4-Color to 35-Millimeter: Black Adam

Black Adam is introduced, not in a Shazam! movie, but in a solo movie in which Shazam does not appear. Because that totally makes sense. At least we get the Justice Society, and Hawkman and Doctor Fate are two of the best things about this incredibly uneven film. The great superhero movie rewatch looks at Dwayne Johnson’s vanity project, Black Adam.

An excerpt:

But what absolutely makes the movie are the performances of Aldis Hodge and especially Pierce Brosnan, who knock it out of the park as two of DC’s most venerable heroes. I first noticed Hodge in two episodes of Supernatural he guest-starred on, and he has since gone on to be amazing on Leverage and City on the Hill and any number of other places, and his Hawkman is superb. And that’s as nothing to how perfectly Brosnan inhabits the weary sorcerer. I especially like the rapport between the Hawkman and Fate—you immediately realize that these two have been friends, colleagues, and teammates for a very long time, and the comfortable bond they share is a joy to watch.

If only it was in service of a better movie.