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Black Adam

Black Adam

2022
Sci-fi, Fantasy
2h 5m
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world (imdb.com).

Black Adam

2022
Sci-fi, Fantasy
2h 5m
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Avg Percentile 25.19% from 678 total ratings

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Rated 27 Oct 2022
70
11th
A really fun time, with surprisingly great visual effects and surprisingly well casted characters (except Brosnan, who I figured would be an awesome Dr. Fate). All at the expense of a cohesive plot and actual character development. I do think the perspective of a country actually looking up to a benevolent, revenge-seeker is interesting, but it wasn’t executed well, and I didn’t care about most of the characters. The action was exciting and really well made. It’s just way too familiar too.
Rated 24 Oct 2022
35
16th
Bland Adam. Basically a poor combination of Justice League, Eternals and Shazam! This is a movie I’ll probably won’t remember at all in the near future. Too much slo-mo and lack of fun. Pierce Brosnan was probably the best thing in it.
Rated 19 Oct 2022
5
41st
I can't make sense of this movie. It's has a lot of cool moments, but there's so much exposition dump and random characters and events out of nowhere. The main plot is baaaad if you take time to think about it: why make the movie about colonialism and imperialism if you're going to have the americans who don't care about locals come and save the day anyway… missed the point of your own movie much? To be expected from americans I guess. They even picked a samoan to play the middle eastern savior…
Rated 21 Oct 2022
60
11th
Over all, not a very good movie. Bad plot (stupid?). More nonsense than the usual super hero movie. Having said that, there were quite a few funny scenes and the main characters were generally likeable. PS - this is my 900th rating on Criticker!
Rated 21 Oct 2022
49
15th
It's exactly what it was advertised as. The script is non stop inserts of superhero movie tropes from the opening narration to the end credit's "we should talk." It's a bland superhero movie where everything happens, not because it makes sense for the plot, but because they wanted to fill a quota for generic blockbuster things the average moviegoer refuses to question.
Rated 25 Nov 2022
14
3rd
My eyes rolled so far back into my head that I'm now blind.
Rated 05 Nov 2022
54
27th
This feels like it's been playing in the 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon slot on TNT since 2014.
Rated 29 Oct 2022
73
30th
This movie isn't carried on the shoulders of Dwayne Johnson -- it was carried atop those of the VFX team. Johnson did about as much acting as Black Adam as the ancient statue of Black Adam did.
Rated 23 Oct 2022
63
44th
While Black Adam doesn't have the innovative aspects of the script to offer superhero movies, the fact that it's a full action package, makes up for the story's weaknesses. Especially the casting choices is excellent. The chemistry between the characters is great too. I personally had a lot of fun. (10/24/2022 - Cineverse Metrogarden)
Rated 21 Oct 2022
70
42nd
Exists in a pretty unique space in terms of the superhero genre. I'd describe the film's pace as either "breakneck" or "it doesn't have any", as it slams wildly through plot points like BA through bedroom walls. But there was a lot of fun to be had here. Johnson embraces the role to the point where it doesn't feel like "The Rock playing a super hero". By and large the visuals are great, aside from some moments of wonky CGI. Pedestrian screenplay but stuffed full of world-building and fun ideas.
Rated 12 May 2024
31
7th
It is hard for me to admit because I'm extremely proud of my memory; but I saw this movie on flight and I do not remember anything of it; I don't even muster the origin story of Black Adam (and I'm a comic buff, mind you) out of it; it was that bad. DC couldn't even do decent movies with its main characters; I think it should stay away from this mailing the side characters business.
Rated 05 May 2024
30
4th
Great work chat-gpt! Just practice and you'll become a even better writer
Rated 23 Jan 2023
53
23rd
There's almost nothing that memorably stands out in Black Adam, with almost everything shown, said and done having already been seen, said and done in the multitude of other superhero movies over the past 15 years. This makes BA feel like a made by committee box checking effort and the fact that recent DC changes are likely to mean a sequel isn't going to happen comes as no shock or loss.
Rated 30 Dec 2022
40
17th
Not sure it this is a thing yet (begging it ain't), but aesthetically this feel like a "retro-early-2000s" movie with all the horrible CGI enhanced camera moves and overdone color grading that action movies from those days were known for. As for the script and dialogue especially: the less said the better. A shame because the cast seemed game enough.
Rated 27 Nov 2022
64
51st
Black Adam is a decent if by-the-numbers entry, reminding us that the DCEU is still a thing. The cast & setting (drawing on regional ancient history) would be the most refreshing part, had the fictional society had more authenticity & not felt like an immigrant community in NYC. By the final act, the film looks like it was shot on an ever shrinking studio stage. It's still somewhat enjoyable, but the messaging is lip-service. Shahi & Brosnan are good. Johnson is a prop. I'd watch a sequel.
Rated 05 Nov 2022
76
46th
Some popular songs were egregiously unsubtle & many comedy bits just lay there. The fight scenes were also frequently unclear & unsatisfying. Having a kid as a co-star was also a turn-off & Cyclone's outfit & rainbow hurricanes looked silly. I also didn't need Carter Hall to be super strong (or black) but the movie (& DEI mandate) does. Still, the JSA's ethical ambiguities worked for me, as did the character interactions - esp Adam's consistently dark & comicbook faithful Outta My Way vibe
Rated 29 Oct 2022
6
60th
Black Adam hits in a lot of the same areas that DC’s Aquaman also excelled in. It’s visually pleasing, very solid pacing, fun characters, and lots of fun action sets. It’s very easy to sit down and have a good time with this in that regard. However, much like Aquaman, it’s story and universe elements are very sloppy and pretty barebones for an introduction for this character, and it makes the overall story feel like an afterthought, especially in regards to our antagonist. Still…not bad.
Rated 23 Oct 2022
60
60th
I can't wait what happens next after that credits scene.
Rated 20 Oct 2022
75
37th
It is nothing we have not seen before from a superhero film. That being said I loved the JSA in this film. Especially Dr. Fate. Brosnan steals the show. It was just too simple from a story stand point with predictable action beats. Johnson is servicable but doesn't even stand out in his movie. I hope this leads to a JSA series or movie set in the past with the original members.
Rated 20 Oct 2022
20
9th
Jaume Collet-Serra provides steady-handed but anonymous direction. In some ways it’s the best approach to the material, which delivers the expected, endless volleys of CGI-heavy, slo-mo action scenes and trusts Johnson’s charisma to do a lot of heavy lifting. But even that’s merely serviceable. His natural charm doesn’t really match Teth-Adam’s murderous rage particularly well, but he gets the job done. So does the movie, which feels like a labor of love but with all the love removed.
Rated 25 Sep 2024
70
20th
Weak plot overal.
Rated 24 Sep 2024
59
14th
Black Adam destroys lots of stuff. The end.
Rated 20 Aug 2024
38
6th
Absolute slop. I'm not sure I've ever seen worse attempts at comic relief. Johnson is so wooden, it's unbelievable. This guy used to have so much charisma! Combine that with a world of CGI no stakes, and you've got an extremely souless experience. Some points for Brosnan's Dr. Fate who atleast had a little gravitas, and the notion of the Justice Society, that hinted at a more interesting movie if the focus was on them.
Rated 30 May 2024
15
8th
I want to see it again....nope
Rated 05 Dec 2023
88
36th
Better than expected but be prepared its extremely CGI heavy.
Rated 12 Nov 2023
52
43rd
Not as bad as most would say. Other than lack luster writing, character development, plot, and acting it only real problem is pacing. Which is solved by watching at around 1.25x. It has enough cool & fun moments to carry it and seeing an "anti-hero" superman is actually fairly interesting. Though they should've made him worse. A touch more Magneto and T2 would've done wonders for the character.
Rated 12 Oct 2023
63
64th
I liked this movie. The kid was a bit cheesy, but... well... better than Shazam! And the plot and characters mostly made sense. I felt like... Black Adam's power portfolio and presentation were a bit too similar to Superman and the villain was totally forgettable. The Justice Society was a more notable rival but didn't make a ton of sense or get enough development.
Rated 01 Oct 2023
40
5th
Good actors, expensive visuals. Unimaginative story and weak directing.
Rated 04 Aug 2023
25
7th
A man who feels himself to be a failure as a husband and father meets a widow and her son and gradually sees a chance to redeem himself. Juvenile Egyptian-flavoured fantasy silliness aimed at boys.
Rated 08 Jul 2023
25
17th
Very literally sent me to sleep.
Rated 29 Jun 2023
40
5th
Pierce Brosnon fights with all the cosmic power he can muster to redeem a bloated film full of underused characters, clunky dialogue, hamfisted social commentary & an oddly disinterested-seeming Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
Rated 16 Jun 2023
35
19th
Plot 8/20 Fiction 7/20 Casting/Acting 5/20 Worldbuilding 10/20 Entertainment 5/20
Rated 23 May 2023
44
43rd
worth a watch
Rated 29 Apr 2023
69
35th
A passably diverting effort has reasonably compelling action scenes, some amusing patter in the screenplay, and reliably solid work from Johnson to anchor the thing. But it all feels so mechanical and warmed over, self-consciously trying to imitate the style of the MCU (especially the quippy humour) that it sort of falls flat, despite there being nothing “wrong” with the production. Might be a minor spoiler to say the use of the wrong Superman theme at a key moment was an irritation.
Rated 05 Apr 2023
9
29th
W3E1P1S0V1M1A1R1. Feels like a pretty dead on DC analog to Wakanda Forever. Interesting ideas but bland villains and vague backstories. Bad jokes. etc.
Rated 20 Mar 2023
40
23rd
I had extremely low expectations and I think that helped. Brosnan was fun as Dr. Fate, but everyone else was kind of meh. There’s no gravity to almost any of the action because Black Adam is pretty much invincible. The villain is very bland and the plot isn’t any better. It’s fine for comic book movie fans. I won’t recommend this to anyone else.
Rated 08 Mar 2023
6
25th
While Black Adam provides solid entertainment with stunning action sequences, likable characters, and solid visual effects work, it doesn't break new ground in the superhero genre. Dwayne Johnson delivers a stern and commanding performance as Black Adam, but the film's story lacks excitement, and the villain falls flat. Despite its flaws, it lays a foundation for future stories that could prove more interesting.
Rated 04 Mar 2023
36
15th
A stupid collection of some of the most lousy superheros ever, somewhat redeemed by better action than most Marvel films.
Rated 01 Mar 2023
30
23rd
why cast drain my cock johnson if you’re gonna hide all the meat under a black onesie?
Rated 16 Feb 2023
30
10th
It is sometimes very funny but ultimately I couldn't understand Black Adam's motivations.
Rated 06 Feb 2023
68
52nd
A great time to watch this movie is when you want to watch a movie like this, as it delivers. Outside of that time, maybe not as great.
Rated 31 Jan 2023
1
3rd
Blech Adam
Rated 21 Jan 2023
50
23rd
Entertainment: 3. Heart: 0.5 Mind: 0..5 Wholesome: 1.
Rated 10 Jan 2023
5
2nd
It actually takes talent to consistently keep putting out such terrible movies in the DC franchise. They take 1 small step forward with Suicide Squad and then they trip over the proverbial banana peel and create something that can compete with overboiled chicken in terms of blandness.
Rated 09 Jan 2023
58
26th
Conseguiu unir tudo de ruim que existe em filmes de super-heróis. Parabéns.
Rated 03 Jan 2023
58
16th
At it most enjoyable when it leans into the dark humor of the fact its protagonists doesn't follow the typical moral code of typical superheroes. The Rock can be selfmockingly funny, alas he gets too few opportunities to be so.I also liked how the JLS was portrayed as the protector of the status-quo. Pierce Brosnan is in form as dr. Fate and in fact almost steals the movie from the title character. Unfortunately these good parts are underutilized and buried into a mediocre superhero blockbuster.
Rated 03 Jan 2023
69
46th
Pretty funny and exactly as much over the top as you'd expect. DCEU seems to work best when it's as unhinged and unserious as possible.
Rated 02 Jan 2023
79
72nd
I think this movie is better than it gets credit for. It's excellently violent, and The Rock is excellent as Black Adam. I'm glad he was finally able to get this movie made after trying for so many years, and I'm upset that this version of Black Adam won't be continuing into James Gunn's new DC Universe, nor will we see the teased interaction with Superman, or even Shazam (unless there's a surprise cameo in Shazam 2 or something). I would like to see the R rated version.
Rated 01 Jan 2023
40
21st
Please reboot the entire DCU
Rated 30 Dec 2022
67
45th
Ohshitjusticesociety+probshouldapaidmoreattentiontotheaction+hissonwasthechampion-savedhimthenkilled+underworldsabacchampion+breaksthrone+dopetheme+SUPESTHEREITISlolcouldabeenfun
Rated 30 Dec 2022
66
18th
This film was really boring. There were a few exciting moments but far too many other ones dragged on. The actors could not make the material more exciting. Overall this movie is disappointing.
Rated 29 Dec 2022
40
13th
Somebody please make Jaume great again.
Rated 27 Dec 2022
5
57th
At points it has a pretty low rent almost mid 00s action sci-fi feel to it, but then other sequences are pretty fun and it has a couple twists that make me go “ok that’s neat I guess.” Too many bullets bouncing off of invincible people. Villain was a bit strange and underdeveloped; became Satan out of nowhere. Sarah Shahi is hot and it was neat to see Pierce Brosnan. Mid-credits scene goes down pretty bitter seeing it for the first time after Cavill being dumped.
Rated 24 Dec 2022
30
10th
Utterly uninspiring.
Rated 19 Dec 2022
45
21st
Literally anything can happen.
Rated 18 Dec 2022
40
8th
audiovisual 30 acting 30 overall feeling 60 avg 40
Rated 18 Dec 2022
60
34th
It's like someone took all the cool Marvel scenes and blended them together into a flavorless gray mash.
Rated 17 Dec 2022
47
9th
Calling it a wannabe Zack Snyder film kinda makes it sound more interesting than it actually is.
Rated 12 Dec 2022
48
26th
Messy to say the least, but with some remarkable set pieces and action scenes.
Rated 11 Dec 2022
72
58th
Bu konuda genelde nal toplayan DC tarafının en iyi süper kahraman filmlerinden biri olmuş. Herşeyden oyuncu seçimleri çok başarılı ve aynı zamanda iyi iş çıkarmışlar. Tempo yüksek, konu iyi işlenmiş seçilen müzikler bile başarılı, her şekilde keyifle izleniyor.
Rated 05 Dec 2022
55
22nd
The Justice Society of America would absolutely arrive in the Middle East only to explicitly uphold the paramilitary status quo and it’s sexy of this film to admit it - even if it forgets to do anything about it and instead devolves into the CGI-saturated superhero chaos we’ve seen a thousand times before. A refreshing superhero foil Black Adam is not, thanks to a shallow script, limited vision, and just a nothing framework - but he very nearly was, and that’s a shame.
Rated 24 Nov 2022
63
36th
I actually had some laughs early on in this one. The writing and a lot of the acting suffered pretty greatly thereafter though. These supporting players were all pretty weak. Sarah Shahi is gorgeous as always, and did decently well in her role, Brosnan was fine in his, and I liked Dwayne's Black Adam. The rest was pretty awkward cast wise. 6.3 for me on the super generous superhero scale.
Rated 23 Nov 2022
45
16th
cringe tropes. its as bad as a movie who combines these giant red flags (being a DC/Marvel Turd AND including Dwayne The Rock Johnson, who only does terrible trash) is expected to be. The plot is uncreative, lazy and 100% foreseeable. They also saved money on the cast, or maybe its just the directors fault - on way or the other the scenes are completely lifeless.
Rated 20 Nov 2022
62
12th
The Suicide Squad was DCU saying "oh, we finally get what Marvel had going for it for years, and we can strive to do even better that they did!" This movie is a huge step back towards mediocrity at best.
Rated 19 Nov 2022
50
41st
How come the story is so crappy. With this kind of budget and high profile actors they come up with this? The internal movie logic is not consistent, weird character motivations, it's bizarre.
Rated 18 Nov 2022
62
57th
This wasn't bad but it was just an amalgamation of multiple superhero movies with a few other action films mixed in. Think Ant-Man, Shazam, Batman v Superman and T2 combined, and yup there you go.
Rated 17 Nov 2022
30
35th
It's not bad, but it feels like a thousand movies before it. Strong The Mummy vibes throughout. I feel like DC have entered the niche of Marvel's humor. Most of the superheroes were pointless, like the rainbow girl and the costumed Hulk. The one time he could have been useful was to smash all of those tiny mummies just by walking over them, but alas. The effects were really good though.
Rated 17 Nov 2022
22
11th
Offers nothing new or unique. Basically the minimum it could have been without being satire. Poor cast.
Rated 17 Nov 2022
75
27th
The good: CGI, DJ, Smasher( Atom?)'s clumsiness, Brosnan. The bad: plot, storyline, script. Cheesy, corny, predictable. Basically a B movie on an A movie budget. Why can't DC be even slightly as interesting as Marvel? All this Zack Snyderish crap is dark, sad and basically a spaghetti western superhero paradigm. Sad actually, you'd think paying for a good script would be the cheapest part of the budget.
Rated 14 Nov 2022
42
16th
Perfectly sums up the DC ethos: simultaneously the best and the worst of superhero movie tropes, Mad Libs with a Cape, an embarrassment of music cues (how’s Ye treating you these days?) with the power of a few good ideas and charisma a la Pierce Brosnan holding it together. They’re the Frankenstein’s Monster of films: you kinda feel for them, yet wish they didn’t exist. With a new creative now at the helm, this one felt like hopefully the end of, say, Phase 0. There’s nowhere to go but up.
Rated 07 Nov 2022
50
26th
Nah. I love Dwayne, but mopey isn’t his suite. I also didn’t care for.. whatweretheirfaces discount-Falcon, discount-Xavier and rest of the Justice Le— Society (??) dudes and dudette. Well, maybe the discount-Storm. She was lively and charming. Having one of the discount ones die off felt unnecessarily cheesy. Was I supposed to care? Why? This should have been about Adam and Isis and the crown-dude. BA tried to cram plot worth of four movies into one movie.
Rated 07 Nov 2022
55
20th
It's fine, nothing more. There's an idea here, about how terrifying a super-human being would be, and how to reclaim humanity. But it's wrapped up in a speech here or there, which is a shame. Just a slab of meh.
Rated 07 Nov 2022
52
29th
Less a cohesive narrative than a patchwork of other–and not necessarily better; some moments oddly reminded me of "Morbius" of all things–films. At least some moments are entertaining, and Brosnan for his part gave some weirdly placed gravitas to the proceedings.
Rated 31 Oct 2022
55
19th
An angry, insouciant hero for these pissed-off times. It's always itching to fast forward to the admittedly awesome-looking action scenes at the expense of anything that would motivate us to care about the half-dozen characters plopped in our lap.
Rated 24 Oct 2022
85
88th
This film is a ton of fun and is so much better than anything Marvel has offered in the past few years. Yes, this film is better than Endgame, No Way Home, Multiverse of Madness, Love and Thunder, Black Widow, and The Eternals. It will be better than Black Panther 2 and the new Ant-Man film too
Rated 23 Oct 2022
83
77th
Don't let be misguided by critics: this is a highly mythological, epic and very enjoyable anti-hero action movie. It restores the Snyder verse, it follows Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel", "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", "Justice League" The Snyder Cut, "300" and "Shazam". Black Adam is ambiguous, so it's more unexpected and risk taking than most of MCU. Epic music, some LOTR music cues (thanks, New Line Cinema), some sharp dialogue and some deep thoughtfulness towards people's power.
Rated 23 Oct 2022
70
57th
278. Black Adam (2022) Beklentilerimi düşürdüm ve filmden çok mutlu ayrıldım. Kim 10A için uygundur demişse biraz abartmış :) Giriş bölümü, efektleri ve oyuncular arası kimyaları hoşuma gitti. Ama en çok "end-credit" sahnesi.
Rated 21 Oct 2022
80
67th
Brosnan is great. Enjoyed The Rock as I usually do. Has the right presence for a superherol. Post-credit scene is awesome. While the villain isn't GREAT, they almost never are, so whatever. I know the action sequences are controversial but I think DC generally handles action between ridiculously powerful people with real impact. I enjoyed the action quite a bit. The plot is fine. Maybe if I didn't just love superhero movies this would be lower, but tbh, I didn't expect tons from this.

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