
Is it straight-up bad?
But attempt to go any deeper than that, and theres not much else to be found.
Black Adamhits theaters worldwide on Friday, October 21.
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