Black Adam Critics Review: By Taran Adarsh, Anupama Chopra, Komal Nahta, Rajeev Masand
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Where to Watch: In Theaters
Overall Ratings: 3/5 (three stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
The Rock had said that the DC universe would never be the same again. A little bit he was right because with Black Adam the pantheon of superheroes by Warner found in Dwayne Johnson a charismatic figure, the protagonist of a successful and entertaining cinecomic, and who above all sets off interesting premises for the future of DC Films. Jaume Collet-Serra’s film brings to the stage characters and stories that entertain and excite. In short, if on the one hand, the various independent projects are traveling at full speed (read the review of The Batman), the cinematic continuity started in 2013 with Man of Steel finds new life in a product that – not without some flaws – genuinely surprises.
Between films at risk for arrest warrants, original productions canceled shortly before release, and countless other internal problems, Warner Bros returns to theaters with its DC Extended Universe, after a year off from James Gunn’s most recent Suicide Squad. This time, to fill a piece of this universe, which tries to be as shared as possible, is Black Adam, a film victim of three postponements, which sees Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) in the role of the Egyptian slave Teth -Adam, “become a God” using the powers bestowed upon him by the Seven Wizards. Full of frenetic action from start to finish but also of weak and redundant (pseudo) – food for thought, “Black Adam” sets aside the desire to deepen his characters and the context in which they move, exclusively in favor of a charismatic protagonist and a convulsive, and at times irregular rhythm, marked by an unstoppable succession of action sequences.
Ratings:3/5 Review By: Vaishali Jain Website: IndiaTv
Black Adam is not unwatchable. But it’s disappointing to see how cliches make it predictable. Especially, when you have an actor like Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, who is cut out for a superhero image. His massive figure, baritone and impeccable ability to spew hilarious one-liners with a stoic impression will make you think, why movie franchises running for decades didn’t cast him. Director Jaume Collet-Serra has given the actor ample scenes to shine. He’s effortless when it comes to action sequences, but when you see him throwing off men and tearing apart limbs after every five minutes, it gets a little exhausting. The CGI and VFX of Black Adam without any surprises are impressive. And so is the music and background score. From Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint It, Black’ to Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Trio’ and Kanye West’s ‘Power’, all these seem to be fabricated for this film solely.
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Ratings:–/5 Review By: Gayle Sequeira Website: FilmCompanion
Black Adam ties the idea of a hero to that of a liberator, a fitting sentiment since superhero movies have long embodied the idea of escapist cinema. Over its runtime, however, all its talk of challenging and recontextualizing mythology rings hollow. For all its championing of freedom, the film is just the latest example of the stranglehold comic book movies have on our culture. His film may advocate the necessity of questioning myths, but The Rock can’t let go of his own.
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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By: Dishya Website: News18
Bottom line: Despite its flaws, Black Adam makes for a good one-time watch. The film adds colour to the otherwise dark DCEU, steering the universe towards a more Marvel Cinematic Universe way. The film ends on a high note with its post-credit scene which somewhat makes up for its rushed approach to telling the tale.
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Ratings:3/5 Review By: Sukanya Website: Rediff
Decidedly darker in intent and actions, Thet Adam aka Black Adam alternates between murderous menace and unlikely hero after an archaeologist single mum and her skateboard pro teen son implore him to come to their people’s rescue.It all comes down to Dwayne Johnson. He’s a one-man show, a larger-than-life entertainer you just cannot look away from. Black Adam’s true superpower is Johnson’s likeability. He’s good even when he’s bad.
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Ratings:3/5 Review By: Vaishali Jain Website: India TV
He’s effortless when it comes to action sequences, but when you see him throwing off men and tearing apart limbs after every five minutes, it gets a little exhausting. The CGI and VFX of Black Adam without any surprises are impressive. And so is the music and background score. From Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint It, Black’ to Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Trio’ and Kanye West’s ‘Power’, all these seem to be fabricated for this film solely. But a film that can only be appreciated by fans, how will it draw a new audience?
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Ratings:— Review By: Mark Kennedy Website: Economic Times
Do we need another superhero with another convoluted origin story that stretches back thousands of years and fulfills a whacko destiny? Do we really need another clutch of secondary level heroes to muddy focus? We’re almost 40 deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a dozen in the DC universe. You can almost smell the fumes now, can’t you? ‘Black Adam’ isn’t bad, it’s just predictable and color-by-numbers, stealing from other films like an intellectual property super-villain
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Ratings:— Review By: HT Website: HindustanTimes
In this, the age of superhero storytelling, Black Adam represents the very worst of it. A generic, vague, bloated blur of VFX, with little sense of character, craft, or creativity. At one point in the film, a key character is put into “suspended animation” – a barely conscious state of being where you’re unaware of your surroundings and are kept just about functional. A fitting metaphor, I think, for the experience of sitting through Black Adam.
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