Many will see this as a negative that has caused them to have a mess on their hands, but the big draw to the DC Universe for some like me is the slightly unpredictable feel that comes from the lack of overly rigid upper hand control. There is control, but above all there is confidence in the directors to take thefilms as far as possible, something that is not usually tolerated in the perfectly oiled machinery ofWonderful Studies.

That is why there are not so many middle terms. Either they go completely to nonsense, or they let themselves be carried away by their elevated conception of it. Yes, it provokes your irregularity, but there is no denying that they prove things. That’s why it seems strange that the film that has been tried to be sold as the great change in the DC hierarchy is one that seems from another era, playing much safer to end up in no man’s land. That is ‘Black Adam’.

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Dwayne Johnson’s great leap into the world of superheroes is already streaminghbo max, giving a new exhibition window to a film with not a small commercial performance but which does not stop raising doubts about whether it has been positive or negative. Economic issues aside, Jaume Collet-Serra’s blockbuster tries to move the needle of the genre formula with a historic villain/antihero from comics.

If you’ve seen ‘Shazam’, you already have an idea of ​​the particular world in which it takes place and gives powers to The Rock’s character. If you haven’t (you should, it’s great), you’ll be surprised to find ancient civilizations, strange entities with magical abilities that grant super strength, flight, and other superpowers to certain chosen ones or “champions.” Black Adam is one of those, locked in a tomb for millennia until he has awakened.

But does he return as a friend or as an enemy? That is a mystery that cannot go unanswered and that is why the Justice Society of America is sent to the fictitious region of the Middle East in which they have awakened. A motley and interesting collection of smaller-running heroes that represent both the funniest moments of the movie and some of its problems.

‘Black Adam’ is quite an appropriate film in a universe that points to several tonal directions at the same time. He wants to have a crazy, even tacky show, he wants to recapture an uninhibited fantasy typical of the sequels to Christopher Reeve’s Superman. It also brings back some cinematic touches from Zack Snyder himself, with overwrought pictorial imagery and a certain seriousness to touch on important issues that feel too self-imposed.

‘Black Adam’: This (no man’s) land is my land

Johnson clearly thinks highly of himself as a global star. That’s why the film has to address issues like slavery in the Middle East or foreign military intervention (especially from the United States), as well as trying to explore a morally dubious protagonist.

The problem is that a movie like ‘The Suicide Squad’ could already address some of those themes without giving up its badass persona, which this one doesn’t. The other problem is that its protagonist is not as complex as you want to believe.

That lack of definition weighs heavily on a film that remains in no man’s land. There are no moments of fantastic grandiosity to explain the fascination for the character (and therefore we can feel it), his development of political themes is too superficial to give him the benefit of the doubt and he does not launch at all into the fun that at times asks The most disappointing film from Collet-Serra, a craftsman used to making junk movies that are better than they should be, and one of the low points of the DC Universe. Come on, the hierarchy has changed.