An average movie

Even though this movie did receive some rather weak reviews, I thought I might check it out anyway. To be honest, I have to admit that I wasn’t familiar with this character at all but I thought that it was a perfect fit for Dwayne Johnson, even if Johnson is not Egyptian at all. On top of that, Black Adam is a really cool complex dark character. So, on paper, this movie definitely had some potential. Unfortunately, as pointed out by the reviewers, the damned thing turned out to be so weak after all and, eventually, after ‘Morbius’ also released this year, it turned out to be another adaptation involving an intriguing darker comic-book character which was completely botched. First of all, it has been a while since I have seen Dwayne Johnson deliver such a weak performance. I mean, I never thought he was actually a bad actor but this character was apparently just too subtle for him. Indeed, Black Adam is certainly not a good  guy, at least, that’s how he was originally designed but, since he was also the main character of this movie, he couldn't be completely evil either so what did Johnson do after all? Well, pretty much nothing actually. Indeed, during most scenes, Johnson just stood there showing no emotion whatsoever as if he had no clue how to play this character. Concerning the rest of the characters involved, well, I had never heard of them before but they all seemed to be some rather cheap knock-offs of some similar MCU characters (the fact that DC might have created these characters actually before Marvel is not relevant). Finally, even if it was shorter than most MCU instalments, it still felt too long because the story was just too derivative and simply not entertaining enough. Anyway, to conclude, it was easily one of the most disappointing movies I have seen this year and I think you should probably avoid it, except maybe if you are a die-hard DC fan.