Black
Adam 4K (2022/DC
Comics/Warner 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray w/Blu-ray)
4K
Ultra HD Picture:
A- Picture: B+ Sound: A- Extras: B Film: C
Dwayne
'The Rock' Johnson stars as the DC Comics anti-hero, Black
Adam
(2022), in a film made right at the brink of the DC Comics / Warner /
Discovery merger and the switching hands of the company. While the
future relevance of the film is in question at the time of this
writing, the average superhero film mimics the style of Michael Bay
and Zack Snyder and doesn't quite feel entirely cohesive as the film
jumps from one expensive set piece to another. Jean Collet-Serra
also directed Johnson in Disney's Jungle
Cruise,
another VFX heavy film that felt a bit heavy handed.
Black
Adam
introduces many DC Comics characters that haven't been in films
before including Justice Society members Dr. Fate, Hawkman, Isis,
Atom Smasher, Cyclone, and others but with a budget pushing 300
Million (with promotion), the film failed to become the Hollywood
tentpole franchise it so desperately wanted to be. The film also
stars Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, and Sarah Shahi.
5,000
years after being gifted the power of ancient Egyptian gods, Black
Adam is unearthed onto modern society, which isn't prepared for a man
of his talents. Once Adam starts to run amok on the modern world,
The Justice Society takes action in an attempt to contain him, but
other matters are at stake.
The
film, whose title character began at Fawcett Comics like Shazam! did,
does fit into the same DCU universe as the James Gunn-directed
Suicide
Squad
film and Peacemaker as we see several characters played by the same
cast members such as Amanda Waller and Jennifer Holland (real life
wife of new DCU president James Gunn), and so (as of this writing) it
is unclear how they will factor into the rebooted structure the
studio is planning. Henry Cavill's Superman makes a post credit
appearance for a teaser aimed at promoting an onscreen battle between
Black Adam and Superman, but that is reportedly now not happening.
Black
Adam
looks fine on 4K UHD disc and is presented in 2160p on 4K UHD disc
with HDR10, an HEVC / H.265 codec, a widescreen aspect ratio of
2.40:1 and an audio track in an English DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1
lossless mix. A 1080p Blu-ray version of the film is also included,
and looks and sounds fine, but can't keep up with the excellent
transfer in 4K obviously.
Special
Features include:
The
History of Black Adam
Who
is The Justice Society?
From
Soul to Screen
Black
Adam: A Flawed Hero
Black
Adam: New Tech in an Old World
Black
Adam: Taking Flight
Kahndaq:
Designing a Nation
The
Rock of Eternity
Costumes
make the Hero
and
Black
Adam: A new type of action
Black
Adam
feels like it came out a few years too late, though our editor wished
it never came out at all. As he has stated, it is not only the worst
DC Comics movie ever made (yes, worse than Superman
III
or Superman
IV
and makes Halle Berry's Catwoman
look like 'The
Irene Cara Story',)
but is also worse than the worse Marvel Comics films (the X-Men
prequels and sequels, Punisher:
War Zone,
the unreleased Fantastic
Four
fiasco and Howard
the Duck (1986))
and is the worst impersonation of a Zack Snyder film ever. Now you
can see for yourself, but make sure you are not sleepy when viewing.
-
James Lockhart
https://www.facebook.com/jamesharlandlockhartv/
