Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods, and imprisoned just as quickly, Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
A decently entertaining popcorn superhero movie, but you can add it to the pile of movies in this never-ending genre that you won't remember a few days after watching. As I've mentioned with other movies of this category, at times watching the fighting scenes with these seemingly invincible characters is like watching two rocks fights. When there is no chance of them dying it ruins the immersion. That is one of the reasons why Batman is king. Two members of the Justice Society of America, who try to imprison Black Adam, Albert "Al" Rothstein / Atom Smasher and Maxine Hunkel / Cyclone, don't contribute much to the story except to add some scenes of flirting that goes nowhere. Atom Smasher is almost unhelpful, mostly being here for some attempted comedic relief, and Cyclone seems tacked on as well. If you love superhero/action movies, you'll enjoy it, but there isn't much substance.
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