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BLACK ADAM: “THE ROCK” BECOMES SUPER Hate review turned “eh” review
My intention for this article was a “hate review,” the whole reason I took it on – the reason being that I can’t stand the acting style of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. I have always thought he’s overrated as an actor.
I still believe that, but not based on his performance in “Black Adam,” the surprisingly adequate movie where the bodybuilder and actor, “The Rock,” is finally a superhero.
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The best part of this movie are the scenes with action, which is basically the whole movie. The plot, to me, is weak: In ancient Kahndaq, Teth Adam is bestowed the almighty powers of the gods. After using these powers for vengeance, he was imprisoned, becoming Black Adam. Nearly 5,000 years have passed, and Black Adam has gone from man to myth to legend. Now free, his unique form of justice, born out of rage, is challenged by modern-day heroes who form the Justice Society: Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Atom Smasher and Cyclone.
In this movie, Black Adam is awakened by three people who appear to be smugglers, one of them being an expert on the history of Teth Adam. Her goal is to free her people from the rule of the Egyptian military. To awaken Black Adam, she travels to the cave in which he was imprisoned to invisibly and utters the word “Shazam.” Before seeing this action-packed film, I had no clue that Black Adam’s powered were related to that of Shazam’s: another DC superhero with the same powers, Black
Adam is the predecessor to Shazam, hence the word “Shazam” must be uttered for Black Adam to regain his powers and use them.
Black Adam is summoned to take back rule over the kingdom he was made to oversee, but is hesitant to do so; he doesn’t want to be the hero. The movie is filled with his battles against the Justice Society, which eventually evolves to them teaming up to defeat the ultimate villain of the film, Sabbac.
In short, this film had great action, a plot with potential, and a performance by “The Rock” that was thrilling and well-executed – but possibly because he was silent for most of the film and simply had to destroy people and take rule over his kingdom. And, any DC fan can appreciate a good action film.
