Black Adam
Wait, this is about a weird mix of Iran and Egypt (because all ancient civilisations are Egypt), filtered through a Christianizing machine that is modern superhero films.
There are endless boring-ass big fight scenes, filmed within The Volume for massive savings.
The “good guys” are a “Justice Society”, not the Justice League nor the X-Men. Seems like a parody: there’s ersatz Doctor Strange, Hawkeye, Storm, and a kind of Juggernaut or something. The main bad guy is literally Satan, fire red with horns and goat hooves. Yes, there’s a keystone army, why do you ask?
Thet-Adam is the “wildcard”, but he is never really bad anyway. He also yells Shazam!, I though that was another film?
The plot is all over the place. Iran is being ruled by Halliburton/Blackwater, with checkpoints on the streets and shit, and they have American weapons, but let’s not go into that story now.
The Delta Force spooks invade and protect the oppressors, while Shazam stands with the natives. The spooks are not exactly greeted as liberators, they are literally booed in the squares. Then some MEK terrorist kidnaps a child, and everyone is friends or something, I lost the plot.
This was directed by one of Luc Besson’s minions, and there’s a writing credit to some Iranian name, but since LA is filled with Pahlavi nutters, this is not exactly Jafar Pahani.
Like all superhero crap, it has a lot of endings. Bro, you ain’t selling me individual issues, I already bought the whole ticket, no need to put cliffhangers in the middle of the story.
Sarah “Person of Interest” Shahi semi-stars, but she’s just a semi-ass kicking mum. This is beneath her range.
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